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Event Coverage: Rocky Mountain Auto Show Pt. 1

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For a couple of years I’ve been hearing about the Rock Mountain Auto Show in Denver, CO over Thanksgiving weekend, 2013 was finally the time to make it up and check the show out. One of the voices telling me of the show was my friend photographer Dan Greenberg, and once I saw that my friends from the Hot Rod Hill Climb were going to do a display featuring a bunch of the cars that ran the hill climb this year, I was all in.

Waking up at 5:30 am I rolled out for the 6 hour drive west on I-70 for the Colorado Convention Center on the south west side of Denver’s downtown. As soon as I arrived I ran into a bunch of friends from across the midwest, including Dan who had a lens for me to experiment with. I’ve been considering buying a certain lens and he had an older version of it and was kind enough to let me test his out. Thanks Dan! Here’s the first batch of photos from the event, click on any of them to go to the entire gallery. This show had a lot of quality cars that aren’t of the traditional or old school flavor but they were new to me and hopefully new to you so I’m including them in the coverage.

Thanks again to my buddy Dan Greenberg, please go check out his photography on his pbase page here!  Buy some of his fine art prints while you’re there!

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See you at a show,

Royboy

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2013 Hobo Happening Part 2

Part 2 of the coverage of the 2013 Hobo Happening, see part 1 here.

 

Street Rodding American Style shooting a truck for an upcoming show.
Street Rodding American Style shooting a truck for an upcoming show.

 

 

Don’t forget to check in tomorrow for a list of some of the my favorite kustom kulture artists and links to where to find their stuff for sale. Art makes a great gift and you don’t have to go fight crowds to get it!

See you at a show,

Royboy

 

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2013 Hobo Happening

Due to a forecast of some nasty weather the Hot Rod Revolution was cancelled this weekend. I had made it about 2 hours south of my home when I got the word to turn around. As luck would have it there was a show in the region this weekend and not having a trip to Texas meant I could attend it. The Hobo Happening is a great small town event in Douglass, KS held each November and as is usually the case, it was a cold one this year. Highs were around 35 degrees and the winds were dropping that wind chill down to tingly temps. That kept the car count lower than last year’s 50 degree day but there were still a bunch of nice rides from as far away as Nebraska.

Part 1 of the coverage of the 2013 Hobo Happening, see part 2 here.

1 more post from the Hobo Happening tomorrow, and Wednesday look for a post listing links to all kinds of great artists that all have great stuff for sale that would make killer Christmas gifts, don’t go get trampled at a department store for some crappy made product that your loved one won’t even use a year from now, support kulture artists and get some great art in the process! Don’t forget to subscribe at the top right hand corner of the site and I’ll keep giving you daily dose of kool hot rods and kustoms.

See you at a show,

Royboy

 

 

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Event Coverage: 2013 Pistons and Paint Part 5

5th and final post of my 2013 Pistons and Paint coverage. I’ve saved a few images back and I’ll write up a piece to accompany them for an article for a magazine, stay tuned for that. Click on any of the photos to purchase it as a print and help put more gas in the Royboy-mobile to get me to another car show!

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Remaining stock: 2 Stray Kat Kustoms, 2  Hot Rod, 1 Kustoms, 16 Greaserama, and 28 Trucks

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See you at a show,

Royboy

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Event Coverage: 2013 Pistons and Paint Part 4

Part 4, only 1 left after this one! Quite a few of these cars I get to see in Austin at the Roundup but this show is about 1/3 the size. I’ll be completely honest here, I like the smaller shows. When you start to get over 1000 cars you really loose the intimacy of the show, there’s just too much to see, too little time to spend with friends because you’re always pulled to go visit other friends. This show had officially 494 cars, enough to fill out your day but not so much that it felt overwhelming. The cars, the people, the bands, all added up to a very enjoyable day.

