2016 Retro Rewind Coverage Pt. 2 Sponsored by Speedway Motors

2016 Retro Rewind

This post of the Hot Rod Hill Climb is brought to you by Speedway Motors. Thank you Speedway for making this coverage possible. Visit the the Speedway Motors site here, on Facebook here or on Twitter here.

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The 2016 Retro Rewind in Dubuque, IA is physically a small event in a fairly small venue, but it’s HUGE on heart. That’s what the Retro Rewind, Vintage Torque Fest and Iron Invasion events are all about in a word, heart. John Wells and company put these events on to raise money for the 501(c)(3) Helping Hannah’s Heart Foundation. PLEASE go check out this foundation, it’s so very important that us in the hot rod and kustom world help out foundations like this that help out good hard working folks going through some of the toughest times in their lives.

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2016 Retro Rewind Coverage Pt. 1 Sponsored by Speedway Motors

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My 2nd trip to Dubuque, IA for the Retro Rewind went down over the weekend of Jan. 9, 2016. The 3rd annual Retro Rewind was a lot of fun, even if I decided last minute to not bring my ride. The bitter cold may have kept my car (I wimped out after being sick all week) and some spectators away but there were still a ton of great cars, trucks, bikes, vendors, bands and awesome car people at the show.

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Feature Friday: Jerry & Cynthia Curry’s 1936 Ford Pickup

The list of reasons that a particular project gets delayed can be a long one. “Life gets in the way” is how most of that list is summed up. It’s fairly rare to see “our house and garage burned down” on the list, but that’s exactly what happened to Jerry & Cynthia Curry shortly after Jerry brought home a 1936 Ford pickup.

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Car Feature: Beginner’s Luck? Brandon’s 31 Model A

Sometimes you have to practice for years to get good at something, other times you get it right on your first effort. Brandon McCullough from Tulsa, OK got this 1931 Model A right on his first effort. As a kid he attended “every car show that we could find” with his dad who was always talking about wanting a hot rod coupe. After a few well detailed beautiful bike builds McCullough decided it was time to build a coupe for himself just like Dad had always wanted.

 

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Event Coverage: 2013 Rumble – Wichita, KS – Part 4

When the show was started it was in June and ran from 4p-10p, now that it’s in September, the show ends up at 8pm after the pinup contest and the awards. Perfect timing to head to my favorite pizza joint in Wichita then head to the after party. I had a really good time and I will be back next year.

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Matt rocking his Royboy Stencil hat.

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Nice bike!

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Doug Reed and the Toad.

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Some of the ladies of the pinup contest.

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And then it was just me and my ride. Time to go grab a bite to eat and head to the after party.

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Royboy

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Event Coverage: 2013 Rumble – Wichita, KS – Part 3

Soooo, I got a lot of photos of my lady friends on stage and a few more with them next to some cars. Who can blame me, really? They were nice enough to walk around with me after their performance and pose by some cars and I am not stupid, pretty girl + kool car = WIN!

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Here’s the trophy table, all kool hand made trophies, because those mean more.

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Happy Birthday Steve!

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Kool kid hauler!

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The hosts of the show.

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Gimlet wanted to be the one to stand next to McPhail’s 41.

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Compromise

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The girls posed for a couple of photos with Joe’s white truck last year, so we had to shoot with his 40 Ford too.

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We were kinda running up against the clock so I didn’t have time to run back to the car and grab flashes or reflectors, damn.

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With the girls gone, and all of the guys focusing back on talking cars now, it was back to shooting car show coverage photos. How kool is this?

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One of 3 Galaxies at the show.

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Some will call this a rat, I just say its unrefined.

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Another kool truck that I see all over the place.

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There was a lot of orange at the show, and all of it was well done. Some great quality paint work.

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Not too many bikes at the show, I could definitely use more of the style that showed up.

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Larry James’ Caddy

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Okay, I need this.

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Again with Elvis’ Caddy? Yeah again.

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Its a good time seeing this truck launch at the drag strip.

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Primary’s members cars.

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The Go Away Garage hosted a panel jam with some heavy hitters around the table. Lots of kool art was created.

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That’s it for this post, more throughout the week or you can click here and see the entire gallery, 1 more post tomorrow to finish it up!

