Car Shows, eBooks & some new stuff coming soon!

Since the last update here in the blog world there's been 2 shows shot by Royboy Productions. The Carquest World of Wheels in Kansas City and the Darryl Starbird Exotic Car Show in Tulsa. Both shows had new cars that I'd never seen before and old friends that it was good to stop and chat with.




So far it's just 2 of the Car Show Pics Books titles, the 2010 Stray Kat 500 edition and the 2010 Vintage Torque Fest edition, but there are more coming soon. These are retailing at less than half the price of the print versions, plus NO SHIPPING!

Some new things are in the works for the Royboy Productions blog and site, look for features on cars and people that I dig, plus some new product offerings if I can ever get the prototypes made!

See you at a show!

KC Carquest World of Wheels Teasers

Just got home from the Kansas City Carquest World of Wheels at Bartle Hall. I'm not in a very eloquent state of mind so don't expect "On The Road" here :)

I met some new friends, hung out with some old ones and had a great time. Jack Walker's Phoenix and Blue Danube are worth the ticket price alone. The Barris built 41 was fantastic as was a new-to-me coupe that I geeked out over and shot way too many pics.

Here's a couple of crappy phone pics to hold you over until I get the full gallery uploaded on Sunday.

This weekend is the Kansas City Car Quest World of Wheels show!

This weekend in Bartle Hall in Kansas City, MO is the 2011 Carquest World of Wheels show. It's cold in KS this winter with over a foot of snow blanketing most of the state. Thankfully Bartle Hall is heated and will keep us from the elements. The show features an eclectic mix of rides from lowriders to imports, with a large portion of the building being devoted to the Ol' Skool and traditional rod flavors. Muscle cars and 4x4's are also on hand so there's something for everyone to look at.


Here's a look at last year's show.






Enjoy last year's shots and be on the lookout early next week for this year's!

See you at a show

Kool Kustom Kar photography isn't all that I do...

Those that know me in the real world know that the other overwhelming passion in my life has been music since I was a kid. About 11 years ago I started working at Blue Heaven Studios in Salina, KS on the side. Blue Heaven is a recording studio built into what was originally the First Christian Church in Salina. Check out the link above for more info on this beautiful studio.

Fast forward to today, I'm enjoying some Pandora radio at my desk at the day job, when a familiar voice starts playing in my ears. Both in 2009 and in 2010 we at Blue Heaven had the pleasure to record an Austin artist named Dan Dyer. Both times the sessions were captured Direct To Disk, meaning that we recorded him and his band, straight from the mics, through the console, mixed live and recorded onto the cutting lathe. In layman's terms we're making an actual record (there are a couple more steps but I'm trying to be brief!), this is different from the typical over-production that goes on in today's music world. Gone are the artifacts of recording into one medium, overdubbing, editing, possibly mixing to another medium (going through the console again), etc etc etc, all of which add noise to the music, noise that takes away from the recording.  Direct to Disk recording is not used very much, hasn't been used much in the last 30 or so years, but we do it because it's how to get the best, cleanest possible recordings.



This video is NOT from the Blue Heaven sessions but shows off some of Dyer's amazing music.



If you go to Dyer's bandcamp site you can buy the music as a download, paying what you want to pay, it can also be found on Amazon as well.  Check out Dan Dyer, I think you'll be glad that you did.


There are currently 13 of our D2D recordings available on the Acoustic Sounds website, most of them are blues based, if you have a turntable and want to hear the best possible sound quality, these are the way to get it!

Indoor drag racing in the 60's!

Indoor drag racing in the 60's!
Check out this cool link for some cool photos of some of the wildest drag racing ever!

In the 60's there was a short time where Chicago area racers were racing indoors! Apparently this went down in the International Amphitheater in Chicago, the same place as the Democratic National Convention.

Here's a link to the story behind the photos.

Let's find a place and revive this craziness one more time!

See you at a show
Travis

Royboy Productions Zazzle Store

Have you seen the Royboy Productions Zazzle store? There are t-shirts, coffee mugs, mouse pads, etc. there featuring a few selected photos from the RBP photo collection.  New designs will be coming soon!




Help me get to the next show by buying a shirt or a mouse pad, or by buying a photo from the RBP galleries! By July the RBP odometer for 2011 will be around 6000 miles, with gas prices going up I'll need all the help that I can get!

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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Just in time for the gas prices to go up

Just in time for the forecasted higher gas prices, my 63 Galaxie is getting a beefed up AOD trans and adapter to mate it to my 390.

The trans and adapter are from Bendsten's Transmissions, they were very helpful, shipped very fast and gave me a discount too.

The trans will go in next week as well as an updated stock type distributor, upgraded coil and plug wires. I'll do a mpg test before and after, hopefully jumping my current average 12mpg to 17 or so based on what others have reported.

See you at a show...

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2 weeks until the start of the 2011 show season

http://www.darrylstarbird.com/showtime.htmThe chill of winter notwithstanding, it's about to get hot in Wichita. Jan. 14-15, 2011 will mark the 54th Annual Darryl Starbird's Rod & Custom show in Wichita, KS at the Century II Convention Center. The show is limited to 400 entries and always draws a great stable. There is a $2000 "Go For The Gold" cash award to the best/most outstanding vehicle shown for the first time in Wichita, which should help bring out some new blood too.
I'm looking forward to the new show season starting up, keep an eye here to keep up with all that is going on in the Royboy world.

2010 Darryl Starbird Wichita Show Pics here if you want to see what you missed last year.

Mid Decembrrrr Run Coverage

Finally here are some of my pictures!

Our first stop was at the McPherson College Auto Restoration Program

Here's some of the crew hanging out with a historic old rod, who's history escapes me right now (I'm getting old and forgetful).

 

http://royboyproductions.smugmug.com/Cars/2010MidDecembrrrrRun/

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