2013...So Far.

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2013 started like they all do here, with the Starbird-Devlin show in Wichita.


Then a trip to shoot a feature which allowed me to hit 2 shops while I was out.  I stopped by Ryno Built and Fast A.L.'s Upholstery.

Then it was of to Kansas City for the World of Wheels.


After that was a trip to Tulsa for the Starbird Rod & Custom show.


Then it was back to the Wichita area (Park City) for The Chill


Then it was off to the Texas Thaw in Denton TX which allowed me to stop at 3 of my friends shops along the way, Chaotic Customs, Premier Body & Paint and Atlas Speed & Custom.


Then it was back to Texas for the Goodguys Spring Lone Star Nationals at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, TX.


So as far as I can recollect, that is what I've been up to in the last 3 months.

See you at a show,

Travis

Event Coverage: Starbird Exotic Car Show Tulsa, OK Part 4

Part 4

Event Coverage: Starbird Exotic Car Show Tulsa, OK Part 3

Part 3

Event Coverage: Starbird Exotic Car Show Tulsa, OK Part 2

Part 2

Event Coverage: Starbird Exotic Car Show Tulsa, OK Part 1

Part 1!
Darryl's grandson Dakota has just finished this 67 Riviera Bubbletop. Very kool ride!

Next weekend, the Starbird Exotic Car Show in Tulsa!

For the last few years I've been taking advantage of some friends that live in the area by sleeping in their spare room and using that local home base to attend the Starbird Exotic Car Show at the QuikTrip Center on the Fairgrounds in Tulsa, OK.

Last  year was a fun show, as soon as I walked in the door I'm greeted with the first finished view I'd had of the late Elden Titus' Vibrasonic.

Starbird-Devlin 2013 Coverage Part 3

Part 3!
Mickey's Merc

Starbird-Devlin 2013 Coverage Part 2

Part 2!
Another shot of the gorgeous 40 Chevrolet built by Big Creek Restorations in Ellis, Kansas.

2013 Starbird-Devlin Coverage Part 1

The 2013 Starbird-Devlin show is in the books!
Here are some of my favorite photos from the weekend. Thanks again to my kustom family for allowing my Galaxie to park with so many historic and beautiful rides.

Johnny Hammann's tried and true 58 Chevy Impala. It's been basically unchanged since Jan. 1976.


Mickey's Merc (he washed it!) Once a 4 door, now a 2 door with a ton more kustom touches.


Distant cousins?


 You don't see these every day, and you don't see many cars this clean and straight ever.


One of my favorite Mercs ever.




Mike's 60 Olds fresh from a remodel... gorgeous!


Nice collection!


40 Chevy built by Big Creek Restoration with a band on stage behind it Friday evening.






The Big T


Corey Conyers is restoring a beautiful slingshot. I say it would almost be a shame to paint this body.




Larry James of Flyin Eye Kreations has been working hard to finish up his old Nova in new form






Rob Parker has been working on this Chevy Bobber Pickup Roadster for a few years, it's pretty interesting to see all of the details that have gone into it.








That's it for this time, click any of those photos to go to the entire gallery.

See you at a show!

Travis

2013 Starbird-Devlin Sneak Peek Photos

Just a quick sneak peek of some of the photos coming Sunday evening!

Rob Parker's way wild Chevrolet roadster pickup, rear mounted turbo feeds the 261 inline six engine.

Starbird-Devlin Load-in Photos

So at 9:30am on January 17, 2013 I did something I'd never done before. I drove my Galaxie into it's first ever indoor car show. The Starbird-Devlin Car Show at Century II in Wichita, KS, "The Wichita Tradition." This is the 56th annual show, previously known as the Starbird Rod & Custom Show, it's been a tradition in Wichita for a long long time.

I was lucky enough to be a part of the Kustom City display this year. Thanks to the new paint work done on my Galaxie by Jeff Myers, my car has been transformed to 60's Boulevard cruiser. Doug Reed put together the Kustom City display of street kustoms from the area and my Galaxie was lucky enough to make the group.

