WHERE W ERE YOU IN…? June
By Debra Starbird Vogele
A staff photo taken at the ’88 Nationals East
“Nostalgia is street rodding from the vehicles to the equipment…these go together as well as they did
and would be called the California Street Rods/Texaco Pros’ Pick. Also at the Nationals, a new addition would be the selection of five street rods to be honored by PPG Industries with an Outstanding Use of Color/Design award. In “Street Sweeper,” the NSRA Car Club Gary Gilchrist was presented a NSRA Merit Award at the Classtiques 8th in ’88 Rod Run in Bismarck, ND.
features a Chevy small-block in a Model A topped
30 years ago.” In “National News,” for the third time in a row the Street Rod Nationals would include the Pros’ Pick activity. This year it would be sponsored by Texaco/Havoline Oil
with a good looking early Vette fuel injection unit was on the cover of the June ’89 issue stating,
T he cover of the June ‘99 issue featured Kristen Beck stopping at a Western Michigan gas station to fill up a ’37 Ford convertible her dad Jerry built before her wedding. The
Nationals and for the sixth year in a row participants would be able to attend a selection of free street rod seminars at the event, plus Rod & Custom magazine was set to sponsor the “Pros’ Pick” awards. “Street Sweeper”
winning photo was entered by Faye Beck, mother of the bride. In “National News,” PPG would again sponsor the “Outstanding Use of Color” awards at the 30th Street Rod Southwest Nationals in Oklahoma City— the first event of the year. In “Curbside,” editor Joe Mayall announced a new era in 41 years of NSRA—the opening of 30-year-and-older
In Street Sweeper, Stan Orness (L) received the North Dakota SRA “Street Rodder of the Year” award from club president, Gene Hoyt.
announced automotive journalists Tara
Baukus Mello and Sue Mead would be embarking on a
cross-country adventure in a new Mercedes S-Class following the trail set by Alice
O n the cover (and inside) the June ’09 issue featured the 26th
“Street Sweeper” announced new
additions to the NSRA Street Rod & Safety Division Officials—Allen Morris, Southern California State Rep, Mac Purdum, Iowa State Rep, Marc Landrith, Montana State Safety Inspector, Kyle Hanson, Utah State
vehicles being accepted at all NSRA events starting with the first event in 2010. “Safety First” covered the 50th anniversary of the 3-point seatbelt, invented in the early 1800s by George Cayley.
“SS Visits” visited Jerry Kugel of Kugel Komponents, manufacturer of chassis and suspension products, celebrating its 40-year history. Pictured Jerry
Safety Inspector, and Dan DeBono, Southwestern California Safety Inspector.
& wife Judy who played an active role in the company.
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