As if there wasn't enough coverage of the Suede Palace, here's some more. Alex did another great job pulling it off. It was seriously packed in there! Here are some, but there are even more shots, just click HERE!
here is more on our site. 4 different post and this one is on the palace. http://sundayslacker.com/2014/01/28/suede-palace-gnrs/
Too bad it's becoming more of the "Painted" Palace now. Some really nice cars in there unfortunately a bit too nice for that particular building! It needs to get back to it's namesake of the "suede" deal before it's too late!
I absolutely loved this car. To me, it was too nice to be in the Suede Palace. That's not degrading to any of the other cars in the building, but this one was something special. I think that the intent of the Suede Palace has gotten off-track with the addition of cars like these. It used to be the under construction or slightly rough cars were in there, but now, there's full-blown show cars. I'm not upset, but they should have a separate building for the traditional cars like this and a separate place for the rougher cars like the Palace used to be.
For years, Goodguys and other major street rods shows would park us in some back lot at their shows, so for the most part ,a lot of the socal. traditional car clubs would do our own shows. When John Buck moved the G.N.R.S. to Pomona, he was the first street rod show promoter to let us have a building, and for this, we are very grateful. It was never about primer but more a case of having a traditional hot rod or custom, it 's just that most of us did'nt have the money or the skills to paint our cars back then, these are not check book cars, most of us did our own work and I am happy to say that it is more a case of having evolved and trying to make our cars as nice as we can. We did win the war, if you walked the other buildings, 50 % of the cars were traditional hot rod and customs and I think that in our small way, we have influenced the street rodders . There is nothing wrong with a nice primer or suede car, and a survivor with nice patina should be left alone, but to say that we are mistaken in trying to make our cars as nice as we can, limits our creativity when building a traditional hot rod or custom.
Miguel very well said! The same guys who started putting unfinished or suede cars in this building several years ago are THE SAME GUYS whos skills have developed- now we paint and finish our own cars. when unfished suede cars were all the rage thats what we did because we didnt have the skills or $ to do any different. If the Suede palace didnt change with the times it wouldnt be a cool place any longer. But to the OP I agree to the extent that pro built cars in that building dont belong. (not refering to Lomas car, just in general)
Well put Miguel and Mr Musico. Guys skills improve and their cars improve and added to that they may not want to leave the comfort of that room. nic One other thought is how long have some of those "too nice" cars been on the road? They may not be fresh show cars but damned well kept cars that are driven on a regular basis that the owners don't consider to be fresh enough to show in the big rooms. Back to the regular programming: Great photos Kirk as we can always expect and a big thanks for taking the time to take and share them.
Great shots as usual. I really, really miss your work in Goodguys magazine. The photography there has gone horribly flat since the change (in my opinion anyway). LOVE the Bo Huff '56! Amazing! Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
Just gotta ask about the "patina" on this Ford.......... Original faded paint with clear? Original faded paint with wax? Sumpin' else altogether?
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