History Vintage Hot Rod Shows....picture thread.

Here's what I drove to that show (I came 1500 miles).

 

Blacufo, those are increadible photos. Two of them are showing Brumbach '42 Ford by Barris. And so far I have only been able to find one other photo of that car. (in one of Andy Southards books)




Any change you could scan them a little bigger so that we can really enjoy these fantastic photos.

(enlarged scans... but not really to sharp.)

Car in the background, the front is Ralph Testa's convertible also by Barris)

 

Doug, It was pearl chartruese with a chartruese metalflake top. It was a '67 that I painted in the fall of '66...I bought it as soon as they went on sale....$3150.

 

No idear what shows these are...










Photos from the Keith Ashley Collection

 

[/ATTACH] These are from the Tridents (Garry Canning's old car club) show in June 62. This was the first showing of the roadster with the Junior paint. The car was at Junior's when I crashed the Stude. I was in the hospital, and my Dad and my two best buddies assembled the car and took it to the show for me. It was the first car show at the then new LA Sports Arena. The sign was painted by another one of my pals, Denny Jones, when he was just starting his business. Car's gone, but the sign is still in my garage. Wish it was the other way around.

 

If you have the original pics for these, can you read any details on the show-board for the green 28/29 Highboy ?

It looks like an Algon injected SBC to me, but can't be sure.

 

WOW-I remember this-built a model of it. Exists?

 

I have some old snapshots of what I think is the portland show in 58 / 59 at the old cow palace.

 

Kool stuff!!! Never knew the Mysterion was gold!!!

 

keep it up, this thread is awesome. i love these old pics!

 

thanks for the memory lane pics. i lived those so called good ol, days.that shit is still cool!!!

 

that photo b&w of what looks like a 53-54 olds. with the kustoms plak on it is a barris car, thats him on left, and also looks to be a young gene winfield at rear left.

 

In the picture of the Olds, my guess is George Barris at the front, Jack Stewart in the middle, and R. petersen, Hotrod publisher, at the rear.

 

Perhaps one of the guys is Jim Skonzakis since it is his car. Barris built the 49 Buick for Jim.




Unfinished car and behind the Buick is Jack Steward's 41 Ford.




Great lines....

 

Sorry, slightly OT but note Royalshifter's 1967 pic below. Oakland was always known for a very large display of bikes. Note the bikes by the snack bar door in the back of the picture. Pretty mild bikes, one shows a sissy bar and the one on the right looks like it has a mildly extended front end.



Here is a pic from 1968 or 1969, right by the same snack bar door. Look at how the bikes have changed in that short time.

 

The "Large father" big daddy Roth had ALOT to do with defining this style.

 

Is 1973 vintage?

We showed the HEMI32 coupe at the 25th Grand National Roadster Show:

Program cover​

... placed 3rd in class (Bronze) and walked away with "Best NSRA Car" ... not bad for a "Driver":

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Some more from the 1973 GNRS ...

Gary "Goodguy" Meadors' "BEER T"



Tom Prufer's bitchin' '29 Hiboy



The (Jim "Jake" Jacobs owned) "Bill Niekamp '29" ... the 1st AMBR



The 1973 (25th) AMBR winner ... Chuck Corsello's '23 T​

 

... and from 35 years ago today:

Program cover​

... pics of the Nor Cal Early Iron "club display":

Lenny Mendes' "Half Breed" '29 Roadster


Len's '29; Bob Swartz' full-fendered '29 Roadster; & Alex Blanca's '31 Tudor


Bob (@bobs36hotrod) & Vera Swartz' Roadster


Alex (@alex blanca) & Kathy Blanca's Tudor


Blanca's Model A Sedan and our HEMI32 coupe ("Just like the 50's!" )​

 

Congrats on the wins. Looks like your HEMI32 has quite a history. I hope you still own it.

Damn, check out those threads!
Great post, I especially dig the program covers.

 

Here's my contribution to this cool thread.These pic's was taken in Tulsa with my new Kodak around 60 to 61.The one with the skinny kid in it is me.The corvette was one of Tulsa's bad ass street cars,it had a big pont with two fours.

 

Isn't this Mark Moriarity's car?

 

No, The car was called the crimson skull.I met the guy last year at Starbirds in Tulsa but can't remember his name.Oh!He still own's the car.

 

Looks like it at first glance... but its not. Miss Elegance was a Hard-Top and this is a sedan. Side trim is same, but positioned different.

 

Yeah, I noticed that too when I doublechecked, I just saw the sidetrim and thought of that car right away

 

Here's a couple more.