Hot Rods and Kustom Cars
Coming up Sept. 21st is the Ol Marais River Run in Ottawa, KS
Here are some shots from the 2012 event.
I will be at the show shooting again this year, if you’d like custom photos of your car at this show use this form to let me know.
See you at a show,
Royboy
Rundown of all of the things that Royboy Productions will do in February
February 2
Wichita Model A Swap Meet held at the Kansas Pavillion, Park City, KS
February 9
O’Reilly Auto Parts World of Wheels – held at Bartle Hall, Kansas City, MO
Photos from 2012
February 16
Starbird Exotic Car Show – held at Quiktrip Center, Tulsa, OK
Photos from 2012
February 23
The Park City Chill – held at the Kansas Pavillion, Park City, KS
Photos from 2012
If you’ll be at one of these events and want some photos of your car, let me know here. The indoor shows do not provide the best opportunity for photos but that doesn’t mean it’s impossible to get any good ones.
See you at a show,
Travis
Part 3!
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Mickey’s Merc
Johnny Hammann’s beautiful 58 Chevrolet again… I love it, so I will keep posting photos of it.
Clint Rowe pulling some lines to outline my new paint by Jeff Myers.
Corey Conyers is the man responsible for the insanely kool aluminum body on this slingshot dragster.
Kustom City
Check out issue #57 of Car Kulture Deluxe for a feature article on The Toad.
Rocky Burris’ Too Kool pickup
Vibrasonic!
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See you at a show,
Travis
Part 2!
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Another shot of the gorgeous 40 Chevrolet built by Big Creek Restorations in Ellis, Kansas.
Ridler winner
I don’t know that I’ve seen this truck before but I dig it.
John Sinfellow’s 55 Barn Find Gasser.
Not my normal style wheel/tire combo but looks good on this El Camino
Big Fat Lip
That’s it for Part 2, part 3 tomorrow morning!
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See you at a show
Travis
The 2013 Starbird-Devlin show is in the books!
Here are some of my favorite photos from the weekend. Thanks again to my kustom family for allowing my Galaxie to park with so many historic and beautiful rides.
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Johnny Hammann’s tried and true 58 Chevy Impala. It’s been basically unchanged since Jan. 1976.
Mickey’s Merc (he washed it!) Once a 4 door, now a 2 door with a ton more kustom touches.
Distant cousins?
You don’t see these every day, and you don’t see many cars this clean and straight ever.
One of my favorite Mercs ever.
Mike’s 60 Olds fresh from a remodel… gorgeous!
Nice collection!
40 Chevy built by Big Creek Restoration with a band on stage behind it Friday evening.
The Big T
Corey Conyers is restoring a beautiful slingshot. I say it would almost be a shame to paint this body.
Larry James of Flyin Eye Kreations has been working hard to finish up his old Nova in new form
Rob Parker has been working on this Chevy Bobber Pickup Roadster for a few years, it’s pretty interesting to see all of the details that have gone into it.
That’s it for this time, click any of those photos to go to the entire gallery.
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See you at a show!
Travis
Pick up the new Car Kulture Deluxe for a feature on The Toad that I shot/wrote. Doug’s Olds is one kool kustom, for more shots of it from this shoot go to http://royboyproductions.smugmug.com/Cars/Shoots/Doug-Reeds-Toad/
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I’ve been posting photos of the new paint that Jeff Myers of Premier Body & Paint in Arkansas City, KS did on my Galaxie. Here’s some of his collection in front of the shop.” alt=”I’ve been posting photos of the new paint that Jeff Myers of Premier Body & Paint in Arkansas City, KS did on my Galaxie. Here’s some of his collection in front of the shop.
Toast’s 40 Ford at the Stray Kat 500. 1st weekend each May in Dewey, OK
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See you at a show,
Travis
The schedule for 2013 is already filling up! This post will be a breakdown of some of the shows of the first few months, have a look at the info I provide, check out the photos from years past and pick a couple out to attend!
Jan. 18-20th
Wichita, KS Starbird-Devlin Charity Car Show “The Wichita Tradition”
See the 2012 photos here
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For more info on the show go here: starbirddevlin.com
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Kansas City, MO 53rd Annual O’Reilly Auto Parts World of Wheels
See the 2012 photos here:
See the 2011 photos here:
For more info on the show go here: Autorama.com
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Tulsa, OK 49th Annual Starbird Exotic Car Show
See the 2012 photos here:
For more information on the show go here: darrylstarbird.com
Feb. 23-24
Park City, KS The Park City Chill
See the 2012 photos here:
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For more information on the show go here: bartelproductions.com/chill.html
That’s it for my schedule through the end of February. I’ll update you on March-April next month!
See you at a show,
Travis
So as I sit here typing we’re a couple of hours away from the 3rd Annual Mid Decembrrrr Run. Folks from hundreds of miles away are now on their way to Salina, KS to meet up and go on a long drive in our classic cars. It’s been a really good time so far, hopefully this year is too!
