1 Month Warning: Iron Invasion – Woodstock, IL

Just under a month away from the Iron Invasion! Oct. 12th in Woodstock, IL will be the 2nd Iron Invasion show, the first was a really good time, the 2nd should be even better!

Here is the schedule of the weekend’s events.

And a list of bands performing with some youtube clips of each one.

Here’s a bit of what I saw last time!

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I am committed to another show this year so I can’t make it, best of luck to everyone attending for a great show!

See you at a show,

Royboy

September 15, 2013September 15, 2013

1 Month Warning: Old Geezers Car Show

Okay so we’re a couple of days short of a month, oh well. Still plenty of time to get ready. The plan for the weekend of October 12th was supposed to be my 2nd trip up to Woodstock, IL for the 2nd Annual Iron Invasion. My plans have changed though. I still think that Iron Invasion is an amazing show and I’d love to be there, but I had an offer that I didn’t want to pass up.

That show is the Old Geezers Car Show in Lamar, MO. I’ve been told that the show will be about 100 cars parked around an old town square. Most of them will be kool old school kustom style, right up my alley. So I’m headed to Lamar, MO to hang with the Kustom family.

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See you at a show,

Royboy

September 14, 2013September 26, 2013

Event Coverage : 2013 Starliner Part 6

See you down the road my friends!

Dave, she’s looking good! Can’t wait to see it all done, thanks for bringing her down for us to see the progress.

Safe travels to my friends the Jetters!

Better late than never ya hippie!

Voodoo Jim hinted that he might want to sell this hotrod. I want it.

Jeff Myers is a good friend and a hell of a kustom man. Have him make your car kool like he did mine, get ahold of him at Premier Body & Paint in Arkansas City, KS.

One of my talented upholsterer friends, Johnny Torres. Contact him at his shop here.

The Lonely Knights have to be the koolest kats on the road when they roll together.

Even more McGregors!

Aaron of Fast A.L.’s Upholstery.

After dinner a big group of us rolled to the Go Away Garage to check out the gallery.

That’s pretty much it folks! We had a fantastic time and I wish you could have been there too! Make plans to be there next year!

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See you at a show,

Royboy

September 13, 2013September 26, 2013

Event Coverage : 2013 Starliner Part 5

LOTS of photos in this one folks!

The family that hangs out at the cars show together…is kool.

Mickey’s Merc

15 shot HDR Panoramic of the show

One of the stars of the show. Micheal’s newly finished 34 5 Window Ford, done in an East Coast style. The 59 Olds steering wheel is the only part on the car newer than 53.

I love it!

Lonely Knights

Larry Wolfe recently brought this late 60’s Dave Stuckey creation back home to Wichita. Plans are to return it to it’s 1967 state. Back in the day Stuckey used this wild sectioned 1965 Pontiac Catalina to tow his Top Fuel Drag car. I reallly wish I could have been around to see that rolling down the road.

Clean.

The good tunes all day were provided by my buddy Everett.

Some of my favorite cars all in the same shot.

I love it Neal! Thanks for bringing it out!

Dad’s 59 Thunderbird and Ron’s Chevy Truck

Voodoo Jim’s Corn Cobb Coupe

Doc Parsons’ T is purrrrfect.

Yeah yeah yeah it’s for your wife, we know we know.

The Lonely Knights’ Big Rich awarding Mickey with their award.

Mickey and one of Wichita’s Godfathers of kool, Johnny Hammann

Roger Jetter and his award 🙂

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See you at a show,

Royboy

September 12, 2013September 26, 2013

Event Coverage : 2013 Starliner Part 4

For Part 4 we’re still at the show, and we start with Aaron of Fast A.L.’s Upholstery’s Ford and Mickey’s (StrayKatKustoms’) 60 Chevrolet flattop with 60 Merc Grille and Pontiac taillights.

Joe brought this beauty out for us all to drool over.

