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Update on Murfreesboro Hot Rod Club Cruise

Richard — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:26:48 +0000

This event goes on every Friday night right outside the Belks Department Store in the Avenues Shopping Mall just off I-24 in Murfreesboro, TN. Cars are terrific but the people are even better. We have anywhere from a couple of hundred cars to over 700 on really good nights.

The members of the Murfreesboro Hot Rod Club do an excellent job of keeping things running smoothly and protecting the cars. The food is good, great shopping just feet away, easy access, activities for kids and it is only a $1 donation to park your collector car for the eventing. Door prizes are given out and new friends are made at every event. That’s just the way it is in the South!

For more photos click here.

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Good Guys Des Moines 2009

Richard — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:12:56 +0000

We just returned from the Good Guys Show in Des Moines Iowa and it was one of the best shows we have been to. We were at Nashville Good Guys last weekend and it was so hot we had to leave. Des Moines was cool with some rain on the 4th but the weather was very nice, unusual for Iowa this time of year.

There were tons of people and the cars were terrific. We spotted several we wanted to take home and even tried to do so on a couple but no sale.

We had our red and black 1959 El Camino on site but did not enter it to be judged. I had a High School Reunion a few miles down the road in Oskaloosa so couldn’t do both.

If you are any where near the mid-west when Good Guys come to Des Moines you want to make sure and put this show on your “Bucket List”.

Here are a few teaser photos. Over the next couple of days we will be posting photos from the show on the General Show, Hot Rods, Rat Rods, Customs and Muscle Cars. We will even be bring you a fantastic car by Rad Rods by Troy on our Feature Car page. A video is also coming.

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Nashville Good Guys 2009 was Hot!

Richard — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:14:57 +0000

One thing about Nashville when Good Guys comes to town they know how to give everyone a warm reception! It was hot at LP Field. The smell or radiator coolant waffled through the air. I saw a lot of cars that were from out of the area and many from Alabama. Almost every time I stopped to really look a car over, it was from Alabama. What do you folks put in your moonshine down there? You build some great cars!

Although it is difficult to pick a favorite car at any event, I tried. I am not saying this is the best car at the show but it is the one that caught my eye, I liked it and it was very well done. Besides it was built here in Tennessee!

For a look at some of the other great cars at the 2009 Nashville Good Guys Show, Click Here.

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Hot Rod Pin-ups by David Perry

Richard — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 12:53:05 +0000

I am ashamed to admit it but I absolutely loved this book. I recently picked up a bunch of car books for reading over the Christmas Holidays. Since Katrina and I both like Art Deco design, hot rods and old pin-ups I decided to read David Perry’s Hot Rod Pin-ups by Motorbook. I wasn’t sure what to expect but was pleasantly surprised.

We have both been long time followers of 40s and 50s garage calendars and auto parts advertisements featuring pin-up girls. There is a certain connection between old school hot rods and sexy women. Often times the images are drawings of wild girls and nasty hot rods. Back in the day you would see them on movie posters, detective paperbacks, magazine covers and the like.

David Perry is an artist and a car guy who knows how to combine that talent with beautiful women. I not to long ago read The Art of the Hot Rod with photography by Peter Harholdt, also from Motorbook. Where that book was a piece of fine art and contained beautifully finished hot rods this book features old school rods in dirty garages.

Art of the Hot Rod is for the living room coffee table while Hot Rod Pin-ups is for the garage; your buddies will wear it out when they are over to talk cars.

To read (and see) a complete review of this book, Click Here.

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GoodGuys Nostalgia Nationals Photos, Bowling Green, KY 2008

Richard — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:14:55 +0000

We just posted the last of our GoodGuys photos from Bowling Green Nostalgia Nationals. This bunch of photos covers the Customs and related cars that were there. As you would expect there were a bunch of 40s and 50s custom iron there but a beautiful group of late model cars were also on hand.

Check them all out at our On Tour page. Let us know what you think.

If you would like to look at cars from the 2008 GoodGuys event in Nashville, Click Here.

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Good Guys Nostalgia Nationals Drag Race and Show Video and Photos, Bowling Green, KY 2008

Richard — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:05:35 +0000

Last weekend we went to the first ever GoodGuys Nostalgia Nationals in Bowling Green, KY. Not just a car show, not just drag races, not a cruise, not just a swap meet, not just a car coral; IT’S ALL OF THAT! You know when someone says GoodGuys it means class; you know it means hot rods, you know it means customs and now it means muscle cars and drag racing and a lot more.

We spent Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the event and were never bored. For a first ever event the folks at GoodGuys did an excellent job. There were a few of the usual screw ups and confusion but all and all it went very well and we have no serious complaints.

The facilities were also very handy. We drove up in the motor-home and pulled the Talladega on a trailer. We camped right on the grounds at Beech Bend Campground along with what seemed like half the show cars at the event. It was extremely convenient and very quiet. We have stayed there previously when some Mustang folks were having a similar event and it was terrible. There were punk kids in jacked up Mustangs doing burn outs all night long and one report of a car getting out of control and hitting a camper. NONE OF THAT at this event. Everyone was on their best behavior and very friendly.

Go to our On Tour page and check out the photos. Over the next few weeks we will be providing detailed photo coverage of the dragsters, show cars, rat rods and hot rods as well as some of the muscle cars. Every-time we put up a new page we will let you know right here in our blog so keep checking back.

You should also check out our Feature Car page and look over a beautiful pair of Boss Mustangs. One is a 1969 and the other a 1970. Both are Calypso Coral and both are show winners in every respect. They both made the Winners Circle at the Bowling Green GoodGuys show!

1970 Boss 302

1969 Boss 302

If you want to see more photos of the dragsters and some cool burnouts go to our On Tour page of the Bowling Green GoodGuys Nostalgia Nationals Drag Races.

If you want to see more on the Hot Rods and Rat Rods at GoodGuys in Bowling Green Click Here for our On Tour page.

Click here to view the embedded video.

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