The Jalopy JournalThe Rodder’s Journal Revival
The idea behind the Revival is a pretty simple one – put the quality found on the pages of The Rodder’s Journal onto the grass of the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. I went year one and found it to be the best first year car show I’ve ever attended. Since then, it’s only gotten better.
Last week, I was rapping with Coonan about the show and he started rattling off the list of the pre-registered. By the time he was done, I was pretty much begin’ to get shots of each so that I could feature them here. It’s a pretty damned impressive list… I mean, when was the last time you heard of a Valley Custom car being shown on the East coast? Or when was the last time you got to peak the Bill Likes lakes roadster with your own eyes? Or…
Let’s just go over a few of these, shall we? Captions provided by Steve and TRJ:
1963 Buick Riviera, Kevin Anderson, Indianapolis, IN. Kevin completed this car a few years back. It was built as a full-on show car that was debuted at the 2006 Detroit Autorama where it received the Alexander Brothers Award. It is now racking up miles on the street and recently, the car has been back dated in terms of style with the addition of the stock Buick Rallye wheels and narrow whitewalls. The top has been chopped and the gold paint is spectacular.
1932 Ford roadster, Jim Bobowski, New jersey. This is the old Bill Likes lakes and street roadster that Jim has recently brought back to the east coast. It was featured in HRM in 1950 and set multiple records at Bonneville in both fendered and non-fendered classes using flathead power.
Bob Klessig is a regular on the HAMB. He is driving his much traveled ’52 Chevy convert to Baltimore from Antigo, WI. I shot this phot of Bob and his Chevy one year at Bonneville. He gave me a ride out to the pits in the Chev. It was a pretty wet year and he asked that I shoot a couple of photos of his cruising through the salt brine.
The Black Pearl from James Hetfield and Rick Dore.
1961 Cadillac Hardtop, Jason Stilling, Windsor Mill, MD. I believe that this is the car that on a HAMB thread was one of the first to show the installation of the new Coker bias-look radials, but I’m not sure. (Editor’s note: It is.)
1940 Ford DeLuxe Coupe, Ken Gross, Purcellville, VA. Ken is a long time contributor to TRJ and a veteran Revival participant. This year he is bringing his Forty Coupe. It is powered by a dual-carb equipped 4-71-blown flathead. TRJ Gerry Burger and Jay Fitzhugh will also be in attendance in a ’57 Ford two-door wagon and Deruce three-window respectively.
A period correct tow car for… (see below)
Randy and Yvonne Davis, Littletown, PA. The Davis’ have been Gasser fans for years. They also own an ex-PA-based Model 33 Willys Gasser. “The Boss” was well known in the mid Atlantic area in the ’60s and early ’70s. It was even featured in HRM. They did a complete and extensive restoration to bring the wrecked hulk back to its former glory.
Mark Morton of Hop Up magazine fame is one of a host of participants who will be making the long drive to Baltimore all the way from California. Mark will be attending with his well traveled ’36 Ford three-window coupe.
John Mumford’s ’33 Ford Fordor Victoria was recently featured in TRJ #63. John will be driving the one-off four door Vicky from Northern California. He will be joined by Roy Brizio.
Cody Walls built his ’59 Chevy wagon almost entirely himself. He did a build thread on the HAMB that was about 472 pages. We featured it in TRJ #64. Cody is bringing the wagon from Delaware.
We are extremely proud to count the Polynesian as one of the cars that will be in attendance at this year’s Revival. It is the second Valley Custom-built custom to attend the Revival in just three years. It is extremely rare to see a Valley Custom car on the east coast. Owner and restorer Gene Blackford is bringing the sectioned ’50 Olds from Cuyahoga Falls, OH.
As she looks today…
Rick Love will be flying the company flag for San Antonio, Texas-based Vintage Air and will also be attending with his Deuce five-window highboy, shown here in front of the Alamo.
1932 Ford five-window, Robert and Christine Di Pero, Quebec, Canada. The Di Peros are attending with their four-bander powered Deuce coupe. Canada has been represented at all of the Revivals to date.
Steve Wertheimer will be driving up from Austin in his historic ’41 Ford convert (shown here and again above as the feature image). It was originally customized in California in the early ’50s. Steve is now buttoning up a Columbia two-speed reared installation, which should make the trip more enjoyable. This is Steve’s third trip to the Revival. Each year he has made the drive in a different custom.
Lee Pratt will be driving his now famous nomad up from Austin, Texas as well.
Brian Auderer will also be joining Lee and Steve in the drive up North in his gorgeous a-sedan. Stay tuned to The Jalopy Journal for more on this one.
That’s just a taste of what will be on the grounds in Baltimore on September 27-28. And, of course, there will be reserved parking for H.A.M.B. members that want to park their rides together.
It’s hard to put the vibe of this show into words. It’s one of those things you just gotta do as no show coverage is really gonna get ya where ya need to be. So, see your ass there…
Details here.