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Like this photo? Click it to go to the page where you can order a print. Every print helps get my cameras to another show!
Like this photo? Click it to go to the page where you can order a print. Every print helps get my cameras to another show!
Like this photo? Click it to go to the page where you can order a print. Every print helps get my cameras to another show!
Like this photo? Click it to go to the page where you can order a print. Every print helps get my cameras to another show!
Like this photo? Click it to go to the page where you can order a print. Every print helps get my cameras to another show!
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Remaining stock: 2 Stray Kat Kustoms, 2  Hot Rod, 5 Kustoms, 16 Greaserama, and 28 Trucks

Like this photo? Click it to go to the page where you can order a print. Every print helps get my cameras to another show!
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Like this photo? Click it to go to the page where you can order a print. Every print helps get my cameras to another show!
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Like this photo? Click it to go to the page where you can order a print. Every print helps get my cameras to another show!
Like this photo? Click it to go to the page where you can order a print. Every print helps get my cameras to another show!
Like this photo? Click it to go to the page where you can order a print. Every print helps get my cameras to another show!
Like this photo? Click it to go to the page where you can order a print. Every print helps get my cameras to another show!
Like this photo? Click it to go to the page where you can order a print. Every print helps get my cameras to another show!
Like this photo? Click it to go to the page where you can order a print. Every print helps get my cameras to another show!
Like this photo? Click it to go to the page where you can order a print. Every print helps get my cameras to another show!
Like this photo? Click it to go to the page where you can order a print. Every print helps get my cameras to another show!
Like this photo? Click it to go to the page where you can order a print. Every print helps get my cameras to another show!
Like this photo? Click it to go to the page where you can order a print. Every print helps get my cameras to another show!
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Like this photo? Click it to go to the page where you can order a print. Every print helps get my cameras to another show!
Like this photo? Click it to go to the page where you can order a print. Every print helps get my cameras to another show!
Like this photo? Click it to go to the page where you can order a print. Every print helps get my cameras to another show!
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Royboy

 

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Event Coverage: 2013 Pistons and Paint Part 3

Continuing the coverage of the 2013 Pistons and Paint. I’m going to save my brain a bit and not type too much here for story as I am trying to see if I can get an article on the show published. If you see any photo that you like, buy a print, it’ll put a little gas in my tank to get me down the road to the next show (literally) so I can bring more coverage to you!

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Royboy

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Event Coverage: 2013 Pistons and Paint Part 2

Before any of the car stuff, the day this post goes live is Veteran’s Day 2013. Thank you to all current and former Veterans for your hard work and sacrifice. Early this year one of you that was close to me passed, on an extremely cold day in a snow packed cemetery, 2 incredible young men came out and sent him off in a way that still makes me tear up to today. He flew in WWII and was a flight instructor, in a war that was well into the history books decades before these soldiers were born but the respect and dedication  that they had to see that he was honored properly was inspiring. The cold, the snow, the fact that they never met the man who’s service was over  almost 70 years ago, none of these meant that they would give any less than their all. Thank you to all of you that have served and God bless you and your families.

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My first Pistons & Paint weekend is about over. 🙁 Well, as I type this it’s 11:35pm on Sunday night, so the weekend is over in just a few minutes. I hope you enjoy the Pistons and Paint coverage as much as I enjoyed the weekend! Click on any of these photos to go to the full gallery and purchase a print! Help get the Royboy cameras to another event by getting some prints for your walls!

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See you at a show,

Royboy

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Event Coverage: 2013 Pistons and Paint Part 1

I’m sure glad that I came down to Denton, TX this weekend for Pistons And Paint! About 500 cars showed up and I was able to meet new people, see new cars, and spend time with close friends along the way.

Today’s post will be some cell phone photos of the event, while I do a couple of shoots here in TX before heading back home to prepare more for you tomorrow.

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Mmmmmm Ardun!
Mmmmmm Ardun!

 

 

I hope that these can hold you over until can get the real thing on the way tomorrow!

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See you at a show,

Royboy

 

 

 

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Road tripping to Texas for Pistons And Paint

For years I’d had to shamefully admit that no I hadn’t been to Pistons & Paint in Denton, TX every time I’d been asked. This year I change that. So for the 46th Royboy gallery in the 2013 folder I headed down to Texas for the PnP.

Friday Nov. 8th 5:30 am  Ugh, 5:30 in the AM… as in morning. Yuck. Already a half an hour behind my meaningless and self imposed schedule. But the bed was so comfy… just 10 more minutes of sleep… No. I have to get up, I have to get on the road. It’s time to kick this mule.

