Good Guys Columbus

[toddshotrods]

Originally Posted by kwhizz

In my "Humble" opinion.......this is the kind of thing that killed a lot of interest in the Street Rodding area years ago as a lot of very talented people were so concerned with doing something different......that the builds became "Silly".....just to be different.......just my $.02
Classic styling done correctly......"Always" looks good.........

Ken

That's a double-sided coin though. Sticking too closely to that formula would mean most of the styles we enjoy today would never have been born. Builders and owners know that there is a chance it won't work, when they decide to test the limits - it's the nature of the game, and it's what keeps the industry fresh. "Every once in a while" a great athlete misses a shot... We tend to remember when they hit the game winners.

[kwhizz]

Originally Posted by toddshotrods

That's a double-sided coin though. Sticking too closely to that formula would mean most of the styles we enjoy today would never have been born. Builders and owners know that there is a chance it won't work, when they decide to test the limits - it's the nature of the game, and it's what keeps the industry fresh. "Every once in a while" a great athlete misses a shot... We tend to remember when they hit the game winners.

I was just offering my opinion.........Thanks for posting all the pic's

ken

[Streetwerkz]

I followed the build thread of the green and white Ford pickup on the H.A.M.B.
pretty amazing, the entire pickup was hand made from aluminum!!

I admire the skill there!!!

the silver built from scratch hot rod with the crazy rotors was awe inspiring.
I over heard one of the builders say they had over 7000 hours in building the car. custom intake all from scratch, just a chunk of aluminum, rims, etc/
if I hear him correctly they made everything except the tires, caddy north star block, and 700r4 trans... to have the toys, and know how to use them, yes.... thats my dream

[toddshotrods]

Originally Posted by kwhizz

I was just offering my opinion.........Thanks for posting all the pic's

ken

Yup - that was just mine too. Np.

A note about the pics: I don't know how many of the 200 I posted so far, but they're all the best ones. I take pics to study what's going on in the industry, so a lot of times I have redundancies - just slight angle changes to see something else in parts, etc. I tried to pick the ones that showed the cars best, and help those who weren't there see what we saw.

More to come and I have some video of them at the ceremony.

[HRBS]

The silver Rod was hand built by Rob Ida. His shop is about 40 mins north of ours. Rob is incredibly talanted and a friend. I had the pleasure of seeing that car in person in several stages of the build. Truely one piece of art.

[Musclerodz]

I would put Poteet's truck at the very top for the entire show. It is insane at all the details that was put into the truck. 80% was hand fabricated and most of it looks like polished and plated vintage parts. I was speechless trying to take it all in.

Afterburner is just as wicked as when I saw it at SEMA, and still found things on it I did not see the frst time.

That pink Mustang makes me think about Trepanier's "Bomungus" (sp?) every time I see it.

The 54 vette was very well built, but very sutble in changes. I don't know what held it out of the top 5, but I would have put it in there

Mannings car is awesome, then again all DSE cars are top notch.

Anti-bling is where it is at, simple. I think Rupp started it all when he sold his pansy blue 69 and bought Penny. That is my story and I am sticking too it.

[Steve1968LS2]

Originally Posted by Musclerodz

Anti-bling is where it is at, simple. I think Rupp started it all when he sold his pansy blue 69 and bought Penny. That is my story and I am sticking too it.

I doubt I started anything except trouble.. but thanks..

And it wasn't "pansy".. it was just.. well.. ok, maybe a little.

[toddshotrods]

Time to finish up Saturday pics.

A little more G-Force to start the evening:





Chevy II RPM is building. Should be nice.

[toddshotrods]

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