Friday evening I arrived a bit later than I wanted, but was still in time to get some of the free feed that goes on each year the night before the show. Earlier in the day there were a few destinations that folks could go to as part of a reliability run. In years past we all went to one location but the sheer number of cars and people made it tough for places to handle the crowd. So this year the head Stray Kat, Mickey Bryan decided it would be best to offer people options. I was bummed to miss this part of the event but sometimes you  have to do what you have to do.

Anyways, in the afternoon we usually gather up in Dewey for free hot dogs and chips and desserts supplied by some of the Stray Kats. It’s always a great way to get folks together and set the vibe for the weekend. The Stray Kat 500 is about family, cars and a good time. The Friday feed always gets it started in the right way.

I pulled into town around 6pm and got the camper unhooked and set up. After showing a few people the layout, which takes about 32 seconds, I hopped in the car with my buddy Ryno and we met up with some of the Lonely Knights for some all you can eat enchiladas, so yeah, 2nd dinner. But it was a great time to tell stories and laugh. Some of the Knights were staying at the Price Tower in downtown Bartlesville and offered to show us the unique building. Bartlesville is right next to Dewey and where all of the hotels are located. The Price Tower is an incredibly cool building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, it’s the only skyscraper that was done from his design work. If you ever get the chance you need to check that out.

More to come tomorrow.

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2017 Stray Kat 500 Photo Coverage

Back in 2009 I went to my first Stray Kat Kustoms event, that one was called the Rocket show. I had such fun that I went to the Starliner show a couple of months later, then finally in May of 2010 I went to my first Stray Kat 500. I haven’t missed one since. This weekend was kind of a blur, it went so fast. So many cars, so many people, so little time.

After a less than stellar MPG pulling the camper to Austin & back a month ago, the rear gear in the car got swapped from a 2.75 to a 3.50 because I had it sitting in the garage. Since I took extra time off for the trip to Austin I was now a bit low on vacation days so instead of heading out Thursday evening for Dewey, OK for the 2017 Stray Kat 500 I worked until noon Friday then took off. Some last minute work on the camper was finished up Thursday night around midnight.

The 3.50 gear sure made driving the car feel a lot better, although at my first gas stop I must have gotten some bad go go juice. From that point for the next hour the car sputtered, belched smoke and generally didn’t like me very much. So at each gas station I came upon I stopped and topped off the tank with the highest octane that I could. By the time I was 30 miles out from Dewey the car seemed to be running fine again. The problem was that I’d gone from the 8mpg of the Austin trip to 6. After getting lots of advice from some folks who are much smarter than I am, I think I have a game plan going forward. 1st thing is to finally get the new engine back and installed. More of the tale of the trip tomorrow.

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At the end of the incredibly beautiful route we gathered up in a park in Crane, MO for some BBQ and some good times. I had a blast again on this run as I do each time. It’s a great way to spend a few hours with the rod and kustom family.

Again a huge thank you goes out to the members of the CrossMembers CC for putting on this great event!

It was about 775 miles round trip for the Galaxie this week, I really appreciate all of the folks that I get to hang out with, you folks are what this is all about.

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About half way through the SWMO Hot Rod Hundred we stopped in Mt. Vernon, MO at Hot Shoe Hot Rods. Look in the 2nd half of this post to see a couple of images from that stop. Thanks to Hot Shoe for the donuts and waters, some much needed refreshments on the run!

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Unfortunately Bret, seen here leading in his 40 Ford, had some issues a couple of miles into the run so he had to limp it back home and meet us at the end. He wasn’t the only casualty of the run this year either, Corey had over heating issues just after leaving the starting point and another vehicle lost a rear wheel, but the wheel perfectly timed it’s departure and the truck was able to make it safely off of the road. Later in the run they were back with us again so hopefully no major damage was done.

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I’ve attended the Southwest Missouri Hot Rod Hundred three times so far, and it just keeps getting bigger and bigger. By the official count there were 178 vehicles on the run this year, of course my main focus will always be the hot rods and kustoms in any event that I go to, but you’ll see a few more cars in this coverage as well.

