Event Coverage My photos from Hotrod-A-Rama

After pondering sticking them on Billy's thread I decided to start my own of the show to make it simpler for me.

The numbers seem to be down but the quality of the cars there was great. The heat and cost of gas probably had a lot to do with that. The average distance for most participants had to be around 200 miles one way. Door to door with just a maybe 2 mile side trip into town yesterday morning to get gas, water, ice and a spendy quart of oil was 120 miles.

 

Thanks for that, nice pictures. Hope you had a good time.

 

They lined up all the Model 40's at the Edge of the lot by the grass and shade.
OOPS the bottom car on this post should be the top car as it was the first car on the end of the row. Had to edit the photo to be a bit smaller for the computer to like it. Nice batch of cars.

 

OOs, got off track loading them and out of sync. These were supposed to be at the tail end of the thread..

 

Thanks for pics

 

20220531_194120 by chessterd5 posted May 31, 2022 at 10:36 PM

That purple T with the turtle deck is one of my all time favorites!
I even cut a picture out of a magazine and framed it. I hung it in my living room.

 

Moving on down the row of Model 40's that should have been post 5 we find a nice black full fendered Cabriolet with a flathead from BC. Then I found Billy and his sidekick kicking back in the shade.
My computer or this worthless Century link internet thinks my photos are too big to load so I have to edit as I go.
This is the first time I have seen Billy's roadster out in the daylight as every time before it has been at the Portland Roadster show that is so dark in side the Portland Goth kids go there to parade around.
The attention to detal on that car matches anything you will find on an AMBR car.
Then Billy spotted the old guy in the turtle shirt with the camera ambling around. Order of the day for most participants was staying out of the sun and kicking back. No car duster activity to be seen out there.

 

This is a car you have to see in person to fully appreciate, It's kind of like that hot chick in town who just never looks great in photos.

Then we take a look down the row from the starboard side.
Then we get to the Blue section.

When you are the last Model in line You get to stop and listen to the stories from the guy in the big hat..
Having your couple down at the end of the line means the camera guy gets to take a good side shot, Bonus.

 

The view from the end of the model 40 lineup.

Then I turn around and there one hanging out next to the DQ. Mean looking bugger too.
On down the line to a little A coupe with a flathead with Navaro heads.

 

Thanks for enduring the heat to provide us with the great pictures!!

 

This is a slow process as either my computer or the internet is having issues. on down the line we have a Model A coupe and a nifty 58 Chevy pickup with a lot of tricks but not overdone. That 61 Impala wheel really looks right in that truck.
A couple more photos and I hear "hey Camera guy you want some water" The Fine folks under the Schroder took care of the thirsty old camera dude with some great tasting and Ice cold water, I'm very thankful for that.

 

I see some familiar rides and faces...just a fantastic show...You certainly did one fine job of presenting it to us @Mr48chev...thank you very much...

 

Lets start this one out with a shot showing the great color of Almostdone's slick Model A coupe. More photos to come when I work my way around the line but this shows the great color.. We walked around to gether for a bit but I think he decide it was too hot out on the pavement.
Then a look down the middle of the rows.
Lots of cool Model A Fords plus a nifty 37 Pheaton and a survivor deuce coupe .
The 36 Coupe spun my wheels, A clean and simple no nonsense car that doesn't have anything that doesn't need to be there to make it a proper tail dragging early custom. Quite often having some restraint as far as what fru fru you stick on looks a whole lot better than a lot of frufru.

 

A few more in the line up including Almostdone's A with the W motor in it with 3 2 barrels sitting on top. Whe got mixed up on that somehow before I got it straight.
I couldn't pick up the color on the shady side though.

 

Thanks for the pics, looks like a great show.

 

The lime green on the A coupe has always been a favorite color of mine.
I got a tour of the blown Flathead powered A coupe and that car has a lot of tricks in it. Handmade custom upholstered seats by the owner and a serious flathead plus the owner is the guy who gave me the cold water.
I'm not usually into hard chapped, channeled right on the ground Model A's but this Hemi powerd sedan flat spun my wheels. I don't know how I would ever get out of it but The cool factor was extremely high on that one for me.

Then you know that I am going to take photos of every GM AD truck I see.


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Thanks

 

Appreciate all of the pics

 

My computer has been a bit cranky loading some of the photos on the page. The heat was starting to get me a bit around this time. That chopped 54 Chevy sedan had some nice touches and the 62 impala reminded me of one a friend had in the mid 60's that wasn't much higher than that with a static drop.

 

Orange Falcon Sprint is just neater than Wheaties.

 

I can't get enough of 33 and 34 fords I just love them!

 

Here we have the music dudes who were hiding around the corner in the shade blasting the music away all day. Then a nifty little A roadster out in the lot away from everything else The other photos from a last walk though

 

A side shot of Billy's roadster and a few that I took walking back to the convention center.
Yes it was hot out there but my car had been sitting out in the lot in front of the DJ for a couple of hours when I got in it to head home.
Last heading west with that grain elevator off to the right out on the horizon. I wanted to stop and take a couple of shots back towards Pendleton from the top of the grade but it was just too hot and the traffic was just too heavy and wild right then.

A 250 mile day after a bit of running around in Hermiston looking for a liquor store and taking the freeway all the way rather than going back over the Horse heavens. That's 14 extra miles over the two lane but doesn't cost any extra time.

 

Great Pics ! Thank You !

 

Thanks for the pics, looks like a good show but I think that 117F would have kept a lot of folks away.

 

wow what a bunch of great pics...thanks for sharing

 

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