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Royboy

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Event Coverage: 2013 Ol Marais River Run Part 4

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The beautiful blue Kansas sky and the big trees of Forest Park combined to make lots and lots of harsh shadows. If I had more time at the show I would have used an off camera flash to fill in a bit, but I had 3 hours to cover a park with about 2000 cars in it… So yeah I didn’t do that 🙂

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Sooooo Nice
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I stopped in to see the guys from Affordable Street Rods, this beautiful roadster is theirs and is just plain awesome.
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I love the stance of this shoebox. If any of you know the owner I’d like to find out how this stance was achieved. I have 3″ drop springs for the front of mine and 3″ drop springs for the rear, but I’m sure I need to get down farther than that.
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I see the Spiwak’s about everywhere I go and it’s never a bad thing.
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A touch too much.
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I’m not normally a Camaro guy but this one was very nice.
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I’ve always liked this 40
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Fresh back from the Hot Rod Hill Climb
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Nice scallops
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That’s a heck of a stretch job!
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My favorite ride of the show. This is a true survivor hot rod that was a dirt track racer before it was turned into this show rod in the 60’s
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It’s neighbor wasn’t too shabby either!
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Look at all of those identical hoods open. You can bet your behind I walked right by that whole area. Who needs to stop and look at 6 identical cars except for their paint colors?
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Bryce, lookie here my friend.
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You cannot go wrong with a Rivi
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A very nice Anglia
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Gentry’s GMC Cabover is evolving every time I see it. I’m not sure it could lay out last time I saw it.
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That’s it folks, that’s what I saw in my whirlwind 2013 Ol Marais River Run trip. I only had time for 1 pass around the park, so if I missed your ride, I apologize.

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See you at a show,

Royboy

Event Coverage: 2013 Ol Marais River Run Part 3

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One of my favorite’s from the Greaserama was also in Ottawa.

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Beautiful truck, the suicide hood being open is less visually offensive than if it was a regular style.

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My dad’s 59 Thunderbird and our extended “family’s” cars behind it.

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Frank’s beautiful 56 Chevy took home an award for best Home Built I believe. Congrats Frank! I know you’ve put a lot of time and effort into your ride!

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Rick’s 57 has every option that you might want for a kool road trip cruiser and will look good while doing it.

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Roger Ward’s car has looked this good for a long long time and gets driven.

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Feed us, feeeeeeed ussss, feeeeeeeeeeeeeed ussssssssssss!

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Pretty good stance on this shoebox

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You don’t see these done up nice too often, if you’re going to take the whole tribe across country, this is the car for you.

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too bad about the hood.

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3rd or 4th show this summer I’ve run across this group.

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Not normally my style but something about it I liked.

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Keith Bright’s beautiful roadster.

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Some of my Nebraska/Kansas line friends

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I’ve shot Bill’s “Sledsel” for a magazine feature.

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A nice adaptation of an American Graffiti style build.

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Royboy

Event Coverage : 2013 Starliner Part 6

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See you down the road my friends!

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

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Safe travels to my friends the Jetters!

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Better late than never ya hippie!

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

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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.

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

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

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Even more McGregors!

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Aaron of Fast A.L.’s Upholstery.

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

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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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Royboy

Event Coverage : 2013 Starliner Part 5

LOTS of photos in this one folks!

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

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Mickey’s Merc

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15 shot HDR Panoramic of the show

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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.

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I love it!

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Lonely Knights

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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.

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Clean.

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

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Some of my favorite cars all in the same shot.

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I love it Neal! Thanks for bringing it out!

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Dad’s 59 Thunderbird and Ron’s Chevy Truck

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Voodoo Jim’s Corn Cobb Coupe

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Doc Parsons’ T is purrrrfect.

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

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

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

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Roger Jetter and his award 🙂

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Royboy

Event Coverage : 2013 Starliner Part 4

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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.

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

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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.

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

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

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

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

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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.

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

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Mickey’s Merc always looks good at the Starliner.

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

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

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Some of my favorite Kansas City area folks.

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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.

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

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

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Friends and family.

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

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

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The McGregors, an American Car Family.

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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?

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McGregor cars.

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U.S. Mule even came out to play.

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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”

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

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Royboy

Event Coverage : 2013 Starliner Part 3

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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.

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300,000 miles and still looking good.

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Butch M’s 56 Chevy

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

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

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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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Event Coverage : 2013 Starliner Part 2

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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.

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Great old signs

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Extra parts

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Some grilles in the background behind this great plane

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Dashes, grilles, and beauty rings

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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

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Everyone’s backyard should be so kool.

