WHERE W ERE YOU IN…? July
By Debra Starbird Vogele
T he July ’89 issue cited a “Special 20th Street Rod Nationals Issue, Let the
Cabriolet built by Chassis Engineering. Elsewhere in the issue a special feature titled “Street Rod Nationals Firsts,” a photo
South in Knoxville, TN, with a record 2,212 street rods registered and the 6th Mid-America Nationals in Sioux Falls, SD, with a total of 887 registered vehicles. In “Street Sweeper,” the Del-Rods of Dover, Ed Rasco of St. Joseph took home the gold in the Streets of Rods Lil’ Haulers with his ‘telephone trailer’ at the Mid-America Nationals.
Celebration Begin!” The cover featured the “Top given away at the Nationals, a ’37 Ford Club Participant Prize” to be
essay of 19 years of memories showing
the elements that helped make it the biggest automotive participant event in the world. Also featured in the issue the 15th Nationals
A s the NSRA ramps up to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Street Rod Nationals in Louisville, KY, the cover of the July ’99 issue features the Top Participant Prize, a ’29 Ford Woodie built by Hercules Motor Car Co. of Tampa, FL. In “Curbside,” editor Joe Mayall reminisces about his past with NSRA, joining in 1972 with membership #2910, noting that in 1972 Prize, a ’32 Ford 3- window highboy built by Brookville Roadster to be given away at the 40th Street Rod Nationals in Louisville, KY. The issue also covered the 33rd Western Nationals in Bakersfield, CA, where 1,723 registered T he cover of the July ’09 issue featured the Top Participant participants attended and the Nationals South in Knoxville, TN, celebrating a milestone of 35 years with 2,530
NSRA had not accumulated even 3,000 members in the nearly two years since it was formed and was headed into the 3rd NSRA Street Rod Nationals that would boast
1,500 registered participants, half of the total membership. Elsewhere in the issue the 25th
In Run Scene, the Saints Car Club organized The Cruz Car Show in Port Orchard, WA. The club started in 1951, disbanded in 1962 and then reorganized.
Nationals South in Knoxville, TN, kicked off the new season of street
rodding NSRA style, and the 16th Mid-America Nationals in Springfield, MO, attracted a
participants. In “National News” Pete’s Fabrication
would sponsor the Tri-Five Awards at the
Richmond, Northeast,
Golden State & Southeast NSRA Nationals. In “Street Sweeper,” the Lipstick Run (started in 1995 by Liz Kitzul and friends) would
Carolina State Rep for the past 29 years was chosen to be the new Street Rod Division Southeast Division Director. City along with creator of the original car, Norm Grabowski, would be on display at the 40th Nationals. The Kookie Kar Klone built by Reno Rods & Customs of Oklahoma
celebrate its 15th anniversary with a trip to the 40th Street Rod Nationals this year. Also, Tom Higgins the North
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