LOOKING BACK.....2009!
LOOKING BACK.....2009!
DETROIT AUTORAMA 2009.....I'm a big fan of nostalgic rodding and/or racing vehicles so my yearly trip to the Detroit Autorama was especially gratifying
this year (2009). How about seeing the most famous custom ever built? How about the most famous rod plus the most famous '23T Bucket ever built? How about
seeing and talking with the original owners and builders? All this was made possible by attending the 2009 Detroit Autorama in March. All the pictures below
were taken by "yours truly" during the 2009 event at Detroit's Cobo Hall. All were taken from four different displays during the show that included the 2009
Builder/Owner of the Year Darryl Starbird, the 2009 Preservation Award Recipient, George Barris' Legends of Hot Rodding and a Back to the '60s display.
Some of the vehicles are clones (reproductions) that mirror the originals exactly but some are the originals painstakingly restored. Either way it's great to see
them all at one locale and the clones are great for the "youngsters" that weren't around yet to admire the workmanship that went into these classic hot rods.
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KOPPER KART CLONE
BUILT CUSTOMS BY FLASH, NJ
55 CHEVY 1/2 TON PICKUP
4" TOP CHOP
5 1/2" SECTION
FENDERS EXTENDED TO MATCH BED
PEAKED FENDERS & HOOD
QUAD HEADLIGHTS
TRIM PARTS FROM 49 CHEVY, 56 MERC, 55 PLY,
55 CADDY
WHITE PEARL W/KANDY KOPPER
WHITE & COPPER VINYL INTERIOR
ROLLED & PLEATED HEADLINER
ALA KART
AIR RIDE SUSPENSION
FUEL INJECTED DODGE FULL RACE ENG
29 FORD PICKUP FRONT BODY
27 T ROADSTER BACK
HAND MADE BED
STEEL REMOVABLE TOP
PLEADED NAUGAHYDE UNDERBODY
57 LINCOLN STEERING
30 COATS HAND RUBBED PEARL WHITE
ELECTRIC WIPERS
COMPLETE CHROME UNDERCARRIAGE
BURGUNDY IMPRESSIONS & STRIPING DEAN
JEFFRIES
WINNER GNRS 58 & 59
BULT BSARRIS
OWNEER JOHN MUMFORD
RESTORED ROY BRIZIO
GRAPHIC ART HIMSL
INTERIOR HOWDY'S
MONOGRAM'S BIG T
BUILT 61 STARBIRD
283 CHEVY
ALL CHROME UNDERCARRIAGE
WHITE NAUGAHYDE
RESURRECTED 05 PREDATOR PERFORMANCE
STARSHIP
72 CAMARO
327 CHEVY
CANDY BLUE
BABY BLUE NAUGAHYDE
KOOKIE T CLONE
NORM GRABOWSKI
RENO ROD & CUSTOM BUILDER
OWNER RON KREGOSKI, MI
BODY 22 TOURING T
FRAME 29 MODLE A
53 CADDY ENGINE
STROMBERG 97s
39 FORD TRANS
41 FORD REAR AXLE
REVERSED 56 BUIKD RIMS
56 DODGE ROYAL BLUE
ROLLED & PLEATED NAUGAHYDE
TROJAN
16 MODEL T CHASSIS CUT TO 96"
38 FORD AXLE
32 BANJO REAREND
CHROME DRIVETRAIN & SUSPENSION
CHROME BUICK NAILHEAD 322
WEIAND MANIFOLD W/STROMBERGS
CUSTOM HEADERS
16 T BODY
58 FORD REAR LID
REAR FENDERS 59 CHEVY HOOD
58 CHEVY TAILLIGHTS
32 GRILLE
HAND MADE FRT FENDERS
LIMEFIRE GREEN METALFLAKE
WHITE NAUGAHYDE
OWNER RALPH WHITWORTH
RESTORATION FLYING A GARAGE, NV
ORBITRON
BEAU BOECKMANN - OWNER
RESTORED GALPIN AUTO SPORTS
PREDICTA
STARBIRD BUILT 59
RESTORED 2007
ALL STEEL BODY
392 HEMI
ALL CHROME T-BIRD CHASSIS
CANDY BLUE
MILK TRUCK
BUILT DAN WOODS 65
RESTORED DAVE SHUTEN
OWNER LARRY TARANTOLO
MONOGRAM'S LIL COFFIN
32 FORD SEDAN ALL METAL
BUILT 63
55 DESOTO HEMI
WHITE PEARL NAUGAHYDE
CAR CRAFT DREAM ROD
BUILT 65 BILL CUSHENBERY
CHASSIS 52 JOWETT JUPITER
289 FORD
CUSTOM BODY - 60 PONTIAC FRT FENDERS &
DOORS,53 STUDE ROOF, 60 CORVAIR QUARTERS
DESERT SAND PEARL W/CANDY GOLD FOGS
OWNED & RESTORED MARK MORIARTY
CRYSTAL BALL MERC
51 MERC
SECTIONED & CHOPPED
80 LEBARON INTERIOR
RUNNING GEAR LEBARON
CANDY RED
OUTLAW CLONE
BUILT 59
ROTH FIRST SHOW CAR & FIBERGLASS
REVELL MODEL FROM DRAWING
BUILT SPRITZ BY FRITZ
22 DODGE WINDSHIELD FRAME
58 CHEVUY TAILLIGHTS
29 MODEL A CHASSIS RAILS
41 FORD AXLE
50 CADDY 331 V8
CRAGAR INTAKE
STROMBERG CARBS
39 FORD TRANS
SAM BARRIS MERCURY ORIGINAL
49 2 DOOR COUPE
OWNED JOHN MUMFORD
RESTORED ROY BRIZIO
HIROHATA MERCURY
BUILT 52
EXACT REPLICA
OWNED JACK WALKER
BUILT DOUG THOMPSON
NEAL EAST 32 FORD ROADSTER
BUILT BILL WOODARD 56
COVER CAR 61 R&C
HOT ROD & STREET RODDER
RESTORED 95 SIEVERS BROS.
OWNER RICHARD MUNZ
1 0F 75 MOST SIGNIFICANT HOT RODS
1 OF MOST FAMOUS '50S ERA ROADSTERS