I caught Jack unloading some chairs out of the trunk of his new 51 Ford. Body, Paint and a bunch more stuff by Chaotic Customs.

One of my favorite new rides of 2013 is Butch’s 40 Sedan.

It still rocks a straight 6 but Steve’s 58 Ford moves on down the road and looks good doing it.

All the way from Omaha, NE to Wichita to hang with us. Thanks for coming down!

The Merc grille looks good with the 51 Ford turn signal housings.

If you don’t know Gears and Gals Magazine, you need to go to their site and order an issue. You should then buy a subscription.

Good to see you again my friend, 2 weeks in a row even!

Mickey’s Merc always looks good at the Starliner.

Joe’s Caddy is a ton of fun, maybe 2 tons looking at her…

Don’s Buick is probably one of the finest anywhere.

Some of my favorite Kansas City area folks.

Jeff and Verna brought this killer Plymouth hot rod up from Texas. I am planning on shooting this car this fall. If no magazines bite on the article, I’ll post it here for all of you to see.

One of the koolest places ever to hold a car show, even though this year it was quite hot.

Another shot of Steve’s chopped 40 Ford. Again, 300,000 miles on it and he’s owned it since 1969.

Friends and family.

I’ve seen this truck in Austin and a bunch of other places, I dig it every time.

Normally not my style but the nose art on the truck matches in with the location.

The McGregors, an American Car Family.

Hub and Gloria’s “Cinnamon” is my favorite kustom ever. It’s been together since the late 80’s. It’s been in magazines before but would you like to see a full feature on it here?

McGregor cars.

U.S. Mule even came out to play.

Jeff Myers of Premier Body & Paint brought out the 59 El Camino, Johnny Torres brought out his 41 Plymouth, and you can’t see it here, but Jim Allen brought out his “Corn Cobb Coupe”

Roy brought out this beautiful shoebox. The flathead is one of the cleanest ever.

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See you at a show,

Royboy

September 11, 2013September 26, 2013

Event Coverage : 2013 Starliner Part 3

So here we are on Saturday morning at the Kansas Aviation Museum.

I backed the Galaxie up under the wing of the KC135 as far as I could to keep in the shade.

300,000 miles and still looking good.

Butch M’s 56 Chevy

Doc Parson’s T. It’s perfect in every way.

Here’s the unedited version of Danny’s El Dorado in the morning. Check back later in the week for the full edit.

The Lonely Knights show up in force! and they park under the bomber wing for morning shade and a kool look.

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See you at a show,

Royboy

September 10, 2013September 26, 2013

Event Coverage : 2013 Starliner Part 2

The 2nd stop on the Garage Krawl for our group was my friend Roger’s house. Due to it being a private property I will not mention his last name or where it is. Roger has a fantastic collection of Fords mostly 40’s of various types and a couple of Falcons and more, but his automobilia collection is equally as impressive.

Great old signs

Extra parts

Some grilles in the background behind this great plane

Dashes, grilles, and beauty rings

So the power company puts in an ugly power station behind your house and keeps building it bigger… well you’d better find a cool way to hide it from your view. This works

Everyone’s backyard should be so kool.

More yard art, some of it I might have a need for, I may have to come back and make an offer…

The chain was just laying there, but I couldn’t help shooting a pic of the cool wheel and tire.

pretty kool mag.

One wall of the garage featured license plates staring in 1913 I believe, and sequentially going up from there.

Another wall featured only 1940 Kansas plates, from 99 of the 105 Kansas counties, that’s an impressive collection.

Some great car club plaques.

Great taillight lens display

What to do with your extra plates? Why not make an American Flag? 🙂

Then it was off to Chaotic Customs in Mulvane, KS for a shop visit and some lunch. Giant hot dogs, soda, chips and some homemade cookies really hit the spot. Here’s Mike Young’s 40 Ford pickup which is being built for SEMA this year.

Some of the projects under construction at Chaotic.

Then it was off to my buddy Jack’s place for a visit. Here’s a lineup of Jack’s rides. He has a 30 year head start on me but I hope to catch up one day.