6:10 am  I’m in the daily driver and headed south. The GPS is on, not so much because I need it but the app I use does allow other folks to warn you of potential speed traps. I might as well use it if it helps. There is just the faintest of hints of the impending sunrise on the horizon to my left as I blast south on what can be deer infested two lane country blacktops.

Heading out at 5:45 for Pistons And Paint
Heading out at 5:45 for Pistons And Paint

 

7:15 am Okay so now I’m 15 minutes behind schedule, must have made up some time on those back roads. Now it’s time for breakfast with the Wichita guys. A group of car guys that I know gathers for breakfast at the same diner 6 days a week. It’s always a good time to join them, so I do just that. The guys liked the calendars that I showed them and they bought a bunch, even some strangers across the joint buy a couple.

8:30am Back on the road headed south to Nostalgia Sid’s in Guthrie, OK for a shop visit. Sid shows me around, I take some photos, learn more about that in an upcoming article right here.

11:40 am Nostalgia Sid’s Shop visit is over and now I’m off to Shoebox Central for a visit. More pics and a story again, coming soon!

 

1:00pm Heading south again this time headed for Atlas Speed & Custom in Denison, TX

4:00pm Hanging out with some old friends who have gathered at Atlas. More pics and a story from there soon as well.

We ended up gathering up a bunch of folks at a fried chicken place called Babe’s in the evening for dinner, it was pretty awesome.

More from the show tomorrow, see you at a show,

Royboy

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Event Coverage: 2013 Stray Kat Feed Part 4

Event Coverage: 2013 Stray Kat Feed Part 4

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Pinstriper Lizzie pulling some lines on some of the many pieces that were getting worked on in the back of the shop.

Some of my friends enjoying the free food

Myself and Aaron Lawrence of Fast AL’s Upholstery, photo by Hot Rod Dan. (man I need a new hat!)

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Royboy and Fast AL’s Upholstery’s Aaron Lawrence

My new Stray Kat Kustoms Jacket. Well, my year old jacket with new SKK embroidery 🙂

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Calendar Update:

I took all of the calendars with me to Dewey as I usually have a bunch of folks that pre-order them and then pick them up in Dewey. This year A LOT of people bought on the spot in Dewey. This weekend alone 48 sold, in the previous 3 weeks of online pre-sales 72 were sold, so this was a huge 1 day jump. As of right now there are 11 Kustoms editions left, 19 Hot Rods, 28 Trucks, 7 Stray Kat Kustoms and 28 Greaserama. That’s it, when they are gone, they are gone! The pre-orders started shipping yesterday with another batch going out today. Shipping costs are more than I predicted but I will cover the envelopes/boxes/labels out of my pocket to make sure as much of the money goes to the charities as possible.

I also had a friend from Texas ask about doing a special edition calendar for his group to sell, if that happens and if they are open for any of  you to buy a copy I will let you know so that you can see them and have a chance at those. If you would like a special edition calendar made of any 24 of the photos in the over 40,000 photo library of Royboy Productions, let me know. For 100 Calendars it’s only $700 plus shipping to your door. You can sell them at $10 and raise money for a charity, or whatever cause you’d like. Send me a message here for more info.

See you at a show.

Royboy

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Event Coverage: 2013 Stray Kat Feed Part 3

The first time I went to the Feed it was just about the last event of the year, this time I have 5 events after the Feed including my own Mid Decembrrrr Run. This coming weekend is the first of 2 trips to Texas this month, plus one to Denver on Thanksgiving weekend.

The Stray Kat Feed this year attracted its normal group from as far away as Arkansas and us from central Kansas, a bunch showed up from Tulsa that I don’t remember seeing before.

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See you at a show.

Royboy

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Event Coverage: 2013 Stray Kat Feed Part 2

Saturday started early after a late night partying then making calendars until 5am. All of the calendars got finished and I got 2 hours of sleep before it was time to load up and head for Dewey for the Stray Kat Feed. Now as I write this (Sunday evening) I’m still exhausted but it was so very worth it!

