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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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Royboy

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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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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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Royboy

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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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Royboy