2014 Rumble Part 2

Johnny Hammann’s 47 Chevy

I’ve been attending the Rumble since 2009 when it was the Rumble in Delano and held accordingly in the Delano District of Wichita. The venue has changed, the date has changed and those are hard things for a show to survive. The Primary’s Car Club that puts the event on has done a great job weathering the changes and they are on track to take this cool show to new levels over the next few years if the 2014 Rumble is any indication. Though the show is still relatively small compared to many others, they have a vision, some good folks to put it together and they have a great location. The job now is to get the word out to the folks out there how cool of an event this is and encourage even more folks to show up next year.

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2014 Rumble Part 1

The Galaxie parked amongst my friends’ rides. The plan was to get up early and head down to Arkansas City for the Last Run then to head up to Wichita to the Rumble. After being up late working on the 2015 Calendar For Charity Friday night I overslept and ended up skipping Arkansas City. The Rumble was awesome, the best one yet.

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2014 Nitro Nationals Part 2

This was a fantastic event, getting to stand between the cars, getting close up action, breathing the nitro fumes, feeling the soul shaking power of the cars. Man o man the 2014 Nitro National was great time!

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Chrome Pipes & Pinstripes Ep. 26 : Phoenix Rising

Chrome Pipes & Pinstripes Podcast Episode 26 in which Royboy tells the tale of a triple event weekend & interviews Don Wallin about kustoms and bringing a kustom back to life.

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2014 Nitro Nationals Part 1

After a 3.5 hour drive from the Ol Marais River Run in Ottawa, KS down to Tulsa, I was finally at the 2014 Nitro Nationals at Tulsa Raceway Park. By the time that I got to TRP the car show was pretty much over, I’d been seeing cars headed north for the final 50 or so miles of the trip, so I expected to not see many cars at the show portion of the event.

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2014 Ol Marais River Run Part 3

As with last year I had to run down to Oklahoma for another event. The Ol Marais River Run still had cars showing up as I left but I had the Nitro Nationals at Tulsa Raceway Park to get to.

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2014 Ol Marais River Run Part 2

 The show is big, and getting bigger every year, the Saturday night cruise I haven’t made yet but I hear it’s a blast, if your cooling system is up to it. For the previous 3 or so years the Ol Marais River Run show has been hit by rain, this year that was the forecast all week leading up to the show but Thursday that changed and as far as I know it didn’t rain during the day time at all.

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2014 Ol Marais River Run Part 1

I’ve been attending the Ol Marais River Run in Ottawa, KS for the last few years. This lil ol show in a small town has grown to one of the largest shows in the region. There were over 1600 cars at the event by about noon on Saturday.

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Shop Visit: Big Creek Restoration

On my way up to the Hot Rod Hill Climb (coverage here) I stopped in Ellis, KS at Big Creek Restoration for a shop visit.

 

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Chrome Pipes & Pinstripes 25 : Rocky Mountain High

This week Royboy tells the tale of the Hot Rod Hill Climb trip and has an interview with Traditional Kustoms Magazine founder John Maurice. Continue reading “Chrome Pipes & Pinstripes 25 : Rocky Mountain High”

2014 Hot Rod Hill Climb Part 4

Final post of the 2014 Hot Rod Hill Climb

After everyone went up the hill, well they had to come back down…

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2014 Hot Rod Hill Climb Part 3

The T-33 replica making it’s first pass up Leavenworth Mountain in the 2014 Hot Rod Hill Climb.

I was absolutely floored by the almost mythically rare speed parts that were not only there, but on cars that were being flung up the mountain. Like the best museum ever except the parts are sitting there to be dusted, they were on the cars and being used. I just can’t get over all that I saw at the Hot Rod Hill Climb. Here are the photos from my perch on the side of the mountain.

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2014 Hot Rod Hill Climb Part 2

Saturday morning of the Hot Rod Hill Climb I skipped breakfast at the hotel to get back downtown as soon as possible and start shooting photos. The sun was up but behind the mountains so the photos were fairly low light at first. The pancake feed had a huge line of people, it didn’t take long for the show part of the event to be overflowing with cars, and the crowd was overwhelming.

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2014 Hot Rod Hill Climb Part 1

 

For exactly 1 year I’ve been regretting missing the 2013 Hot Rod Hill Climb. I made the choice to not make the 15 hour round trip and from the moment that photos started being posted online, I was full of regret. 2014 was my chance to make good and get myself there. I had no idea what I was in for.

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2014 Motorcycle Cannonball

When I heard that the 2014 Motorcycle Cannonball was making a stop in nearby Junction City, KS I decided to head over to check it out. I combed the parking lots of JC and found a few of these beauties. It was pretty dark but I got these images for you.

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2014 Starliner Part 5

Time for the fifth and final post for the 2014 Starliner show. I hope to have features returning to the Friday slot soon, but I need to shoot them and write them first! What was your favorite photo from the 2014 Starliner?

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CPPS Ep. 24: What A Weekend In Wichita w/ Roger Ward

This week Royboy tells all about the Starliner weekend in Wichita, KS and interviews Roger Ward about 27 years of no side windows and a couple of decades of building cars for George Poteet.Click the link to go to the show page and listen!

 

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2014 Starliner Part 4

 Although it’s a small show car count wise, the 2014 Starliner made up for it in quality.

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2014 Starliner Part 3

Over night some storms moved in to the area and didn’t really leave until about sun up. For anyone already in Wichita or coming from north of the KS-OK border the rain was a non-issue, for our friends that live in OK and had not come up yet it slowed some down and kept others at home altogether. The 2014 Starliner may have been a touch down on car count due to this, I didn’t see the final numbers but as you can see, some great cars were in attendance.

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2014 Starliner Part 2

Joe’s place was the last stop on the Garage Krawl this year and it didn’t take long for a crowd to fill in. Lucky for us this was the perfect garage to gather a crowd at.

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2014 Starliner Part 1

I’ve been lucky enough to attend all of the Starliner events so far. Since I’ve started spending the weekend at the host hotel with all of the out of towners this has become my favorite event of the year.

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2014 Greaserama Part 5

I’d planned on rolling out of the show around 5pm so that my trip home wouldn’t put me into football traffic. I was at least 90 minutes behind that schedule. The drive home was uneventful, I’d planned on being on the old 2 lane roads for most of the trip but once the sun went down I found myself on the interstate to make time. The 2014 Greaserama was awesome as always, thanks to the Los Punk Rods club for putting on a great event.

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CPPS Ep. 23 : Get Your Kicks…

 

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This week Royboy tells the story of the Greaserama weekend and interviews new UK friends Keith and Dorothy on their Route 66 trip. Click the link to go to the show page and listen!

 

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2014 Greaserama Part 4

The more I walked around the more friends I found. Both the kind that I know and the kind that know me. I truly appreciate everyone that stops me and tells me that the follow the blog here or the podcast or any of my social media. This is one of those shows that I need to do in disguise so that I can catch the whole show. In the 7 or so hours I tried to make sure to take time with all of my friends and hang out as I could but I barely got the entire fairgrounds covered.

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2014 Greaserama Part 3

The show has gotten flack from some for moving from the drive in to the Platte County Fairgrounds. My take on it is the show has been very successful at the new venue and I like it…

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