The Central Kansas Street Rods Inc. held their 9th Lakeside Rod Run & Pigfeed in Great Bend, KS. A total of 189 cars attended with the highlight being a super supper of succulent roast hog & fried chicken. event location. This hobby of ours is called street rodding for good reasons, it did not come about by accident. Those who want to take the “STREET” out of street rodding could take rodding off the streets forever.” think that to the uninitiated the terms hot rod and hot rodder are not just as offensive today as they were 30 years ago. This is a fact NSRA faces nearly every day in dealings with public and private officials when arranging for an
The Rods & Relics hosted their Rockin’ Rockaway Run in Rockaway Beach, MO, with 330 pre ’49 rods attending. Winners of the Top 5 awards were Dave Lewis, J.T. Winfrey, Bill Roach, Brent Buckner & Gary Wilson.
Dear Lady “Woman Beside the Man” met Sandra Konkright. She and her husband started in the late ‘50s with the Kingsman Car Club and she now had her own two-tone green ’37 Ford pickup named K-FROG.
“Supercharged,” WEIAND’s maximum performance “Beefy Blower.”
A “Few Minutes With” highlighted Street Rodder’s Road Tour pilot, Jerry Dixey. Jerry & wife Mary Ann owned/operated Ohio Van & Truck since the mid-‘70s and Classic Transportation, with a complete line of pedal car hardware and bodies.
In “Run Scene,” the Pretzel City Rod & Custom would host their Annual Mother’s Day Run and Mall
Aero Fiberglass Karts & Pedal Cars— Bodies, Complete Cars and Strollers.
The 1st Cubs & Cars event was held in Simi Valley, CA. Presented by members of the Roam’n Relics Car Club and the Cub Scout Pack 3663—85 vehicles, including street rods, muscle cars, Corvettes and race cars attended.
Car Show to raise money for Mother’s Against Drunk Drivers in Reading, PA.
The SoCal NSRA Appreciation Day was held at California Car Cover in Chatsworth, CA. The DeFrank family had hosted the Appreciation Day since 1996.
The NSRA Western Safety Team hosted the Western Washington NSRA Appreciation Day at Mathewson’s Automotive in Renton, WA. This would be its 22nd year. (L-R) Scott McMahill, Lloyd Hall,
Bob Drake Reproductions: New Parts for Old Fords & Hot Rods.
Don Amundson, Duke Dodd, Sean Duling, Glenda Graham, Elaine & Gene Garland, and Wally Graham. also selected as the Grand Prize winner, an honor accorded for performing the most compassionate achievement among the four winners.
In “Write of Way,” NSRA Safety Inspector Don Amundson gave a special Chassis Engineering Safety Award to Kelly Edler of Carmichael, CA. Her ’33 Dodge had been a Safety 23 car from the time it was built and finished.
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