The CrossMembers CC puts on the Hot Rod Hundred events across the country and I can only say a HUGE Thank You! to them for the efforts. Too many times we find ourselves sitting at car shows watching each other’s cars sitting at car shows. The Hot Rod Hundred is a bit different. Everyone gathers up at a rally point, follows a set route of about 100 miles and we have a stop or two along the way, at the end we go to a park for a short car show/hangout with some BBQ. It’s a good good time.

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Here it is, the final day of coverage of the 2017 Lonestar Round Up! I had an absolute blast hanging out with my rod/kustom family eating bbq, drinking free beers and vodka and enjoying the cars, show, and people. This week’s Chrome Pipes & Pinstripes episode features a full run down of the trip to Austin and back from myself and my two running buddies Steve and Dennis.

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I spent so much time Saturday out taking photos that I missed most of the bands, the cacklefests and the minibike races, but I saw a ton of cars and talked with hundred or so friends. At somewhere around 3pm I looked out to the incoming street and saw that there were cars still showing up. I don’t know where they parked because there wasn’t much room left.

After Saturday’s show festivities some friends and I headed out to Murpho’s for their party. We got there early and enjoyed BBQ, free Vodka and watched the place fill to what I’m sure was more than capacity. A great band rocked the shop and folks enjoyed the booze and party until far after I had to wimp out and head back to the camper.

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The 16th Annual Lonestar Round Up was a blast… once I got past my blues on Friday. The show Saturday was huge, I mean frigging huge. I’ve never seen that many cars at the show, both in the Feature area and in the general area. The music was amazing as always as well.

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Today I’ll show you some more from the Feature Car area of the Lonestar Round Up. I’ve been attending this show for years and Friday has become my favorite day of the show. There is less of a crowd and most of the best cars are already there. Enjoy!

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On Friday I showed you what I saw at the Meatheads CC BBQ and today I show you the start of the coverage from the event itself. One of the first cars that I see as I pull into the feature car area of the show is Ryno’s “Golden Goddess” Cadillac, after watching the build come together it was great to see the car in person. Congrats on another great car my friend.

The feature car area to me is what the Lonestar Round Up started as. The rest of the show you’ll see cars that wouldn’t have made the original versions of the show as they’ve been described to me, but the feature car area is made up of hot rods and customs selected from the pre-registered cars. That isn’t to say that every cool hot rod and custom in the show is in the feature car area, but the show does a great job of finding some of the best cars in the country that have pre-registered and selecting them for this area. The first couple of days of coverage will be from the feature car area of the show, enjoy!

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This is a first, I’m writing this from the bunk in the camper out in the campground area of the Lonestar Round Up. After leaving Wednesday around 1pm I met up with Dennis Saum from Nebraska and then Steve from McPherson and we headed south. The 30 mph tail wind sure helped the ol Galaxie and camper down the road! I need to change the rear gear from the 2.75 back to the 3.50 gears, the car is just working too hard to motivate the extra weight, much like me climbing a hill.

Thursday around 11 am we arrived at the Meatheads CC BBQ out in Beyersville, TX. Great food, beer, friends and cars, what’s not to like? Enjoy the photos.

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For the last few years we’ve had a fun little show in our town on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend. It’s really about gathering up some of our great car friends and just having a good time. It’s called the Gypsum Pie Festival and Car Show and it’s coming up again May 28th in Gypsum, KS. Scroll down for more info and photos from the last few years!

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Here’s some Go Pro Video from the starting line on Saturday, and a whole bunch of burnouts!

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As I drove to Texas for the Texas Thaw I wondered what kind of effect if any there would be by sharing the weekend with the March Meet out in California. There are a bunch of front engine dragsters in the midwest and I know that some of them go out to CA for the March Meet. I was thoroughly surprised at a couple of the amazing machines that showed up at the North Star Dragway for Texas Thaw. The Trans Am Funny Car above and the twin engine flathead powered Front Engine Dragster below. Amazing machinery was all around. This is the last photo post of the event coverage, check back tomorrow for some video!

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For part 3 of the 2017 Texas Thaw coverage I’m at the starting line of the strip. Literally where the rubber meets the road. Big smokey burnouts, hot rods, drag cars and some guys that drove to and from the track while taking some passes while they were there.