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

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

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pretty kool mag.

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

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

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Some great car club plaques.

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Great taillight lens display

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

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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.

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Some of the projects under construction at Chaotic.

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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.

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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.

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Some of the art inside the main shop building.

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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.

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

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and the best chandelier around.

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

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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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Event Coverage : 2013 Starliner Part 1

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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.

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Mickey’s Merc

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More of our friends from the Lonely Knights in Colorado

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So clean, so simple

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

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

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

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Hub & Gloria’s beautiful roadster

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

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Damn good looking flathead

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Last 2013 Greaserama Post

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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).

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

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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.

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The girls were popular subjects

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

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Ben Dragdaddys is inside says his lil friend.

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Chad rolling out of the show.

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FarmTruck giving a high speed ride through the fairgrounds.

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

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

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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.

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Event Coverage: 2013 Greaserama Part 5

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I love, love, love this ride.

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And this one.

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

 Coz patrolling to make sure that everyone was having the sufficient amount of good time.
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Chad’s Buick looking bad bad badass.

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

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

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I dig that truck.

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Denny’s Sedan looks good in any light.

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Sonny’s truck is sick.

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Nice work Ben Dragdaddy! Looks just like PR Eric.

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Another of Chad’s Kustom 1947 Buick.

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

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This bad lil ride is for sale.

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Moody’s Garage booth at the Greaserama

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Shane Z’s booth

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Event Coverage: 2013 Greaserama Part 4

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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…

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Good looking Chevy

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

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Punk Rod Eric surveying all that was 2013 Greaserama.

 Punk Rod Eric overlooking all that is 2013 Greaserama. Good work to all of Los Punk Rodders, you put on another great show!
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Lots of good looking shoeboxes at the show this year.

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Event Coverage: 2013 Greaserama Part 3

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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.

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

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Jeremy Barrett’s pickup.

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

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

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Can’t wait to see this one done!

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

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

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

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

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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.

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Random Crowd Shot

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

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Event Coverage: 2013 Greaserama Part 2

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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!

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Clean

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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.

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Looking good man!

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An iconic recipe for kool

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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 😉

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I love these two rides.

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

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

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

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Royboy

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Event Coverage: 2013 Greaserama Part 1

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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

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ick’s Chevy just looks right.

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Interesting hard top chop

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Chris’ 60 Ford, looking good!

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Some of the Los Punk Rods Rides

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Damn I love a long roof

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Looking good bro!

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Love the new intake Eric!

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Royboy

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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.

 

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

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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.

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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

A Look Ahead: Ol Marias River Run – Ottawa, KS

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

2013 KKOA Hall of Fame Nominees Part 4

 Premier Paint & Body 4-23-11


JEFF MYERS – Lives and breathes kustoms, and his personal driver is a layin’ low, chopped ’57 Caddy hardtop, layered in purple candy. His “Premier Body & Paint Shop” in Arkansas City, Kansas is growing a kustom reputation to the level of the nationwide “hot” shop’s in the 50’s and 60’s. Sleds are his game, and ol’ skool kustoms like Dennis McPhail’ ’52 Chevy, and ’56 Chevy 2-dr. prove it. We here at KKOA also dig Jeff’s candy red ’63 Ford cement-slider.

Premier Paint & Body 4-23-11
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Kool! Why he’s deserving! He dedicated, and many remember watching Jeff hammer his kustom touch on TV’ “Monster Garage” with Starbird, Winfield, and Jessie James, a few years back. Like I begun this with, and have to end it waaay to short, due to page space! Jeff Meyers is 100% kustom, 24-7, a fact you can bet on. He’s made his torch mark, and now he’s certainly deserving of the kool reputation he’s built, and does everyday in his land of Oz Kansas shop.

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DICK HUCKANS – Dick is better known to his friend’s and follower’s as “The Bearded 1.” Starting at the age of 14, in a small shop in Van Nuys, California, Dick learned from the best how to do body work and paint. After learning the kustom body & paint trade, Dick moved from L.A. to Oklahoma in 1966 to pursue his famed The Bearded 1 Kustoms career, where he is today. His career leaned more toward his outstanding kustom paint theme’s, and his trick paint work could be found on just about anything thing in racing and kustomizing. From Sox & Martin pro stock championship cars to famed funny Car’s, drag boat’s, slingshot dragster’s, and super modified track cars. But, Dick’ love is the true kustom car, especially the leadsled’s. He’s built many for himself and customers over his 75-+ years, with one of his finest being Jack Walker’ unbelievable clone of Lyle Lake’ famed ’52 Buick The Blue Danube. Recently, Dick was inducted into the Darryl Starbird Hall of Fame & Museum.