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Royboy

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Event Coverage: 2013 Stray Kat Feed Part 1

Every year on the first weekend of November a bunch of folks gather in Dewey, OK the home of the Stray Kat 500 for the Stray Kat Feed. The street is blocked off and we shove as many hot rods and kustoms into the blocked off street as we can and enjoy a potluck style lunch. It’s a great way to gather one last time for the year with the rest of the rod/kustom family and get some quality time together before the weather turns cold.
Here are some cell phone photos from the day, more from the big camera will come tomorrow after I get home. Hope you have had a great weekend!

 

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See you at a show,
Royboy

 

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Royboy

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Event Coverage: 2013 Hot Rod Garage Open House Part 5

Final installment of photos from the Hot Rod Garage Open House. You can find their facebook page here. I made a few passes through the event as there were a bunch of folks coming and going so there are some photos here that are repeats of vehicles from slightly different perspectives. Click on any photo to go to the entire photo gallery. When you see one you’d like to have as a print, just click the photo, then in the gallery click “add to cart.”

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Hot Rod Hooligans

Bill’s 34

Brandon’s Model A, look for a full feature here on this car soon.

Built in 56, I love these historical rods!

Jason’s Falcon is going to be one bad machine!

This Caddy is wicked wicked fast on a road course.

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Royboy

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Event Coverage: 2013 Hot Rod Garage Open House Part 4

The cacklefest was a nice addition to an Open House, I was inside using the facilities when one of the cars fired up a wall away from me, it was impressive how much of the stuff in the room was rattling from that car sitting 8ft away. The shop has a bunch of high end projects on hand, it was really impressive to see them both the finished rides and the under construction ones.

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An 88 year old racer drives this Vette, and judging from the look on his face when he was loading it on the trailer and decided to burp it for the crowd, he enjoys it.

Ben Dragdaddy and Mickey of Stray Kat Kustoms

My buddy Nostalgia Sid was on hand in his unique Ford pickup with car sheet metal up front.

There’s a whole lotta bull going down here.

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Royboy

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Event Coverage: 2013 Hot Rod Garage Open House Part 3

Event Coverage: 2013 Hot Rod Garage Open House Part 3

The day went by  quickly, as soon as I arrived I ran into Aaron from Fast AL’s Upholstery and as the morning went on more and more friends showed up. It’s always good to hang with your friends and ogle beautiful rides.

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 See you at a show.

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Event Coverage: 2013 Hot Rod Garage Open House Part 2

Thanks again to the Smiths for the invite down to check out the shop. I get to go to a lot of Open House events and this one was a blast.

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Royboy

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Event Coverage: 2013 Hot Rod Garage Open House

Sorry for the delay sometimes modern technology doesn’t work correctly.

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For a couple of years I’d heard how I needed to get myself to the Hot Rod Garage Open House at their facility in Sand Springs, OK a suburb of Tulsa. This year I was at Fast AL’s Upholstery’s Open House in September and I was introduced to HRG co-owner Jason Smith. He repeated the sentiment that I did need to make my way down to their Open House. Well, I couldn’t say no to that so I made arrangements to make the trip to OK yet again for 2013.

Friday after the day job I loaded up in the daily driver and headed for Bartlesville, OK for a few hours in a hotel room before finishing the trip down to Sand Springs. I wasn’t sure what the day would hold for me. I knew to expect to see some incredible machines, I mean, that’s what Hot Rod Garage does, they build incredible vehicles. See this Caddy as an example. And I had also caught word that they would have some front engine dragsters on hand for a cacklefest, now there’s no way I could miss that!

Today I will share some cell phone photos and short videos, tomorrow after I get home I’ll post some photos from the DSLR.

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Royboy

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Guest Blog: TwoTall Okie Goes to the Atomic Rod and Custom Show

Oct. 12, 2013 was a busy day, in addition to the Ol Geezers Car Show in Lamar, MO that I went to, and the Iron Invasion that Dan’s Hot Rod Photo went to, there was also the Atomic Rod And Custom Show put on by the Agitators Car Club. My buddy TwoTall Okie (Travis Miller) went to the show and snapped a few photos to share with everyone here.

