Royboy goes to the Hot Rod Revolution part 1-3

Wow! That's the basis of my review of my weekend in Austin. Fantastic cars, killer music and most importantly some of the koolest people anywhere made this one of my best weekends all year.

I've started using Instagram on my iPhone and this trip I experimented with documenting the trip with that app. So along the way I was snapping shots from my iPhone which was mounted to the dash of my car.

I left home (Central KS) Thursday evening, determined to make it past the dreaded Fort Worth traffic so Friday's drive would be short and fun.


Finally around 2am I found a hotel on the south side of Ft. Worth and decided to crash out for a few hours.



Friday was a nice short drive of a little over 2 hours.



I rolled into town on Friday and promptly took a nap in my hotel room...party animal. But later on I went over to Austin Speed Shop for their pre-party and for the the screening of Brian Darwas' film "A Sweet Sickness: The Flathead Movie" Arriving fashionably almost late the place was packed.









NotStockPhotography was there with his wife and their kool Corvair Van.


Tons of killer rides in the parking lot, tons of great people milling about.




Okay so I got a little artsy fartsy with a couple of shots...






Then I met up with the crew from Pushrod and we set out for the Continental Club to catch Dave Alvin on stage. Wow! that was a great show. I highly recommend if he's coming to your town you need to be in the audience. I was blown away by the whole performance.

That's it for Friday, I'm heading off to the day job for now but I'll post more when I come home for lunch. Click on any of the photos to see the whole gallery, there are about 200 that are currently uploading so they won't be available for an hour or two.

Here's a couple cell phone pics from the end of our Friday night watching Dave Alvin at the Continental Club.







I may or may not have been drinking and take no responsibility for slightly out of focus phone shots...

 

So Saturday morning I roll over to Camp Mabry, it was the first time that I ever was carded to get into a car show, a new experience but to be allowed to have the show on the base was very cool indeed.



The backdrop wasn't as cool as the power plant last year but that was almost a once in a lifetime type background for a show. There were plenty of interesting sites to look at, I didn't get to go checkout the museum and I regret that now.

The temps were decent but the wind was not, after braving the cold most of the day I finally broke down and bought a Austin Speed Shop hoodie, yes I'm a wimp.






































Remember to click on any of the images to see the whole gallery.

Thanks for taking a look everyone, I hope I can make it feel like you were there in some small way.

Looking Back: 2011 Darryl Starbird Rod & Custom Show Wichita, KS

Just have a few minutes here but I hopefully will be doing this weekly. Today we're looking back at one of the shows from earlier this year.

The first show of the year for me each year is the Darryl Starbird Rod & Custom Show held at Century II in Wichita, KS. Here's a bit I wrote about the show in the gallery:
"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.

Another fun show from Darryl Starbird in Wichita!"

On a cool note, this show will be changing next  year, Tim Devlin and others have purchased the show and will continue it and will be donating proceeds from the show back to Wichita area charities, too cool! Go to http://www.starbirddevlin.com/ for more info on the show in the future.

Here' some shots from the show.





Jason of Red House Custom Paint's killer truck










Tons of different styles at this show.



The Carlson Family of Mulvane's Chaotic Customs gets the pleasure of rolling around in this gorgeous Pontiac.



Mike Young's beautiful street rod, this thing is just perfectly done!


Way kustom 53 Chevy Pickup!

Even a Lambo in attendence!

I just dig the hell out of Rocky Burris' radical Ford Truck!

They just don't build cars much finer than Doug Reed's Toad.

Tom Hanna had a pair of beautiful front engine dragsters on display.

Here's one of Starbird's wild bubble top kustoms
This show has a great selection of all kinds of rides and is a great way to spend a cold weekend in KS. I look forward to what Devlin and company have in store for for this historic show! See you at a show, Travis

2012 Calendar for Charity!!!

Hey folks, once again I've scoured the thousands of car show coverage photos that I took this year to create some calendars to raise money for some great charities. I shoot the shots at the shows that I travel to across the midwest and beyond, I also do the layout, print them, bind them and ship them myself. As you can see, they are a bit different from your standard calendars and well worth the $15 if I do say so myself!

The Traditionals Edition will go to benefit Victory Junction Gang Camp for Kids, VJ is a summer camp for terminally ill children. Kyle and Patty Petty of NASCAR started the camp in memory of their son, racer Adam Petty as it was his dream to create a camp like this for kids that normally wouldn't get the camp experience. With a fully functional hospital on site this is a truly unique experience for the campers.



To order just go to royboyproductions.com

The Trucks edition will go to the same charity, here's some samples of it



There's also an edition made from shots taken at Vintage Torque Fest that benefit Helping Hannah's Heart. A great cause, a great show and a damn good time, so check the show out in 2012!



Shots from the Stray Kat 500 and the Starliner shows went into the Stray Kat Kustoms edition, proceeds from this one will go to the Red Cross. Stray Kat Kustoms shows are the most laid back shows you'll ever run across, when you attend a Stray Kat show you are family. I love these shows and I'm proud to be able to cover them each year.



And finally the fantastic Greaserama show shots were combed for the Greaserama edition! This is one of the most fun shows anywhere, hang out all day in the drive in and once the sun goes down, watch kool movies! Labor Day weekend you'll always find me at the Greaserama!
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Thanks for taking the time to check out my post, please buy a calendar or 12 as the proceeds all go to help great causes and some truly wonderful people. Just go to www.royboyproductions.com to find the paypal button to order them.

See you at a show,
Travis