The Road To Salina

Looks like a top notch show. Cars were all clean and classy!

 

Woow Ryan. I thought for a minute you were coming to the Rodge Mahal here in Salina, Utah. Wayno

 

Nice pics, nice cars! Wish I could'a been there!

Hey, I like your "Awe Shit" advert at the bottom of the page. Thats a good one!

 

If the Good Lord willing, I will go to this show every year from now on, ...

If not... To hell with it, I'm going anyways.

Thanks to everyone for all the photo's and stories. I know it will be worth the trip.

 

I wondered what happened to Norm...didn't think he'd miss this one after last year...

Good to see the Austin cars make the trip...and El Jefe has been putting some serious miles on his Merc of late...

R-

 

So cool you guys made the trip from Texas, with such impressive cars. Gary

 

It was to much fun! I did almost run a kid down at the races but other than that...

 

I notice quite a few early custom style tri-five Chevy's. Don't see that too often. Looks good.

 

Is this green one a 1950-ish Chrysler? I'm loving it!



Ben

 

Looks like a 46 Ford with a caddy grill.

 

It was really fun. Thanks Kevin, for the "fried chicken".

 

Hey Ben,

It is a Mercury that David Guymon built. I believe it was Davids first chop top and he put in
the Caddy grill. This is one of my favorite kustoms of all time. Jim Baker is the owner and
he drives it every where. I was shock to see it without skirts and the Caddy caps. Jim
thought that it would be kool to run it this way for a change ......

Happy Trails,

Mick

 

You must not have seen mine!! LOL

 

This has to be the straightest Merc I've seen in a LONG time. Bonus points that they gave all that attention to a four door.

"Screw a bunch of 'shock & awe' let's just build a nice car" - great theory. More should suscribe.

This one is a killer. Would love to see more.

 

That's El Jefe's 51 Mercury...another Gary Howard custom.

You can see more in El Jefe's gallery!

 

That Merc was incredible! Isn't that Jimmy Vaughn's '54? I could not take my eyes off of it.

 

Classy show, good weather and superb pic's.
Thanks for the coverage Silva.

 

pretty much my thoughts too...just straight and classy all the way

 

If you are talking about this car, well yes, it is.

(photo from LSRU 2008)


Malcolm

 

Hey thanks guys. This was the first custom I put together many years ago. Here are a couple of pics of what I started w/ back in about '89. Mercury Charlie built a 4-door and I got what was left which is what you see here. Basically the parts car. After help from alot of friends w/ parts and pieces, I drove this car for many years. First flathead power I drove it for about 10-12 years and a few years back decided to put a 327 and 700R in her so I could really hit it all over the country. Gary Howard freshened her up for me the second time around w/ new paint,flush mounted fender skirts, rounded hood corners and some rear suspension work. He straighten out everything I had screwed up many years ago when first putting her together in addition to all the road rash she had endured during here first dozen years. It is a sweet 4 door. Understated and mild. That's how I like my customs and Gary really knows how to execute. Here's one more shot of the front end after it's second coming w/ my one off custom grill bar and the rounded corners.

 

El Jefe...who painted it? Beautiful cars, man.

 

I've always liked the Merc, one reason because it is not chopped and a four door.
Kustoms don't have to be Chopped to be kool and Steve's Mercury is a good example.
Stance is everything.

Checkout the tailights. I had to make my pictures brighter to see them but they are
way too kool. They are an inverted late 70's Chrysler taillight. You've got to see them
in person to get the full effect.

Happy Trails,

Mick

 

That Edsel-fronted Ranchero creation is CLEAN. I've seen that posted around before and each time I can't take my eyes off of it. Does that belong to someone on here?

 

The truck belongs to Floyd Dutton form Harrah Ok. Not a HAMBer but a huge
kustom nut. Floyds attention to detail is unreal. The Rancero even has the Edsel
Dash. Currently he is working on a chopped Edsel wagon. Been working on it for
years. Knowing Floyd it is going to be drop dead Kool......

 

The tail lights looked like our Lady of Guadalupe could of been standing in there.They are way cool,now I know what they are.Beautiful car,spent some time looking at it.

 

I wish that Steve didn't tell me what they were off of. It blew my Kustoms mind!
Have you ever looked at a back side of a tailight to see what it would look like on
a car?

 

Thanks for the info! It's a perfect car! I didn't have much time to check out the photo, and figured if I just asked, someone would fill me in. It's very sharp, perfect chop, love the headlights, and the grille rules!

Ben

 

Baker's car has been on the road almost 2 decades. Pictures really don't do the car justice. I can't believe it's never been in print. Definitely on my short list of favorite customs. Rikster's site has some more photos of it.

 

I'd like to thank the KKOA for such a great time.You have to hand it to them,they bring in a wide variety of cars,something for everybody's tastes.