Then it was off to Big Joe’s for an air conditioned shop visit (it was a hot one that day!) Here’s a “gas station” that Joe built to hold his compressor and welders and such when not in use.

Some of the art inside the main shop building.

Then I hopped in my buddy’s Galaxie for a ride to Rocky’s shop, we had a good line of 10 or so rides on the way there.

Rocky has a pretty kool collection of Wichita area club plaques too.

and the best chandelier around.

Then it was back to the hotel for some fajitas courtesy of the Lonely Knights. Thanks for the good eats folks!

The 100 or so people in the parking lot stayed out and socialized until around midnight. So many good friends that are all really more like family than friends. This is a big reason why this show is one of my favorites of the year.

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See you at a show,

Royboy

September 9, 2013September 26, 2013

Event Coverage : 2013 Starliner Part 1

As I did last year, I got to the Host Hotel on Thursday evening about 7pm so that I could wake up ready to go on the Garage Krawl on Friday morning. After dinner with some friends I shot some night shots in the parking lot.

One of my favorite Mercs around.

Mickey’s Merc

Love that hood ornament

More of our friends from the Lonely Knights in Colorado

So clean, so simple

Aaron of Fast A.L.’s Upholstery’s Ford.

All the way from California to Kansas just for the Starliner!

My ride

The next morning it was up bright and early to get ready for the Garage Krawl

Hub & Gloria’s beautiful roadster

The first stop on the tour was United Engine. Lots of kool stuff to see.

Damn good looking flathead

Tomorrow we continue the Garage Krawl for the 2013 Stray Kat Kustoms Starliner

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See you at a show,

Royboy

September 8, 2013September 5, 2013

Last 2013 Greaserama Post

Here are some HDR shots from the Greaserama.

Proof that HDR doesn’t have to be wild, this is the style I prefer for most shots, just making the photo look more like what your eye sees (with a little extra something).

Then there are times when I pump up the volume a bit.

See you at a show,

Royboy

September 7, 2013September 5, 2013

Event Coverage: 2013 Greaserama Part 6

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A couple of my friends from The Dirty Martinis showed up Sunday and added some purdy to the event.

The girls were popular subjects

Yes I shot a bunch of this car but hey when do you see 4 doors that look this cool?

Ben Dragdaddys is inside says his lil friend.

Chad rolling out of the show.

FarmTruck giving a high speed ride through the fairgrounds.

The first 20 miles of the drive home I got the pleasure of being caboose in a 3 car train with some friends.

Kevin’s Galaxie looks sooooo good. Damn mine needs to be lower!

A bug collection on the windshield and chasing the sun back home after the event.

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That’s it for the regular coverage of the show, tomorrow I’ll feature some that I’ve spent a little more time on. Since I was shooting this show for magazine show coverage I didn’t spend much time working on artsy photos, it was more about getting the needed photos for the article.

See you at a show,

Royboy

September 6, 2013September 9, 2013

Event Coverage: 2013 Greaserama Part 5

I love, love, love this ride.

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And this one.

Cos on patrol, making sure that everyone is having the required amount of good times.

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Chad’s Buick looking bad bad badass.

Sooner or later we’ll cross paths and not just your truck and I.

While I was getting my hair cut, I warned Cos he may need one, this was the response.

I dig that truck.

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Denny’s Sedan looks good in any light.

Sonny’s truck is sick.

Nice work Ben Dragdaddy! Looks just like PR Eric.

Another of Chad’s Kustom 1947 Buick.

FarmTruck made the trip up to the Greaserama from OKC again.

This bad lil ride is for sale.

Moody’s Garage booth at the Greaserama

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Shane Z’s booth

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See you at a show,

Royboy

September 5, 2013September 9, 2013

Event Coverage: 2013 Greaserama Part 4

I’ve seen this car for years and it floors me every time.

