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1989 Oakland Roadster Show

1989 OAKLAND ROADSTER SHOW Bob Dzemske and his son visited the 1989 Oakland Roadstershow and captured some of the many Custom Cars that were entered in the 40st Anniversary of...

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Petersen Motorama 1952

PETERSEN MOTORAMA 1952 Custom Cars at the third Annual International Motorama show held at the Pan Pacific Auditorium in Los Angeles 1952. The Annual International Motorama he...

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Americas Most Beautiful Roadster 2017

AMBR 2017 Americas Most Beautiful Roadster award for 2017 goes to 1936 Packard named The Mulholland Speedster owned by Bruce Wanta. Designed by Eric Black and wonderfully ha...

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Rotunda Customs 1956 Show

ROTUNDA CUSTOMS 1956 SHOW In February 1956 the FoMoCo organized the second Custom Car Show in the Ford Rotunda building. Sadly this would also be the last time this prestigi...

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Rotunda Customs 1955 Show

ROTUNDA CUSTOMS 1955 SHOW In 1955 and 1956 the Ford Motor Company hosted a small Custom Car and Hot Rod show in the beautiful Art-Deco Rotunda visitors center in Dearborn, Mi...

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Thrifty Parking-lot Show

TRYFTY PARKING-LOT SHOW In May 1954 the Lords Car Club organized a free one day outdoor Car Show at the Thrifty Drug Store in Los Angles. The Customs they gathered for this e...

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1950 Oakland Roadster show

1950 OAKLAND ROADSTER SHOW In 1950 Al and Mary Slonaker organized the first Annual National Roadster Show. Mostly entered by Hot Rods, but the Custom entries in this show has always ...

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John Quintal 1956 Album

QUINTELL 56 ALBUM Nor Cal Custom Enthusiast Ron Brooks has an amazing collection of Custom Car Historic material, and the great thing is, he loves to share it. This time Ron s...

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56 Monterey Kar Kapades

1956 KAR KAPADES SHOW Marcus Edell has been sharing some really great photos on the Vintage Car Show Photos Facebook Group. Recently he shared these photos taken at the 1956 K...

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Mercs that will appear at Pebble Beach

PEBBLE BEACH MERCURYS Ken Gross has officially announced the 7 1949-1951 Mercurys that will be part of the Mercury display at the 2015 Pebble Beach Concours. August 16 ...

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1954 San Jose Show Photos

1954 SAN JOSE SHOW PHOTOS Color photos of the early 1950’s car shows are pretty rare, so it was really great when Joe Hickenbottom shared some never before seen color s...

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2015 Pebble Beach Mercurys

2015 PEBBLE BEACH MERCURYS The Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance creates a class of historic 1949-51 Mercury Customs for Sunday, August 16, 2015 Pebble Beac...

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Wally Welch 1951 Pan Pacific winner

WALLY WELCH TAKES BEST CUSTOM WITH HIS AYALA 1950 MERCURY The second Petersens Motorama show was held in November 1951. The show was open to the public from November 7 till th...

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Gil Ayala at the 1951 Roadster Show

GIL AYALA AT THE 1951 ROADSTER SHOW Lynn Ayala recently share some really great historic Custom Car memorabilia from her dad. Gil Ayala entered the Ayala built 1940 Mercur...

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1959 Car Show Movie

1959 CAR SHOW MOVIE This 1959 Car Show and Lions Drags and Hill Climbs movie with amazing footage of some late 1950’s Customs and Hot Rods was recently shared on facebook The v...

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Hartford Hot Rod Shows

58 HARTFORD AUTORAMA New England Speed & Custom shared some amazing photos of the late 1950’s and early 1960’s New England hot Rod and Custom Car scene. This amazing collect...

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58 Hartford Autorama photos

58 HARTFORD AUTORAMA New England Speed & Custom shared some amazing photos of the late 1950’s and early 1960’s New England hot Rod and Custom Car scene. Dennis O̵...

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1989 Oakland Roadster Show

Petersen Motorama 1952

Americas Most Beautiful Roadster 2017

Rotunda Customs 1956 Show

Rotunda Customs 1955 Show

Thrifty Parking-lot Show

1950 Oakland Roadster show

John Quintal 1956 Album

56 Monterey Kar Kapades

Mercs that will appear at Pebble Beach

1954 San Jose Show Photos

2015 Pebble Beach Mercurys

Wally Welch 1951 Pan Pacific winner

Gil Ayala at the 1951 Roadster Show

1959 Car Show Movie

Hartford Hot Rod Shows

58 Hartford Autorama photos

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