Upcoming Event: H.A.M.B. Drags

 
2013 H.A.M.B. Drags on the way!

Royboy's August Schedule

 

More killer build threads on the H.A.M.B.

Okay, so you know the drill. Every once in a while I'm just gonna show you some of the kool build threads going down on the H.A.M.B. to see more of them just use the search function on the blog here for "build thread" and  you should get to see them all.

1. 338ci Y-Block Wrapped Up in '30 Model A Tudor



2. Projects Check out my 54 bel air build thread


 3. 1964 Falcon B/FX Build Thread

That's it for this time, use these as inspiration to go build something kool and take it to a show, take a kid for a ride and inspire them to take part in this hobby, that's how we make this thing stick around.

See you at a show folks,

Travis

Build Threads!

I'm off traveling this weekend, today I'm driving back from the Texas Thaw. I should be stopping at Atlas Speed & Custom for a shop visit. I'm writing this on Thursday night and the plan is to stop by Chaotic Customs and Premier Body & Paint tomorrow on the way to Texas, as well as pick up some freshly embroidered hats for sale.

So since I'm off gallivanting around on the road I thought I'd share some more build threads with you from the H.A.M.B. Click the titles to see the threads!

The Chemical City Coupe '32 5-window build thread

 

More kool build threads on the HAMB

Happy Valentine's Day ladies and gents... mostly the ladies.

More kool build threads on the HAMB, read them, get inspired and get yourself a ride on the road! Ironic since my 2 are both down for right now!


The first one this time is from the user dragsled (Tim Jones). This lil front engined dragster (click here to see the thread) is pretty rad through and through.

He started with this chassis

The show that started it all...

Essentially I started this kustom and hot rod photographic adventure in 2006. That's the first photos that I have from my old Sony Digital camera with the small CD discs. I remember that first day in Lawrence, KS filling the camera up with about 180 photos and resorting to my phone's camera to cover the rest of the show. Those photos were less than inspiring... from both cameras. The show was the 2006 Kruzin' In The Heartland held in Lawrence, KS.

I'd seen the ad for the show in Ol Skool Rodz I believe, my uncle Paul (povertyflats to many of  you) and my father and I headed up early on Saturday morning to see the show. It was supposed to be hot that day and we were leaving by about noon, but there were only a couple hundred cars max so it wasn't hard to get all the way through the show in that time.

I had never really seen a hot rod like this, I was used to street rods, this was something new to me, many of these rides looked attainable. Most of the street rods were kind of about how big the billet wheels were, or how much it cost to have this or that machined, these weren't about that game at all.

A Fun Weekend February 2-3, 2013

The weekend started off with a trip to Park City, KS to attend the Wichita Model A Club's annual swap meet.  As usual, lots of people, lots of vendors and I left with nothing. It was a trip to just see some friends and socialize for me. By mid-afternoon I'd headed for Joplin to meet up with Ryno of Ryno Built and shoot his amazing 61 Ford Unibody pickup.

Februrary Schedule

Rundown of all of the things that Royboy Productions will do in February

February 2
Wichita Model A Swap Meet held at the Kansas Pavillion, Park City, KS

February 9
O'Reilly Auto Parts World of Wheels - held at Bartle Hall, Kansas City, MO

More Shoebox Ford info

A while back I did a post about the Shoebox Fords, 49-51 models. Click here to see it.

Howstuffworks.com has a great series of articles, this one on the origins of the 1949 Ford design was particularly intriguing to me as a new shoebox owner. http://auto.howstuffworks.com/1949-ford.htm

There's much more to the story and its all assembled nicely in this thread on the HAMB.


Also on the HAMB are a whole bunch of great build threads on shoebox Fords

Here's the build thread on my buddy Jack's kustom 51. 

This one has been a really great thread, lots of info in it.

My buddy Arturo has kept a pretty kool thread on his shoebox, chopped by Jeff Myers & Ian Berky
I got to see the car at Jeff's shop back in 2010.

New Stencil Shirt Pre-order Ends Wednesday!

A couple of weeks ago I announced a new shirt design for Royboy Productions. The shirts have been available for pre-order since then, that ends Wednesday night January 16th at midnight. Order at royboyproductions.com Not only do these new hot rod Model A stencil shirts express all that is hot rod, stripped down, nothing unneeded just the car in all of its awesomeness. All of the profits from these shirts go to help pay for gas, hotels, cameras, websites, etc that provide all of these 33,000 images to you! Support Royboy Productions to help ensure you always get the coverage from all of the best midwest hot rod & kustom shows!

Best of 2012 Photobook?

Last year I produced a Best of 2011 PhotoBook of all of my favorite images of 2011. Starting with about 14,000 images they were narrowed down to about 1,000 and then about 800 made their way into the final book. There were 21 feature chapters in all, each with a few hundred words describing the chapter and lots of photos of each event featured.

Best of 2011 : Hardcover by Royboy Productions | All of Royboy's Blurb Books

New Hats in the store!

Just released!

New embroidered fitted hats in the Royboy Productions store!

These flexfit hats come in either red or black (L-XL only at this time) and feature the "rb" logo embroidered on the front. Get one today and show your support.

Color

Red Black

If that button does not work, go to royboyproductions.com/Store/  and scroll to the bottom of the page.

Heading out today for the 3rd Annual Mid Decembrrrr Run

So as I sit here typing we're a couple of hours away from the 3rd Annual Mid Decembrrrr Run. Folks from hundreds of miles away are now on their way to Salina, KS to meet up and go on a long drive in our classic cars. It's been a really good time so far, hopefully this year is too!

This will be it as far as 2012 goes for me and my cameras. It's been a fantastic year, went new places, met new people and had a great time throughout it all. For 2012 there are 33 galleries with 7,987 photos so far, whew, my shutter finger is tired! To see them all go here: http://royboyproductions.smugmug.com/Cars/2012
Some of my favorites are

Fuel Altered "Black Mariah" doing a smoky burnout at the 2012 KKOA Leadsled Spectacular, see more from that weekend here.


Twin Hemi'd rail doing a smoky burnout at the 2012 KKOA Leadsled Spectacular, see more from that weekend here.


The Anderson 36 at the 2012 Iron Invasion, see more from that show here.


The Chrismas Brothers Coupe at the 2012 Iron Invasion, see more from that show here.



About a year ago I joined Instagram, it's been a fun way to give new life to some old photos and spread the word about what it is that I do here. http://instagram.com/royboyprods is where you can find those photos if you are not already on Instagram.

Have a great weekend, I'm off with a bunch of my rod/kustom friends for a road trip. Merry Christmas and I'll see you at a show,

Travis

2012 H.A.M.B. Drags Coverage!

Click any of the photos to go see the whole gallery! To see some select favorite shots and some commentary go to this thread on the H.A.M.B.

Go to the gallery and click "Buy" to get the image printed to hang on your wall.




For 2011 H.A.M.B. Drags coverage go here
For 2010 H.A.M.B. Drags coverage go here

for more information on the H.A.M.B. Drags go to www.hambdrags.com

for info on Mo-Kan Dragway go to www.mokandragway.com

See you at a show,

Travis

2012 KKOA Leadsled Spectacular Coverage

The 2012 KKOA Leadsled Spectacular photos are up!

 

 Click the slide show to go to the full gallery of 990 photos, new videos will be added throughout the week!

Here's a few of my favorite images from the weekend.

 

 Enjoy the photos and if you like them consider buying a print or download, gas, cameras, hotels are all expensive! See you at a show, Travis