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Good to see you my friend, and I still say using air to be able to clean your entire whitewall at once is cheating…

Good looking Chevy

The owner said it’s not finished but it looked damn good to me!

Punk Rod Eric surveying all that was 2013 Greaserama.

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Lots of good looking shoeboxes at the show this year.

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See you at a show,

Royboy

September 4, 2013December 13, 2013

Event Coverage: 2013 Greaserama Part 3

That’s a lot of years on the Power Tour! Kickass!

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I’ve been seeing this truck for years, I really should do a feature on it on the site.

Good to see you and the family Don, see ya in Wichita this weekend!

Jeremy Barrett’s pickup.

When you can’t find a v12, two v6’s will do the trick!

Interesting hard top chop. I never made it over to investigate further, but I wish I would have.

Can’t wait to see this one done!

The flush mount skirts, the lake pipes, the spots, it’s all working for me.

See I told you if I got down low you couldn’t tell that the other half of the car wasn’t shammied… oops.

I keep seeing this car this summer but I haven’t had a chance to BS with the owner yet.

Jebby’s “Nadine” and the tail end of my Galaxie. Nadine looks damn good for 200k+ miles.

Neal was nice enough to give me a lift in when I walked out to the entrance to give my dad a wristband. I can’t wait to see the next evolution of this kool truck.

Random Crowd Shot

I’ve been seeing this truck for years at the Greaserama. Looks like a ball of fun.

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See you at a show,

Royboy

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September 3, 2013December 13, 2013

Event Coverage: 2013 Greaserama Part 2

For part 2 we’re still on Saturday. The show was big big big this year, I don’t feel that there would have been any way to get all of the cars and especially all of the spectator cars into the area of the old venue. It was pretty impressive to head up on the north hill of the fairgrounds to see all that the 2013 Greaserama was.

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Channeled Tall T, I like!

Clean

My ride, thanks to Jeff Myers at Premier Body & Paint in Arkansas City, KS for the kustom 60’s style paint and Clint Rowe for the pinstriping.

Looking good man!

An iconic recipe for kool

inally got to see my friends from Oliver Built Garage for the first time this year, I need to make more trips up to Iowa.

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Dick’s ride again, with the hood shut as all kustoms should be 😉

I love these two rides.

It’s always good to see my good friends Dan and Sharyl Stears, see ya again next weekend in Wichita!

One of my good friends Todd C. Jones, amazing guy and artist. Look for a feature on him coming soon!

I was hiding from the rain under a canopy, my camera doesn’t like getting wet.

More coming tomorrow!

See you at a show,
Royboy

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September 2, 2013December 13, 2013

Event Coverage: 2013 Greaserama Part 1

Man, what a great weekend! The Greaserama moved this year from it’s long time venue to a new one that was outside of KC, many denounced the move but the crowd that showed up on Saturday proved that change can be good. I’m writing an article for a magazine on the show so I’ll save most of my words of the event for that, here the photos will do the talking.

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My good friend Mike’s 53 Chevy Truck

ick’s Chevy just looks right.

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Interesting hard top chop

Chris’ 60 Ford, looking good!

Some of the Los Punk Rods Rides

Damn I love a long roof

Looking good bro!

Love the new intake Eric!

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See you at a show,
Royboy

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September 1, 2013August 29, 2013

Automotive Art Gallery

From time to time in my car show coverage, I like to spend a little extra editing time on a shot. Most of these end up in this gallery. Here are a few of my favorites, these would look great printed on metallic paper in 12×18 or larger on your wall. Especially the HDR shots, they really pop on the metallic paper. Just click on the photo, pick your size and paper style and boom you are good to go!

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See you at a show,
Royboy

August 31, 2013August 29, 2013

1 Month Warning: KKOA Hotrodding Hullabaloo – Denison, TX

SUPER SIZED POST! FULL OF PHOTOS!