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Jonnie King interviews John D’Agostino

A special “HI” to everyone here checkin’ out Travis’ cool Website !  Take your time, enjoy the Site, and also, take a few minutes to listen to this special one-on-one Interview I did with my old friend JOHN D’AGOSTINO…you will enjoy this for sure:

JOHN D’AGOSTINO TRAVELS THE WORLD spreading the word of kustoms…with a “K” !  But, I wanted to know how that all began for John, and in this late-night Interview at the 33rd Annual KKOA Lead Sled Spectacular in Salina, he didn’t disappoint me!

 


PLUS, 2013 was a banner year for John as BOTH his debut cars “Sophia”, his ’40 Cad, and, ’51 Lincoln “Ruby”,  took Major Awards in, what must be, John’s BIGGEST year for wins ever !

LISTEN TO THIS “World Traveler For Kustoms”, JOHN D’AGOSTINO, and find out how it all this traveling started, AND, his reaction to how these spectacular kustoms did on the show circuit in 2013 !!
SIMPLY CLICK-ON-HERE , LISTEN & LEARN !!    JK

 

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Guest Blog: Dan’s Hot Rod Photo goes to the 2013 Iron Invasion

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Guest Blog!
My buddy Dan Podobinski is a photographer based out of Indiana, he attends a lot of the same type of shows that I do.  Since I can’t be everywhere at once, Dan was nice enough to share some of his images from the 2013 Iron Invasion with all of you through the blog here. Okay class now all together say “Thank You Dan!” You may have seen some of his work recently in Car Kulture Deluxe Magazine, or on the HAMB. You need to go follow his page on Facebook here and buy some prints of his great photographs! And now on with the show!
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The McHenry County Fairgrounds in Woodstock, Illinois once again played host to The Iron invasion.  After a very successful debut in 2012, show creator John Wells returned for a second edition in 2013 and did not disappoint.

Despite the threat of rain on Saturday, the much warmer than last year temperatures brought out the traditional hot rods, customs and motorcycles in droves.  Friday afternoon and evening treated early arrivals to a party like atmosphere including live music, great art vendors and a twilight display by some of the flame thrower equipped rides.

Saturday brought even more cars in and with one new building on the premises there was more room for indoor “feature cars.”  Though a brief period of rain in the late morning did put a bit of a damper on the do-it-yourself stunt show that was planned, Saturday turned out to be a great day.  The sunshine even made an appearance after the rain had passed.

Take a look at the photos and plan to attend this show next year.  With a ton of great cars and bikes, numerous art vendors, a swap meet plus live bands and the pinup show there is no shortage of activities to occupy your time.  If those reasons are not enough to convince you to attend, go to www.HelpingHannahsHeart.com to see the work that the gate proceeds from the show help to do.  Now, make your plans to attend the 2014 edition of The Iron Invasion!!!

 

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Event Coverage: 2013 Ol Geezers Car Show Part 4

Saturday was not all about the show, in the evening a bunch of us gathered at a local diner for dinner and stories, the stories continued back at the host hotel and even to a late evening Dairy Queen run because Mickey was not to be denied this delicacy not found in Oklahoma. We partied pretty hard, getting kicked out of the DQ at 10pm, then back to the host hotel for some more kustom fellowship before calling it a night.

Sunday started with some coupons for free biscuits and gravy at the diner then we watched the cars roll in and hung out in the waning hours of the show before packing up and hitting the road back to our respective lairs. I took the opportunity to head with Mickey over to Dewey to Fast AL’s Upholstery to see what was Aaron up to. More on that in a couple of days.

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A kool row of cars, except for the hoods being open on a few of the cars.

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A great looking 59 Thunderbird from Colorado.

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Even the spectators rolled in style.

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One of the many Mercs at the show.

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The kids were treated to train rides all day Saturday.

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Walker’s 59 Chevy

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Don explaining his kool ride and yes he really did drive down from outside Chicago to be here.

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Aaaand my ride again.

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Mickey sharing his heart and some memories of the late Ralph Schindel

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Event Coverage: 2013 Ol Geezers Car Show Part 3

Although the show was smaller than many I attend I was blessed with the opportunity to spend some time talking to some folks that I don’t get to see often enough or when we do we’re in such big crowds that we don’t have time to talk. Lamar presented plenty of time to talk.

