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Thanks for posting the photos of some of the cars that were not inside the arena. Some nice rides out there that didn't get the attention they deserved during the event. Phil
I am an old hockey player myself but never knew they had car shows in the rink! I thought they were for playing hockey and drinking beer! Very cool!
Great group of cars outside as well as inside. That is almost like having two different events on the same venue.
Very cool! What is with the licence plate bolts? I coached youth hockey for years and loved the sport. Many trips to the Garden back then. That many Hot Cars should have melted the ice.Thanks for posting.
played Goalie, both roller and ice, on a mens league for years. great pictures and I am sorry I could not make it this year. the rusty nuts put on a great show!
Jerry was thrashing to get that together for that show...he's incredibly motivated, far beyond Mr. Stogy... Square nuts are period correct however but I'm sure that will end up with something a bit more suitable down he road as its still a work in progress... His Build Thread at link below... https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/jerry-s-32-5-window-project.1032277/
@J.Ukrop thanks for the coverage inside and out...top marks to all involved...just a fantastic array of Vintage Cool captured so brilliantly...Pucking Awesome...
Thank you so much for not referring to the "boards" as half walls... Whoever started that term should be tied spread eagled, without a cup, to the goal and have shots, especiallly slap shots, taken at him repeatedly until he swears never to utter that phrase again. And then do it all over again just to prove a point!
Thats my car. The plate is a display plate...I realized I left the plate bolts on my workbench at home. Those came from a buddy at the show....ugly. I agree..but worked in a pinch! Sent from my SM-G892A using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
I don't know much about it but I helped unload and park it right where you see it. I'll see if I can get some info for ya.
Hello, Hot rods and ice hockey…what a combo. Those Midwest/East Coast guys had all of the fun playing ice hockey. Out West when we were little kids, ice was used to cool fresh fish caught in the ocean before eating it at dinner. Or something we used to try and keep the trout caught at Lake Crowley fresh until we could get home on those long road trip vacations in our dad’s big Buick sedans. One year, we tried to make an ice hockey surface on our concrete driveway during a cold hail type of day. A little water and it did not freeze completely, so much for ice hockey. These days, there are ice arenas in a lot of neighborhoods for all sorts of ice activities. Where were you in 1952? Our daytime activity for ice hockey was to get on our bikes and put on our baseball catcher’s outfits and shin guards. Then use our bats for hockey sticks. On the local elementary school playground, the first time was a softball, but when whacked, it went too far. So, we used two metal pie pans taped together with some heavy weights inside. That could get the daylights whacked at it from the bats, slide across the school black top, not go that far to keep the action tight and competitive. Sometimes, the metal pie pans lasted several games on different days. But sometimes, real heavy competition made those pans unusable for the next rounds. All of our moms used to have metal pie pans as apple pies and lemon meringue pies were every kids’ favorites. Jnaki Hot rods and ice hockey…still an unusual combination. Most of the early car shows in LA were held at the Pan Pacific Auditorium, which was the place to have any type of shows, from presidential conventions to car shows. But, the local auditorium also included Ice Capades on the giant concrete floor. Our dad took us to see many car shows as were growing up. He liked going, so he could be one of the customers to see/buy the next or that year’s Buick model. Only, if it were in his 4 year car buying timeline. I remember we were in his 1949 4 door Roadmaster, the 4 door 1953 sedan and the 1957 2 door Roadmaster.
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