Sunday started with more rain, meaning my shoot of the Pacifica for a magazine feature was dead in the water so to speak.
Showing posts with label traditional hot rod. Show all posts
Showing posts with label traditional hot rod. Show all posts
Friday, August 2, 2013
Thursday, August 1, 2013
Event Coverage: 2013 KKOA Leadsled Spectacular Part 7
Event Coverage: 2013 KKOA Leadsled Spectacular Part 7
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Event Coverage: 2013 KKOA Leadsled Spectacular Part 6
Event Coverage: 2013 KKOA Leadsled Spectacular Part 6
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Event Coverage: 2013 KKOA Leadsled Spectacular Part 5
Event Coverage: 2013 KKOA Leadsled Spectacular Part 5
Monday, July 29, 2013
Event Coverage: 2013 KKOA Leadsled Spectacular Part 4
Event Coverage: 2013 KKOA Leadsled Spectacular Part 4
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Monday, May 20, 2013
Event Coverage: 2013 MotorMania
For the 2nd time I made the long drive (okay it was only 30 miles) over to Abilene, KS for their MotorMania show. Most of the cars had their hoods and a few trunks open, which means I don't really want to shoot photos of them. Here are a few shots of what I saw.
Saturday, February 16, 2013
Limited Edition Poster #1 Presale!
Okay the time has come!
You can nowpre-order the very first Limited Edition Royboy Poster. Only 50 copies of this poster will ever be made, they will be hand numbered, and if you pre-order you can save $5!
This poster image will be as seen below without the giant RB of course. Jack's 29 Roadster that I've talked so much about in the past (even made a video about it). The poster will be 11x17 sized and suitable for framing if you'd like but it'd look great on your garage wall just as it is. This 29 Roadster on 32 rails was built in the mid 50's and it's never been changed. It is pure traditional hot rodding.
You can now
This poster image will be as seen below without the giant RB of course. Jack's 29 Roadster that I've talked so much about in the past (even made a video about it). The poster will be 11x17 sized and suitable for framing if you'd like but it'd look great on your garage wall just as it is. This 29 Roadster on 32 rails was built in the mid 50's and it's never been changed. It is pure traditional hot rodding.
Thursday, February 14, 2013
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
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
Friday, January 25, 2013
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.
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.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Starbird-Devlin 2013 Coverage Part 2
Part 2!
Another shot of the gorgeous 40 Chevrolet built by Big Creek Restorations in Ellis, Kansas.
Another shot of the gorgeous 40 Chevrolet built by Big Creek Restorations in Ellis, Kansas.
Monday, January 21, 2013
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
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
Sunday, January 20, 2013
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.
Rob Parker's way wild Chevrolet roadster pickup, rear mounted turbo feeds the 261 inline six engine.
Saturday, January 19, 2013
New Wood Transfers
Awhile back I saw a how-to that intrigued me. Transferring photos onto wood... it's an interesting process. Anyways for Christmas this year I decided to make a few of these for friends and family members. It's a long, tedious process but the end results are worth it.
I'm not sure if I'll produce a dozen or so of an image and offer those for sale or do them on an as ordered basis. The whole process takes about 4 hours to complete, and it works best for black & white photos.
Here are a couple test pieces that I have.
I'm not sure if I'll produce a dozen or so of an image and offer those for sale or do them on an as ordered basis. The whole process takes about 4 hours to complete, and it works best for black & white photos.
Here are a couple test pieces that I have.
Friday, January 18, 2013
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
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
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
A Chance Encounter
September 2009
I was barely out of a 3 year long battle to get out of debt, in fact I was a week out of it. Still didn't have much money as the last of my dollars and cents went to pay off the last debt I'd had, but I knew there was a show that looked to be kool happening in Wichita. The Stray Kat Kustoms Starliner show is always the weekend after Labor Day. So that morning I had to decide if I could make it until the end of the month if I spent gas money driving to this show. I had been to the Stray Kat Kustoms Rocket show in Fort Scott, KS early in the year and I loved the cars that I'd seen, and I'd always wanted to go to the Stray Kat 500 but hadn't made it yet.
Of course I went. Of course. (I almost always go when there's a chance to see some kool rides) Determined to go on the cheap I stopped along the way at a BBQ contest that some friends were competing in, free food! SCORE! So after a free beer or two and an insane amount of amazing BBQ, I headed to the Starliner show. What I found was a great collection of kool kustoms and hotrods parked amongst a bunch of retired aircraft.
I was barely out of a 3 year long battle to get out of debt, in fact I was a week out of it. Still didn't have much money as the last of my dollars and cents went to pay off the last debt I'd had, but I knew there was a show that looked to be kool happening in Wichita. The Stray Kat Kustoms Starliner show is always the weekend after Labor Day. So that morning I had to decide if I could make it until the end of the month if I spent gas money driving to this show. I had been to the Stray Kat Kustoms Rocket show in Fort Scott, KS early in the year and I loved the cars that I'd seen, and I'd always wanted to go to the Stray Kat 500 but hadn't made it yet.
Of course I went. Of course. (I almost always go when there's a chance to see some kool rides) Determined to go on the cheap I stopped along the way at a BBQ contest that some friends were competing in, free food! SCORE! So after a free beer or two and an insane amount of amazing BBQ, I headed to the Starliner show. What I found was a great collection of kool kustoms and hotrods parked amongst a bunch of retired aircraft.
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
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!
Monday, January 14, 2013
Friends of Royboy: American Hot Rod Foundation
From time to time this blog will be used to share some info on a site, custom/hotrod shop, or organization that are friends of mine.
This first we'll feature the American Hot Rod Foundation. I first learned of the AHRF through their page on facebook, a friendship that I'm glad I've found. Their feed on facebook is full of fantastic historic shots of historic hot rods and kustoms.
Head over to their site ahrf.com for more than your fair share of historic photos, stories and videos. Just a click on their Legends page on their site will have your mind reeling with all of the info that scrolls down onto your screen.
The Video page has trailer from there fantastic DVD "Deuce" I've seen it and I loved it.
This first we'll feature the American Hot Rod Foundation. I first learned of the AHRF through their page on facebook, a friendship that I'm glad I've found. Their feed on facebook is full of fantastic historic shots of historic hot rods and kustoms.
Head over to their site ahrf.com for more than your fair share of historic photos, stories and videos. Just a click on their Legends page on their site will have your mind reeling with all of the info that scrolls down onto your screen.
The Video page has trailer from there fantastic DVD "Deuce" I've seen it and I loved it.
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