Show Gallery: Killer Hot Rod Gatherings at Posies Hot Rod and Carlevale Customs
Posted in CAR SHOWS January 19, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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Photos by Joe Grippo: One of the reasons I’m proud to be a northern hot rodder is that we’re a hearty lot that isn’t dissuaded by the elements. Cold winter temperatures didn’t stop a couple of great winter gearhead gatherings at two of the best hot rod and custom shops on the East Coast. Posies [...]
EVENT COVERAGE: MOONEYES X-MAS PARTY SHOW AND DRAGS 2011
Posted in CAR SHOWS December 10, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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Every December here in Sunny So Cal, every car junkie worth his salt is looking forward to the Mooneyes X-Mas Party Show and Drags, and this year did not dissappoint. Beautiful whether in the 70′s, lots of sun shine, hot cars, tire smoke, and open headers made for a day that couldn’t possibly go wrong. [...]
Event Coverage: 2011 John Force Holiday Car Show
Posted in CAR SHOWS December 5, 2011 by Chad Reynolds
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Every December the car junkies of Southern California come out in force, pun intended, for the John Force Holiday Car Show. Celebs of all kinds, including some of the most famous cars on the planet, are strewn around the business park in Yorba Linda that John Force Racing calls home, and we were there braving [...]
Updated: The 2011 Houston Autorama – Galleries One-Two- and Now Three!
Posted in CAR SHOWS December 1, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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Last weekend the Houston Autorama went down and our man Charles Wickam was on the scene to cover the show literally from setup to tear down. The man went bat poop crazy with his camera, submitting nearly 600 photos from the huge indoor show! We’re going to bust them up into four parts and this [...]
Big Show Gallery: The Goodguys Car Show at Del Mar California
Posted in CAR SHOWS November 27, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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The Goodguys Rod and Custom Association had yet another huge season of cart shows and events across the country in 2011. Our own Chad Reynolds was at most of them serving as the announcer for the hotly contested autocross competitions that go down at many of the shows. The last big event of the year [...]
Show Gallery: Kowalski Customs – Reading, Pennsylvania
Posted in CAR SHOWS November 22, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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Kowalski Customs in Reading, Pennsylvania has a well deserved reputation for building awesome stuff from traditional hot rods, to drag race cars, to Bonneville competition machines, and virtually anything else cool with wheels. Shop owner EJ Kowalski was born for this role, having grown up and worked next to his dad Ed Kowalski, who was [...]
Bonus Gallery: More Great Photos From The 2011 Bruce Larson Dragfest
Posted in CAR SHOWS November 21, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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We had one heck of a response to the gallery we posted of Bruce Larson’s 2011 Dragfest last week. Luckily for us, Doug Garrison was also at the event and he sent another great batch of photos for us to share with the world. This event is unique because it is literally held at Bruce [...]
Show Gallery: The 2011 Vintage Specialties Open House – Gettysburg, PA
Posted in CAR SHOWS November 16, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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The late fall show galleries just keep on rolling! Here’s a nice gallery from Pennsylvanian shooter Doug Garrison. Doug recently attended the 2011 Vintage Specialties open house event in Gettysburg, PA. Vintage Specialties is a full service hot rod and restoration shop that churns out awesome work from their well appointed shop. The gathering drew [...]
Event Gallery: Bruce Larson’s USA-1 Dragfest 2011
Posted in CAR SHOWS November 16, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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Pennsylvania’s Bruce Larson is one of the most accomplished Funny Car racers in the history of drag racing. He was a hitter from the earliest days of the class with his awesome 1966 Chevelle, and eventually won the NHRA Championship in 1989. Throught it all he kept stuff, lots of cool stuff. That “stuff” includes [...]
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Car Show Gallery: The 2011 Pumpkin Run – Vintage Junkyard and Hot Rod Greatness
Posted in CAR SHOWS November 11, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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One of the coolest shows that I’ve never been to is the annual Pumpkin Run that is held at Fleming’s Junkyard in New Jersey each Fall. The show encompasses everything from tractors to dirt modifieds to drag cars to rat rods and each year it gets bigger and bigger. Joe Grippo was on the scene [...]
Cruise Gallery: The Bass Pro Shops Cruise – Pearland, Texas
Posted in CAR SHOWS November 8, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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While lots of the country is slipping into hot rodding dormancy mode at this time of the year, people in the great state of Texas are still rolling to shows in big numbers. Charles Wickam recently attacked one such gathering in Pearland, Texas and sent us more than 70 photos of the pretty iron that [...]
Gallery: Big Trucks and Other 4×4 Vehicles at SEMA 2011
Posted in CAR SHOWS November 7, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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Acting under strict orders from Chad, I did not enter the four wheel drive and off road hall until Friday morning. When I did, I was greeted by an awesome array of trucks, Jeeps, and other vehicles. I shot a quick gallery of some stuff I saw in the display hall and I have sprinkled [...]
The Final RideTech Report of the Week From SEMA 2011
Posted in CAR SHOWS November 5, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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As we post this, RideTech’s Brett Voelkel is tooling on the now infamous “48 Hour Camaro” at the Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational in Nevada. The competition is probably the premier Pro Touring shootout held in the world and most likely the Camaro is holding its own with Brett at the tiller. 24 Hours ago [...]
SEMA 2011 – Oddly Cool Stuff
Posted in CAR SHOWS November 4, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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Earlier this week we brought you a few photos of stuff that was either hideous, showed some glaring safety issues, or was too weird for a non-profane description. Consider this the yin to that yang as we’re going to show you some of the junk that is weird, but in a good way. From trucks [...]
Engine Porn Gallery: Chevrolet High Performance V8 engines from the 1960s to Today!
Posted in CAR SHOWS November 4, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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Part of Chevrolet’s massive SEMA display is the historic engines collection that travels the country and gets set up and different shows and events. We have seen bits and pieces of it before, but this time they had dozens of motors set up. After being warned by security to stop drooling on the glass cases, [...]
SEMA Gallery: More Great Photos From Wednesday
Posted in CAR SHOWS November 3, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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We’re continuing to find nooks and crannies of the massive convention center that we have not photographed already. This gallery of more than 100 photos is filled with fresh stuff that we’ve not showed to you this week. Some of coolest cars at the show are in the PPG booth where they are highlighting paint [...]
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