Last year I made my first ever trip to Denison, TX for the KKOA Hotrodding Hullabaloo. Like the KKOA Leadsled Spectacular in Salina, KS the event has some Run What Ya Brung Drags on Friday. The show this year looks to be a great time too, I wish I could make it but the new Sept. 27-29 dates for the show conflicts with another event that I will be attending.

Just down the street and around the corner from the show are my buddies at Atlas Speed & Custom, get ahold of them if you get down to the show, they have a lot of kool going on.

It was unusually chilly in North Texas on the Friday of last year’s show, here are some pics from the Drags held at a local airstrip west of Denison.

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Later that evening I went over to a local watering hole to see my buddies in the band Pushrod rock the house. Waaaaay too early the next morning I was up and at em again and headed over to the park for the show. I was greeted with a bunch of familiar faces from my adventures up here in KS and OK, and a bunch of new to me folks too. The show was small, laid back and really perfect for spending time with friends telling tall tails and talking kustoms.

Then it was out to dinner with some friends and when I got back to the hotel I couldn’t resist some night shots.

Sunday I went back over to the show to see who was around, quite a few had split town, but there were still some kool rides to be seen.

All in all, I had a damn good time, well worth the 12 hours it took to drive there and back! If not for the previously mentioned scheduling conflict I would be going back this year for sure. If you can make it to the show, get there, enjoy some kool kustoms and hot rods and of course hanging out with each other!

See you at a show,

Royboy

August 22, 2013August 22, 2013

Event Coverage :2013 H.A.M.B. Drags Weekend Part 4

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4

Thanks folks for following along with all of the H.A.M.B. Drags coverage.

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4

That’s it for the basic coverage of the 2013 H.A.M.B. Drags.

See you at a show,

Royboy

August 21, 2013August 14, 2014

Event Coverage :2013 HAMB Drags Weekend Part 3

Finally we hit the track!

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4

Of course my friends from Wichita the McGregors are there, any time you see these sombreros there’s a good time somewhere close by.

Hot Rod Hill Climb and Grandpa’s Hot Rod Booth

Really nice ride

Nick’s roadster is just getting better and better

Model A John’s ride

Some of my Mulvane Marauder friends were in attendance

Of course the Lil Honker, always a favorite.

My buddy John’s barn find gasser

The man, the myth, the traveling legend Bob K!

Butch M’s 56 Chevy Gasser got some new touches

Perfection.

Simple, cool, I want one.

Some of the best curves in the automotive world.

Bill Moore’s “High School Dropout” Merc

This is one of the slickest flatties I’ve ever seen.

Don’s 53 is always looking good.

Another view of Rick’s new shoebox.

Krobe’s fastback fleetline Chevy

There are a couple of shoebox utes in the area, this one has a ton of work in it.

Mike’s bad blue Chevy Truck

Kerry’s rail, I hear tell that about the time I headed for the hotel he pulled a 165 mph run, congrats man!

John and Butch warming up the hides.

That’s it for this HAMB Drags post, 1 more tomorrow and then maybe some special edits on Friday.

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Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4

See you at a show,

Royboy

August 20, 2013August 14, 2014

Event Coverage :2013 HAMB Drags Weekend Part 2

Here are some more shots from the HAMB Drags Friday Night’s pre-party shenanigans

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4

Mike and Daddy-O from Pushrod (and Atlas Speed & Custom)

This looks like a good time…

Dick’s Chevy is simple and clean and a driving machine.

Stray Kat Kustoms (Mickey) has just about finished his 60 Chevy with 60 Merc Grill as his daily driver.

Early Saturday morning after a hearty breakfast I roamed the parking lot a bit before heading out.

Here’s my buddy Rick’s new shoebox.

A whole lotta kool in the host hotel parking lot.

On the way to MO-KAN Dragway we stopped by Ryno Built for a coffee and donuts open house.

A few cars were taking advantage of the shop, like Jason swapping his slicks on.

Others gathered to help a friend 1/2 a country from home.

Then Jason tacked his grill support bracket back in place.

150 miles each way and consistent 10 second passes all day. Mike had a good debut weekend for the Henry J.

