A Busy Weekend Part 2: Showdown In The Valley

From Garnett (see part 1) I headed out to Mulvane, KS home of the Mulvane Marauders.
This part was another fun drive, exploring country side, just randomly heading south and west until I got close to the show.


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That was a fun drive! I got to see some of the grain storage facilities that I'd done the mechanical and fabrication drawings for, drove a new section of one of my favorite roads, an old section of highway just outside of most people's point of view while they cruise on US-400, had a burger at the historic Beaumont Hotel and explored a fun new-to-me road between Latham and Douglass, KS.

Once I arrived in Mulvane it's the same story as every other time, the many friends I've made in the Marauders make me feel at home. This show is held on the old main street area of Mulvane and features some of the over 160 members of the club's rides as well as many area cars. The Marauders gave away a freshly rebuilt engine this year along with a huge table full of door prizes and some killer trophies made by various members of the Marauders.







One of the most beautiful kustoms around, Don's 54 Buick










Jody's way kool Y-block powered kustom Ford truck


Steve's Tiki Taxi


Merideth's Trixie Tee, built to match her Trophy Girl purse, this is a killer little hotrod!


Jack's 40 Ford




One kool kustom influenced hot rod






I really dig this killer Merc kustom, check out the headlights...





Some high dollar rides showed up






Chris and Karma Carlson of Chaotic Customs drive this 60 Pontiac named Stella nearly every day, and judging by the color of the back tire, Chris didn't get the kids to clean Stella after driving down the dirt road they live on. That's dedication, live on a dirt road and drive a ride like this!







Jason of Red House Custom Paint was in attendance.




Mike's 29 Roadster


One of my favorite cars of the show, Kent drives the heck out of her too!






Another 51 Ford! This time with the 6 cylinder drive train.




Interesting dash




Bill Hines and crew chopped this at the KKOA in 2009 I believe. Love the chop and the color!










Kevin's 64 Galaxie



Chris giving out the awards.


Congrats Kent!
 



That's it for the 2nd part, a drive up to Gypsum would end my day driving around central-eastern KS. Hope you enjoyed the coverage, stay tuned to the blog with RSS feeds or email updates so  you know when I've updated the blog.

See you at a show!

Travis

A Busy Weekend Part 1: Lake Garnett Cruisers Car Show

A few weeks ago I realized that last weekend there was a choice, either stay in KS and go to a show that I'd gone to before (and loved) or venture a few hundred miles from home for the Good Guys show in Loveland, CO. Since I'd been planning on being in Colorado this weekend to film a small BBQ team in competition with the giants of the BBQ world, I decided to stay in Kansas.

So how would I make the weekend special? It didn't take long to figure it out, 3 shows, 1 weekend... all in Kansas! Saturday started off at a lazy 7:30am as I headed east out of the small town of Gypsum, KS headed for the slightly larger city of Garnett, about 154 miles away.



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The show in Garnett is held around the old time town square, these types of shows always have built in cool factor. Click any of these photos to go to the whole photo gallery, I will not be posting every photo here so that's the best way to see them all.





Nice Ghia!


The show was an interesting mix of muscle cars, trucks, kustoms, hot rods, street rods, motorcycles and even a rat rod along with some stockers and radical customs.



My good friend Neal made the trip in his Canopy Express, seen here on the right.


This well put together Chevy has got to attract bugs like crazy with that shade of  yellow!


I'm not sure what the story is on this car, I'm guessing it was shortened from a full or mid sized wagon, anyone have the skinny on it?


Everyone needs one of these VW Trucks


I've seen this mild kustom around a couple of the Stray Kat shows but I can't remember if I've met the owner yet. When you meet the owners of the car away from the car sometimes it's hard to remember who's face belongs with which car.



Street Rod style post war Ford


Having just picked up a 51 Ford I am naturally drawn to every 49-51 that I see, always looking for ideas.


A very nicely done 80's era Chevrolet Truck.




A way Kustom truck, lots to see on this wild pickup.


Travel in style


Some of the fairly stock crowd in attendance






Roger Ward's beautiful ride, Roger won the Inspiration award this year at the Stray Kat 500. Jeff Myers built a killer trophy that was color matched to Roger's car.





A Pro-Street 57 Chevy


Many cars had taken refuge from the sun under the square's many trees.


A nicely built Willys


Gasser Style


Gotta love a Starliner


One of the historic buildings that lines the square, probably seen many a summer day with the townsfolk gathered getting to know each other and celebrate holidays and the like.


I love this 46 Ford, and it's for sale. Click on any of these photos to go to the full gallery and I have the for sale placard pictured with a ton more info for you.








There were 3 nearly identical drag cars in attendance. I never did catch up with an owner to get the story on these.








1 of 50 explains why I'd never come across one before.




One of my favorite vehicles ever produced, I'd love to drive one some day.






Then back out into the sunshine!


Another Street Rod'd beauty


My 2nd wild Cadillac turned truck in 2 weeks... hope this isn't a resurgent trend!


Another beautiful historic building overlooking the square and the weekend's activities.


That's about it for the coverage of the Lake Garnett Cruisers Car Show in Garnett, KS. Hope you enjoyed it! From here I went down to Mulvane, KS for the Showdown In The Valley put on by the Mulvane Marauders. Look for that tomorrow in part 2!

If you see any photos that you'd like to have a copy of, just click on it and you'll be taken to the gallery where you can buy digital downloads, prints, calendars, posters, etc. Every purchase helps me get to the next show!

See you at a show,

Travis

What the heck have I been up to? 5/30/12

Last weekend on a whim I decided to head up to Lincoln, NE to the Hot Rod Supernationals car show.

Here's a slideshow of the coverage of that event. Lots of muscle cars, street rods and a few traditional hot rods & kustoms. Click the slideshow to go to the gallery and see the entire collection.





The previous weekend was the 30th Annual Atwood Early Rod Run in Atwood, KS. Here's the slideshow for that coverage. Click the slideshow to go to the gallery and see the entire collection.


This weekend I'll be off to Marysville, KS for the AutoFest. Here's last year's coverage of AutoFest, Click the slideshow to go to the gallery and see the entire collection.