This will be it as far as 2012 goes for me and my cameras. It’s been a fantastic year, went new places, met new people and had a great time throughout it all. For 2012 there are 33 galleries with 7,987 photos so far, whew, my shutter finger is tired! To see them all go here:Â http://royboyproductions.smugmug.com/Cars/2012
Some of my favorites are
Fuel Altered “Black Mariah” doing a smoky burnout at the 2012 KKOA Leadsled Spectacular, see more from that weekend here.
Twin Hemi’d rail doing a smoky burnout at the 2012 KKOA Leadsled Spectacular, see more from that weekend here.
The Anderson 36 at the 2012 Iron Invasion, see more from that show here.
The Chrismas Brothers Coupe at the 2012 Iron Invasion, see more from that show here.
About a year ago I joined Instagram, it’s been a fun way to give new life to some old photos and spread the word about what it is that I do here. http://instagram.com/royboyprods is where you can find those photos if you are not already on Instagram.
Have a great weekend, I’m off with a bunch of my rod/kustom friends for a road trip. Merry Christmas and I’ll see you at a show,
Travis
Like the KKOA Leadsled Spectacular held in Salina, KS the Hotrodding Hullabaloo features Friday Run What Ya Brung Drags. Being that the show has a smaller attendance the drags were a bit let crowded.
They do wear some weird head gear in Texas racing…
Now on to the show Saturday held at a downtown area park.
Stray Kat Kustoms in the line o Mercs
Buck’s bad bad Chev
I love The Whale
I think that this show could grow back to a really great celebration of Kustoms in the years to come. I really like the town, the people, the venue, I think we should all strive to get to this one next year and just over run the park with kool kustoms.
The show was a lot of fun, a small show but a great collection of kool kustoms and hot rods. The town was fantastic and I hope to be back for years to come.
Night shots back at the hotel
That’s it, there are more pics but that’s it for the posts here, to see the entire gallery click any of the photos in this blog post.
See you at a show,
Travis
Held on Sept. 15th, 2012 in Ottawa, KS
Had a great time at the 2012 Stray Kat Kustoms Starliner show at the Kansas Aviation Museum You should have been there too!
There are over 600 images in the gallery including some instagram versions and more artistic edits of some of the photos. There are another 70 or so that will be turned in to a magazine for possible show coverage feature. Speaking of that checkout Car Kulture Deluxe issue #54 for the feature on the Vibrasonic and the show coverage of the 2012 Stray Kat 500, both shot by Royboy and the 500 article was written by me as well! For some great audio about the Vibrasonic, go to Johnny King’s site here.
See you at a show,
Travis
Since it looks pretty wet out there today and there’s a 90% chance of rain for Wichita I thought I’d post up the coverage of last year’s Blacktop Nationals in case I don’t get anything today.
And from 2010 as well, you might as well have plenty to look at today…
Next weekend is the double header of the Goodguys at the Kansas Speedway and the Greaserama at the Boulevard Drive In, both great shows that make for a super long weekend but worth it!
See you at a show,
Travis
From Garnett (see part 1) I headed out to Mulvane, KS home of the Mulvane Marauders.
This part was another fun drive, exploring country side, just randomly heading south and west until I got close to the show.
That was a fun drive! I got to see some of the grain storage facilities that I’d done the mechanical and fabrication drawings for, drove a new section of one of my favorite roads, an old section of highway just outside of most people’s point of view while they cruise on US-400, had a burger at the historic Beaumont Hotel and explored a fun new-to-me road between Latham and Douglass, KS.
Once I arrived in Mulvane it’s the same story as every other time, the many friends I’ve made in the Marauders make me feel at home. This show is held on the old main street area of Mulvane and features some of the over 160 members of the club’s rides as well as many area cars. The Marauders gave away a freshly rebuilt engine this year along with a huge table full of door prizes and some killer trophies made by various members of the Marauders.
One of the most beautiful kustoms around, Don’s 54 Buick
Jody’s way kool Y-block powered kustom Ford truck
Steve’s Tiki Taxi
Merideth’s Trixie Tee, built to match her Trophy Girl purse, this is a killer little hotrod!
Jack’s 40 Ford
One kool kustom influenced hot rod
I really dig this killer Merc kustom, check out the headlights…
Some high dollar rides showed up
Chris and Karma Carlson of Chaotic Customs drive this 60 Pontiac named Stella nearly every day, and judging by the color of the back tire, Chris didn’t get the kids to clean Stella after driving down the dirt road they live on. That’s dedication, live on a dirt road and drive a ride like this!
Jason of Red House Custom Paint was in attendance.
Mike’s 29 Roadster
One of my favorite cars of the show, Kent drives the heck out of her too!
Another 51 Ford! This time with the 6 cylinder drive train.
Interesting dash
Bill Hines and crew chopped this at the KKOA in 2009 I believe. Love the chop and the color!
Kevin’s 64 Galaxie
Chris giving out the awards.
Congrats Kent!
 
That’s it for the 2nd part, a drive up to Gypsum would end my day driving around central-eastern KS. Hope you enjoyed the coverage, stay tuned to the blog with RSS feeds or email updates so you know when I’ve updated the blog.
See you at a show!
Travis
 
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