The next stop is the track for the main event!

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4

See you at a show,

Royboy

August 19, 2013August 14, 2014

Event Coverage : 2013 H.A.M.B. Drags Weekend Part 1

Another HAMB Drags weekend has come and gone.

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4

As usual for this event I decided to leave my ride at home and catch a ride with my folks down to Joplin. With all of the travel that I do, it’s good to spend a couple of those weekends a year with them on the road. As I loaded my bags into the back of the truck the rain was pouring down in our little town. We headed south as quick as we could to try to outrun the storm. The route between Gypsum, KS and Joplin, MO has a few turns so every time we out ran the storm we made a turn and drove right back into it for the first 2 hours or so of the trip. 15 or 20 miles in a massive hail storm and torrential downpours were lowlights of Thursday evening’s drive.

Friday morning we assembled some of our friends and headed for Springfield, MO for the swap meet. The Ozarks Antique Auto Club Swap Meet is massive. There is no other way to describe it really. The car corral is usually loaded with good buys and some that are a bit over priced. There are top notch vendors from across the country and a truly staggering amount of individual sellers covering the fairgrounds. I didn’t find anything that I couldn’t live without, actually I had my heart set on an Offenhauser 4bbl intake for my flathead and some matching heads, but some new Royboy computer upgrades had that cash spoken for. Ahhhh, maybe next year.

Then it was back to the host hotel area for the Friday Night pre-party! Tons of folks drove their rides from all over the country to attend the drags and the pre-party. Music was provided by my friends Pushrod and they rocked the party like non-other.

To see all of the photos in the gallery go here.

Then it was off to bed to get up for Saturday’s shenanigans, more about those tomorrow.

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4

See you at a show,

Royboy

August 17, 2013August 21, 2013

A Look Ahead: Rev It Up! – Lawrence, KS

2012 marked my second trip to Lawrence, KS for the Rev It Up car show. This was also the second venue for the show in those two trips.

for all of the info on this show go www.revitupcarshow.com

I will not be attending the show this year due to it being moved to a day with 3 other shows in KS, so sorry I will not be able to be at all of them!

These photos are from the 2012 event.

See you at a show,

Royboy

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July 22, 2013August 21, 2013

For all those coming to Salina, KS this weekend…

So if you’ve been following along with my stuff at all lately you know that this weekend is the 2013 KKOA Leadsled Spectacular in Salina, KS. Since Salina is basically my hometown, I figured I’d give everyone a bit of a list of some notable places in town. Click on the links to go to the location on google maps, if you are viewing this on your phone you should be able to then navigate to the location. First off, registration for the show is now at the Ramada Inn on West Crawford.

Thursday

Officially the show starts on Thursday, many early comers are at the park and hanging out on Thursday before the official festivities begin. Come out and enjoy the Open House at Bright Built Hot Rods that evening.

After the Open House head back to Oakdale Park to line up to take part in the Cruise on Santa Fe Ave from 7:30p to 8:30pm. If you just want to hang out and watch the cars instead of cruising just find yourself a place along Santa Fe between Walnut St. and Ash St.

Officially that’s it for Thursday.

Friday!

Again head back to Oakdale Park for the show opening up at 9 am (officially, but many show up well before that, I usually hit the park at 8am). We hang out all day at the show until it’s time to head up to the Run What Ya Brung Drags held right next to Dean Evans Stadium on Markley Road. At 1pm on the stage in the park is the Pinup Contest. The drags officially start at 5, but I will try to leave the park for the drags around 4pm.

The drags are a blast. Last year there were some logistical issues with the layout, I hope that the city’s committee has it figured out this time. Its about an 1/8″ mile course, with flag men (or women) on each end of the track and it’s all about fun. Yes there are some true drag cars that come out, and to be honest I don’t agree with most of them being there but that’s a different discussion for a different day. If you want to make a pass or 12 in your ride, this is your chance to do it. If you just want to watch some fun drag racing action, come out and enjoy yourself.