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For part 2 of the 2017 Texas Thaw coverage I continue in the car show area of the event. The Torques club has space for about 100 show cars with some overflow that was completely filled up this year. Any more than that and you start to eat into the amount of space you have for the race vehicles, trucks, and trailers. The North Star Dragway gets filled up quick with the cars starting to roll in around 8am and by 11 the place is full and cars are still coming in.

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On March 4th, 2017 I went down to North Star Dragway for the Texas Thaw. I try to make it each year for the event, it’s a fun day of drags and show where the gate proceeds go to a great cause, sending care packages to members of our military overseas. I’ll bring you more photos all week long and maybe some video too 🙂

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Here’s your final day of coverage of the 2017 Starbird Rod & Custom Show/Rockin Billy Bash! I had a great time at the show and I hope you’ve gotten a taste of what the show is like from the coverage this week.

Corey Conyers of Crown Custom is the man responsible for the build of this beautiful dragster. He is too busy fabricating kool stuff to have time to build a website so instead if you click on the photo it will take you to his page on Facebook. His contact info is on that page. ANYTHING you need fabbed or metal shaped, this man can do. Click the image above to get his contact info!

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There was quite a display of VW’s in the Rockin Billy Bash, I’ve put them all here in the last section of the last post of the show.

 

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In Part 4 of the Starbird Rod & Custom Show : The Next Generation I finish up with the upstairs section and slide down the ramps into the Rockin Billy Bash held in the lower area of the building. Enjoy the photos one more post coming tomorrow!

Corey Conyers of Crown Custom is the man responsible for the build of this beautiful dragster. He is too busy fabricating kool stuff to have time to build a website so instead if you click on the photo it will take you to his page on Facebook. His contact info is on that page. ANYTHING you need fabbed or metal shaped, this man can do. Click the image above to get his contact info!

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Enjoy part 3 of the show coverage…

Corey Conyers of Crown Custom is the man responsible for the build of this beautiful dragster. He is too busy fabricating kool stuff to have time to build a website so instead if you click on the photo it will take you to his page on Facebook. His contact info is on that page. ANYTHING you need fabbed or metal shaped, this man can do. Click the image above to get his contact info!

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Before we go any further, let me take a second to tell you how much I love Bird’s Starliner pictured above. Wow, I’ve heard about it through mutual friends for awhile and seeing it in person was a treat. I’m always more of a kustom guy but I can certainly appreciate a straight black Starliner. That roofline is gorgeous, it’s one of those cars that the designers just got right in the first place.

Okay, back to the task at hand. I was able to get in the door just before opening so that’s why you won’t see many people in these early photos. And as often is the case, I got side tracked talking so some of the rod/kustom family and before I knew it, it was 11am. The show features all kinds of rides and but I can say right now, we need more kustoms at the show next year! I guess I’ll have to step up and put my car in since I’ve said that, who wants to come hang out in Tulsa with me next year?

Corey Conyers of Crown Custom is the man responsible for the build of this beautiful dragster. He is too busy fabricating kool stuff to have time to build a website so instead if you click on the photo it will take you to his page on Facebook. His contact info is on that page. ANYTHING you need fabbed or metal shaped, this man can do. Click the image above to get his contact info!

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Since 2009 I’ve been attending the Starbird Rod & Custom show in Tulsa, OK. This year was the 53rd annual event and the 2nd dubbed “The Next Generation” as the show is now run by the next generation of the Starbird family. I talked to Darryl Starbird on Saturday and he was happy to say that for the first time ever he was attending the show as a spectator, not a promotor, not chopping a car, just as a car guy. He seemed in good spirits because the show is in good hands. There will be photos coming all week, so keep checking back!

Corey Conyers of Crown Custom is the man responsible for the build of this beautiful dragster. He is too busy fabricating kool stuff to have time to build a website so instead if you click on the photo it will take you to his page on Facebook. His contact info is on that page. ANYTHING you need fabbed or metal shaped, this man can do. Click the image above to get his contact info!

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Here’s the final post of my 2017 trip to the Kool Kustom Kar Show in Pueblo, CO. Some way kool stuff at this show!

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