So we rolled in, positioned ourselves and started cleaning the cars. It wasn't long before it was time to head back to the day job, but I managed to grab a couple of quick snapshots while I was there.

My Galaxie in Kustom City

2013 Starbird-Devlin Car Show for Charity: A Look Back Pt. 2

In Part 1 I went through some back history of the show from my cameras up to 2010.

So now on to 2011

Something I wrote at the time:
"In the dead of winter each January it's a pleasure every year to get together with my hotrod and kustom family and spend some time inside WITH a bunch of cool cars. The Darryl Starbird Rod & Custom show in Wichita, KS typically pulls about 400 cars max for a 3 day indoor show. As the name implies rods and customs show in abundance, but so do stock restorations, survivors, 4x4's, lowriders, rat rods, and various types of racers.

A couple of very cool front engine dragsters were on display this year, as were some very nice traditional built hot rods. Traditional built rods are not rats, and this show had both build styles represented nicely. The car count and the vendor count both seemed down this year, but that was a blessing instead of a hinderance. Less cars means more room to get around the cars, and it seemed that the cars that didn't show were the ones that I normally don't shoot anyhow, so the show's overall quality went up as a result.

The Marauders and Fundamentals had great club displays with the Marauders taking home the prize for best display for their "model" car display complete with giant exacto knives and Testor paint bottles to complete the look. The Fundamentals went with a beach theme and rumor has it some Marauders may have been involved with an incident involving Baby Ruth candy bars being dropped in the Fundamentals "sand" (kitty litter). I'm not going to say where the story came from or how hard the person who told it to me was laughing when he told how they did it."


 
My friend Mike's super clean Camaro

2013 Starbird-Devlin Car Show for Charity: A Look Back Pt. 1

For the first time ever, my Galaxie will be entered into an indoor car show. Now to be clear, this car was never meant to be a show car, only a kool kustom that I occasionally show off at shows. This first indoor show will be the Starbird-Devlin show in Wichita, KS at Century II on Jan. 18-20th.

I've been attending the show here on and off since the early 80's. Back then I remember very little about the show or the cars that I saw there. Mostly the memories are just of good times with my dad and sometimes Grandpa at the Starbird show. It was a big deal. Not even an all too present case of the chicken pox could keep me away, when my folks asked if I was well enough to go, I lied my ass off. I was going to the Starbird show.

Over the years that I've been attending with a camera in hand we've been privy to some pretty fantastic vehicles on display at the show.

2007

New Kustom Paint, Old Kustom Flavor

I've had my 1963 Ford Galaxie 500 since 2004. When she first entered my life she looked like a 70's cruiser. Stock body, dark tinted windows (80's probably), Cragar S/S wheels and some fairly large raised white letter tires.

What's coming up for January & February 2013

The schedule for 2013 is already filling up! This post will be a breakdown of some of the shows of the first few months, have a look at the info I provide, check out the photos from years past and pick a couple out to attend!

January

Jan. 18-20th
Wichita, KS Starbird-Devlin Charity Car Show "The Wichita Tradition"
See the 2012 photos here
 
 

Had a great time at the 2012 Stray Kat Kustoms Starliner show at the Kansas Aviation Museum

Had a great time at the 2012 Stray Kat Kustoms Starliner show at the Kansas Aviation Museum You should have been there too!

There are over 600 images in the gallery including some instagram versions and more artistic edits of some of the photos. There are another 70 or so that will be turned in to a magazine for possible show coverage feature. Speaking of that checkout Car Kulture Deluxe issue #54 for the feature on the Vibrasonic and the show coverage of the 2012 Stray Kat 500, both shot by Royboy and the 500 article was written by me as well! For some great audio about the Vibrasonic, go to Johnny King's site here.






See you at a show,

Travis

2011 Darryl Starbird Wichita Teaser Pics

Well the first show of my 2011 season in under my belt. I'm sitting in the parking lot of the Wichita Starbird show as i type this. The car count was down, the attendance seemed down, but the overall quality of the show felt way up.

I have a couple of cell phone teaser shots for ya, check back tomorrow at http://royboyproductions.smugmug.com for the full set.

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