Friday evening at 9:30pm at the Ramada Inn is the KKOA Tonite Show where the 2 2013 KKOA Hall of Fame Inductees are announced.
Also Friday evening at Calvins Customs on Santa Fe is a party open to all KKOA participants, to get your car into the party you must have the show registration displayed in your windshield and to get into the shop where there is typically free beer (to those 21 and over) and some good eats, you need to be wearing your show wrist band.

Saturday

Back to Oakdale Park for the biggest day of the show. The car counts and the crowds will be the biggest on Saturday. For those with kids coming along don’t forget that there is a really bitchin’ water park just east of Oakdale Park, this is a big show but sometimes you need something for the kids to do outside of the show, I understand. Also for the ladies, downtown Salina has a bunch of antique and unique shopping opportunities just a couple of blocks from the park.

Again at 1pm the Pinup Contest goes down, come and cheer on your favorite lovely lady.

All day Friday-Sunday an all star crew lead by Bill Hines will be chopping a top live in the park, its something to see for sure.

There is usually another major car mod going on in the park at the same time, the last couple of years it’s been a section job, stop by both spots and watch the cars get the kustom treatment all weekend long.

Saturday night at the historic Stiefel Theatre is the “One Night With Elvis” show. You can buy concert tickets at the registration booth or the T-Shirt booth.

Sunday

Sunday is usually a fraction of the cars that were at the show on Saturday, but that doesn’t mean it’s not a day to attend. Some of the best of the best kustoms around are all in the park on Sunday of the Leadsled Spectacular. Come hang out with kustom legends, see the awards ceremony and squeeze every last minute you can out of the KKOA weekend in Salina.

Good places to eat and drink in Salina.

Salina has a bunch of great places to eat.

BBQ:

Hickory Hut, routinely voted as one of the best in town.

Hog Wild Pit BBQ, technically a chain but a small one and VERY good for chain bbq.

(20 miles away in my hometown of Gypsum) Big D’s BBQ, this is some really good BBQ in a small town atmosphere that cannot be touched in the larger city. If you don’t mind a bit of a drive they are only open from 5-9pm on Saturday

Pizza:

There are 2 local pizza places fairly near to the show that both have great pie

Coops

Scheme (they do not accept plastic, so bring cash or a checkbook) you may want to make reservations, they do get busy.

And one a little farther from the show but still good stuff. Big Cheese Pizza

Burgers:

There’s a small KS chain called Spangles that has a great 50’s pop culture atmosphere and pretty good food for a fast food joint, two of them in town. One on South 9th St. and one on West Crawford.

One of 2 Salina institutions is Bogey’s, one of my personal favorites, if you want a great shake and a burger this is the place to go.

The other Salina institution for burgers in the Cozy Inn. You’ve probably heard about them, at some point in the weekend you need to go buy a sack (6 small sliders) they are pretty darn good, even if they stink so bad 🙂

Mexican:

I have 2 recommendations here, I can’t decide which is my favorite.

Cotijas, fairly new to town, and lots of authentic and some TexMex style, delicious every time I go

Lenore’s, been in town a long time and one of my favorite places to eat in Salina.

There are all of the normal chain restruants in Salina too but come on if you wanted to eat at a chain joint you can go to any city in the country right?

Bars:

My all time favorite bar is the Paramount Bar just a block from Calvins Customs, the P has been in business since 1946 and it’s my favorite place to kick back and enjoy a drink, tell the girls that Travis sent ya and make sure you tip them well 🙂 enjoy the patio out back with the forecasted cool weather.

Another 2 blocks south is 111 Ultra Lounge, a nice little joint to enjoy some lively libations.

There’s also O’Malley’s in the Ramada Inn where a few of you are staying, decent bar, I don’t care for their food offerings but after a few you can’t tell that its not the best food ever

Out of the way a bit from where the show and hotels are is Speakeasy, nice bar with a patio and some decent food.

