2013 Starbird-Devlin Car Show for Charity: A Look Back Pt. 1

For the first time ever, my Galaxie will be entered into an indoor car show. Now to be clear, this car was never meant to be a show car, only a kool kustom that I occasionally show off at shows. This first indoor show will be the Starbird-Devlin show in Wichita, KS at Century II on Jan. 18-20th.

I’ve been attending the show here on and off since the early 80’s. Back then I remember very little about the show or the cars that I saw there. Mostly the memories are just of good times with my dad and sometimes Grandpa at the Starbird show. It was a big deal. Not even an all too present case of the chicken pox could keep me away, when my folks asked if I was well enough to go, I lied my ass off. I was going to the Starbird show.

Over the years that I’ve been attending with a camera in hand we’ve been privy to some pretty fantastic vehicles on display at the show.

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Lil Coffin

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The Toad (see Issue #57 of Car Kulture Deluxe for a full feature on The Toad)

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The Trixie Tee

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Starbird’s Predicta BubbleTop

Part 2 will post tomorrow and will include 2011 and 2012 favorites.

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See you at a show,

Travis

New Kustom Paint, Old Kustom Flavor

I’ve had my 1963 Ford Galaxie 500 since 2004. When she first entered my life she looked like a 70’s cruiser. Stock body, dark tinted windows (80’s probably), Cragar S/S wheels and some fairly large raised white letter tires.

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What’s coming up for January & February 2013

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!

January

Jan. 18-20th
Wichita, KS Starbird-Devlin Charity Car Show “The Wichita Tradition”
See the 2012 photos here
Jack Marinelli's 29 Model A Roadster 


See the 2011 photos here
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For more info on the show go here: starbirddevlin.com

February

Feb. 8-10 
Kansas City, MO 53rd Annual O’Reilly Auto Parts World of Wheels
See the 2012 photos here:
1934 Plymouth Coupster

See the 2011 photos here:
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For more info on the show go here: Autorama.com

Feb. 15-17 
Tulsa, OK 49th Annual Starbird Exotic Car Show
See the 2012 photos here:
The Vibrasonic Roadster

See the 2011 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:
 

See the 2011 photos here:

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

Had a great time at the 2012 Stray Kat Kustoms Starliner show at the Kansas Aviation Museum

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

2011 Darryl Starbird Wichita Teaser Pics

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