RAY ERICKSON – Ray built his kustom career during the hey day of hotrodding in the mid-50’s, when the supreme task was to chop, channel, or section a kemp (car or truck). Remember those days? Born and raised in Salina, Kansas in 1928, Ray, along with his family moved to Kansas City in 1940 just as Ray was turning into a rebel with a cause teenager. Hotrodding was, and still is running through his veins, and in 1955 he was a founding member of the Kansas City Timing Association (KCTA). And, in 1956 he was a key player in hosting the NHRA Drag Racing Nationals. Later Ray would change the club name to the Cranktwisters.” Over the years he would build many hotrods and kustoms (’35 Chevy, ’49 Ford, ’34 Ford, etc.). One being a ’52 Ford, full kustom that he called “Whistle Bait” because it was his wife Joan’ daily driver. With a heavy chop and all the right touch’s it was easy to see why. Ray’ hard work paid off when a radical ’48 Merc he built and tagged the “La Hoya” made a full feature story in Car Craft magazine. Still living in K.C., Ray now chats on the Jalopy Journal H.A.M.B. about the good ol’ days, and many feel has paid his dues to the kustom kulture. So do we here at KKOA.
Jalopy Journal article on Ray
Kustomrama page on Ray

 

See you at a show,

Royboy

2013 KKOA Hall of Fame Nominees Part 3

 


As of the writing of this post we are 1 week away from the 2013 KKOA Leadsled Spectacular, I hope to see you there!

Each year at the KKOA Leadsled Spectacular 2 new members are inducted into the KKOA Hall Of Fame. Since the show is just a few weeks away I thought I’d take the time to introduce you all to this year’s nominees. There are 9 total, here are the 2nd two on the list, see this post for the 1st two, and see this one for the 2nd two. When I have photos of their work I will show it and when I don’t I will link you to where you can see it.

FRITZ SCHENCK – Fritz was/is influenced by many of the greats of kustomizing, and he particularly likes the radical kustoms of Ed “Big Daddy” Roth. He did a ground-up restoration on Roth’ original “Druid Princess”. and Roth’ “Pepi Bike Hauler, and he has built a perfect clone of Roth’ famed “Outlaw” roadster. However, the car that put him in the kustom spotlight and on many magazine covers, was his one-off original design creation “The Roswell Rod.”

2011 KKOA Leadsled Spectacular Saturday

Currently his newest creation is another one-off design, loaded with Fritz tricks and a Starbird style bubble on top. A few years back Fritz and his wife Carrol moved from Long Island, N.Y., to the ouskirts of Kansas City, and now both Fritz’s are busy doing exactly what they want to do! Build one-off kustom show rod creations, and produce how-to-build-kustoms video’s to help other up and comers create their dreams. Truly a complete kustom family.

 2010 KKOA Leadsled Spectacular, Salina, KS
2010 KKOA Leadsled Spectacular, Salina, KS


GENE PIERCE – Fellow KKOA member James Fine felt compelled to notify the KKOA about a unsung hero living in his hometown of South Bend Indiana, and nominate him for a possible induction into the KKOA Hall of Fame. After researching Gene, KKOA has found that he’s not the kind of guy who toots his own horn, but his works speaks for himself. Gene chopped his first Merc when he was 15, and has even been offered a job by another Gene! The legendary Gene Winfield, a offer that he was honored to be asked. He works out of his two-stall shop (just like the good ol’ days), and treats customers with a quoted stick-to price. No hidden costs when they come to pick up their kustom. His credits range from many chopped and kustomized fat-fendered sedan’s and coupe’s, to layin’ low leadsled’s, to Fad-T hotrod roadster’s. Gene is a 100% traditional builder. His quality of work is exceptional, as verified by KKOA Hall of Famer, Mike Alexander (A-Brothers Team)
 (note: I don’t have any photos of Gene’s work that I know of but I’ll do my best to get some next weekend at the KKOA.)

1 more post tomorrow with the final 3 nominees.
See you at a show,

Royboy