On the way to some of the south of town hotels is the Blind Pig, some basic bar food is available as well, and a nice patio.

I’m sure I’ve missed something. Please comment below if I have and I’ll try to find something for you. I’m damn proud at how the show has grown since coming to Salina and I hope to get more and more traditional kustom and hot rod folk to attend every year. Stop by the Royboy Productions booth and say hi, buy something if you want to, book a shoot if you can, above all safe travels and I’ll see you at the show.

Royboy

July 4, 2013

Happy Independence Day!

Happy Independence Day from Royboy Productions!

Here are some red, white and blue rides all from the Starliner show held in Wichita, KS this Sept. 6-7. As mentioned on this week’s Episode 170 of Friction In The Static Podcast.

I hope you all have a very happy and safe Independence Day.

See you at a show,
Royboy

July 2, 2013

A Look Back at 2013 So Far

Wow. July. Already?!?

January 2013

I can’t believe the year is half over already, it seems like just a few weeks ago I was picking my car up from Jeff Myers’ Premier Body & Paint in Arkansas City, KS and headed home with my new old school paint.

Of course on that very trip home the generator finally gave up the ghost. I’d been nursing it for awhile and it was just time to finally do the upgrade, read all about the nightmare that turned into here.

The first event of the year was about 2 weeks after I picked up the car from Jeff, and I was going to be showing the Galaxie for the first time at an indoor show. The legendary Starbird show in Wichita, now the Starbird-Devlin show, but still pretty damn cool for someone that has been going to that show for 30 years. The show was a lot of fun, parking my car with some of the legendary Fundamentals cars was a huge honor. See the show coverage here Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4

The show was just too much fun.

February 2013

February is always a bit busier than January around here. Kansas City hosts the World of Wheels Autorama, Darryl Starbird does his show in Tulsa, and The Chill goes down in Park City, KS.

Going to KC always means seeing my buddies of Los Punk Rods. They are always working on something interesting. KC WOW Show Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

Then it’s off to Tulsa for the Starbird show. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4

Then it’s time for The Chill in Park City, KS Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

March 2013

March is always a bit slow in the area here. This year I went down to The Chill in Denton, TX, it was worth the trip and I plan on going again and again. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

Then a couple of weeks later it was time to head back to Texas for the Goodguys Spring Lonestar Nationals Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5

April 2013

The first trip of April is typically the Lonestar Roundup in Austin, TX. This was the first time the Galaxie went and it was awesome! Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6 and Art Shots

A couple of weeks later we gathered for the HAMBBQ

The next day I took advantage of a chance to go hang in the pits for the #20 Matt Kenseth car for the NASCAR Sprint Cup race.

The drivers rode around in the back of these Hummers after driver announcements.2013 STP4000065_6_7_tonemapped

Then it was off to Mulvane, KS to Chaotic Customs for their Open House. Chaotic has been responsible for helping me sort out some of the mechanical issues that were out of my mechanic knowledge or out of my time frame. Thanks! Part 1, Part 2

May 2013

The first Friday in May is always Stray Kat 500 time in Dewey, OK. It rained, it sleeted, it may have snowed a touch but it was still perfect. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6

Then it was over to Abilene, KS for Motor Mania.

June 2013

June started off with a trip to Marysville, KS for AutoFest
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4

Then the Galaxie and I headed off to Springfield, MO for the Queen City Riot
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4

Father’s Day weekend is always the time to take Dad to the Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure’s Father’s Day Show Part 1, Part 2

Big Brothers Big Sisters held a small 100 car show at the JC Penny’s parking lot in Salina, KS

Winfield Garage Car Show was a lot of fun, hanging out with some great friends at a nice event, we need to make this a 200 car show next year! Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

Thanks for going along with me for the ride so far, there’s still a ton of events left to go for this year so get yourself out to one and say hi. If you want some custom photos of your car, give me a yell using the contact link above.

See you at a show,

Royboy

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Good places to eat and drink in Salina.

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