(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Time for rods with fenders. Let me stop and tell you folks that haven’t been to this event a little about how difficult it is to determine what to take photos of and then how to narrow that down into a manageable number to submit to the editor. Over 10,000 cars rolled through the gates of this event and many move around to park in spots all over the acreage that is the Kentucky Exposition Center grounds. Some go out to town for meals, sight-seeing, or back to the hotel for a rest. Many times you will be taking a picture of one car and see another that is moving around you think would make a great photo. More times than not I never see that one again.
There are cars that never change from year-to-year and honestly I still like them, but unless I can get a new, better photo I will often pass it by. Still my son and I accumulated a couple thousand photos. Some were repeats and a number of them weren’t something I would submit for one reason or another. That trimmed it down to around 1,200 photos. Brian requests we contributors keep galleries to around 50 photos if possible. There is no way I am submitting 24 galleries and stories for one event… Oh, well, I already did that and all of them still haven’t ran after three months. So there….I can’t work them all into what I submit because its just too much material. As it stands right now I’m planning on sending in 10 stories to showcase an event of 10,000-plus cars that all drove in the gate. It hurts we can’t please everyone with their car being shown, but we also realize that is unrealistic.
Highlights of this showing:
A Willys coupe that is neither ProStreet or gasser
’36 Ford Roadster that is drop-dead gorgeous and a showcase in craftsmanship
Pale yellow Chrysler coupe that was much more that it appears
Enjoy.
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