 

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Bill Moore’s Merc.

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You don’t see this body style often.

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AJ Foyt on the side panel, I don’t know if it’s an actual Foyt car or a replica but it’s kool as hell regardless.

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Bill Moore just before he caught me taking his pic.

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Event Coverage: 2013 Ol Geezers Car Show Part 2

Friday night I arrived at the Super 8 hotel expecting something on par with my last Super 8 experience, in which I left a pre-paid room because it skeeved me out so badly. I found this was not the case, a great hotel that looks to be just a couple of years old, very clean, friendly staff and they even hooked us all up with some hot dogs, chili and nachos for free for a Friday evening B.S. session.

I spent most of the evening with friends old and new talking kustoms and car shows, I was told stories of the way things used to be and I longed to be there. Saturday morning I woke at 5am to a thunderstorm rolling through, I rolled over and promptly went back to sleep. Around 8am I woke up, enjoyed the free biscuits and gravy and then headed for the car wash and the show. $10 entry fee at the gate and I was into one of the smallest yet koolest shows that I have seen. Great atmostphere, kool rides, and some great people, it was a good day.

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This Merc is one of many that I’ve seen lately that originally was a 4 door.

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Mundy’s 58 Pontiac Wagon

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Mike Patterson’s Merc

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Great looking Merc, not as popular a body style as the 49-51 but still cool.

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There were some nice hot rods there too.

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Dick’s Chevy is just so simple and I dig the hell out of it.

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Jack Walker’s 59 Chevy

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Krobe brought “Blue” over from Stray Kat-Land

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Nice car. The dog thing… I can do without, at least it wasn’t a crybaby leaning on a bumper… I would have punted that.

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Another Merc body style that you don’t see as often but still can be damn kool.

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Good looking Shoebox.

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Event Coverage: 2013 Ol Geezers Car Show Part 1

A few months ago I received an invitation in the mail to a show with a funny name, the Ol Geezers Car Show in Lamar, MO. I hadn’t heard of the show before, hell I hadn’t heard of Lamar, MO before and the show was on the same date as the 2nd Iron Invasion and I already had a room booked for that show so I set the post card aside and made a note to promote the show but I was going to Iron Invasion.

Then came the KKOA Leadsled Spectacular weekend. talking to some friends that said they were going to the show with the funny name in the town I’d never heard of got me to thinking. 1st I am good friends with John Wells promoter of Iron Invasion, and I said I would be there… but so would a handful of other photographers. A couple of which would be trying to sell photos to the same magazines as I would be. 2nd, Iron Invasion is a good 11 hour drive from my home, Lamar is 4.5. Iron Invasion was a good time last year, but this was a new show to me, and some very respected kustom guys were going to Lamar. I made a gut call and changed my plans.

I’m glad I did. Now, I do wish I could have been at Iron Invasion, I HATE that I missed it, but I got to spend some invaluable time with a couple of folks this weekend that really was amazing. Sitting and talking kustoms, car shows, shenanigans and more I realized that these little moments in the host hotel parking lots are the ones that mean something. I made new friends this weekend with people that have combined 100+ years of kustom car building and driving. These are good folks to have amongst your friends, they’ve made the mistakes you’re about to make and may help  you survive when you make the same mistakes that they have.

Enough of the touchy feely stuff, here’s some photos!

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There were so many kool rides at the Ol Geezer show that Wyatt Earp came back to his one time home of Lamar, MO to see them.

Yet another shot of my car.

My buddy Don TooTall Wallin made the 11 1/2 hour trip down to Lamar to hang out with some kustom folks. Don’s car has been shot for a magazine feature by our mutual friend and occasional guest blogger here Dan Podobinski of Dan’s Hot Rod Photo. This car burned to the ground on the side of a road 6 years ago, it’s been a long journey back to life but I think you’ll agree it was a success.

 

The show had a nice selection of kustoms, cruisers, hot rods, a couple of muscle cars, trucks and handful of classic rides.

 

That’s it for part 1

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