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Apr 15, 2024 16:25:35 GMT
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Hey Folks! Another week, another weekly chat, your place for stuff that may not warrant a full thread or stuff that is just going on right now that you want to share. If you've been round these parts a while you'll know that things tend to get a bit intense for me about a month before The Weekender, and this year is no different. We've got more systems in place and some more hands on deck (although still not enough I suspect), but the show is looking busier than ever so we have even more to do. I've taken the week off work this week in order to eliminate as many of the things I need to do before the show as possible. I suspect I'll have a breakdown before the end of the week as time ticks ticks ticks away. On the plus side I ended up at Goodwood Members Meeting yesterday as a chap in my village was racing there and had spare tickets. This was totally unplanned (they only knocked on my door on Friday morning), so it was pleasant way to spend a morning, along with my dad. Saw some cool cars, spoke to some folks, refamiliarised myself with Goodwood. Good times. Drive there and back was also super easy in dry and bright conditions. Perfect. My hope is that I can get everything I need to do for Weekender done inside this week, or at least only leave myself a handful of jobs as I need to get back on to Club Retro Rides, Quick60, Gathering and other forum stuff. I've also still not done my Volksworld and Wheels Day threads. *sigh* What you been up to? Previous Thread: forum.retro-rides.org/thread/226779/chat-thread-late-wc-26
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Apr 11, 2024 20:56:22 GMT
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All the login stuff is out of my control now. All lives in Proboards systems, so even my fiddling with layout doesn't affect it. Might be worth trying to login in a different browser see if it is the browser at fault or the website. If there continues to be a problem support.proboards.com should be able to help.
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Apr 10, 2024 17:01:33 GMT
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Hi did put my v8 mk3 cortina in for a display this year but have not heard anything for the display brought my maxi beach buggy last year for the air cooled and the cortina the year before for the deadhead display am camping for the weekend is my cortina in a display somewhere as not heard anything yet thanks dave Hi Dave, You should have had a response email on the first of April or there abouts (everyone, whether they were in or not would have got one). I can resend yours later this week, if you haven't got it.
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Since there's no new chat thread this week, I'll add this here. I'm trying out a repair resin. Sorry about that, getting absolutely hammered by Weekender jobs at the moment, plus day job is busy. Will be back on it next week. Hopefully with the late Volksworld thread.
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Last Edit: Apr 7, 2024 19:11:46 GMT by HoTWire
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That is a solid amount of slot mags, always a good sign for a meet
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Sit back and grab a beer...for your viewing pleasure! 3:28 some ludicrous looking gnome walking behind the car........ In fact, there you are delux in the photo
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Sit back and grab a beer...for your viewing pleasure! 3:28 some ludicrous looking gnome walking behind the car........
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Car's ready now , although the front suspension is not yet refurbed but good enough to be on track . Ready to book track ticket as soon as available Form should be ready tomorrow afternoon on the website, will post up here when it is.
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I'm not gonna sleep now, 2nd one was easy but can't think what the first one is. It is also music based. Just the very opposite kind of music...
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Now I promised you a bit of a road trip, and this was a holiday of two halves, pulling out of GNRS (and past a loooong queue of cars heading in), we hit the 10 for a while then headed up the 62 to Pioneertown for lunch at Pappy and Harriets. and if you go there too you may even be able to find this Suitably full we headed down to Palm Springs for our suitably Midcentury Modern accommodation. I did manage a couple of car spots too, firstly this little rod was parked on the high street in Palm Springs proper This van was parked outside one of the vintage shops out in the desert Really we were here for the architecture and the overall vibe. It did not disappoint. We went on a four hour guided tour around the various neighbourhoods and stand out houses of Palm Springs. It was a great way to get a feel for the areas, history and the important names to know. Later we went back and re-did some of the route, getting some shots that were not out the side of a minibus. (I don't like to do too much "if you know you know" type vague posting, but for that image... numbers are important) Sunday weather was threatening torrential downpours when we got back from the tour, but made the mountains look proper dramatic. Hey our hotel looked great at night too Almost everything in Palm Springs is stylish, this was a breakfast spot at the Ace Hotel that we went to a couple of times whilst we were there Other than that is was time spent in the desert, which I love to be in, all the photos are broadly the same to be honest so I'll drop this one here and your an imagine the rest There was some sound advice nearby though And the whole area takes a very sinister turn if you go off down a little road that heads up and up and up in to the clouds We headed in to Joshua Tree town itself for some food and to see the World Famous Crochet MuseumWhilst we were there, we found another couple of vehicles, definitely the sort of thing I expected to see in the desert It is not the place I expected to be honest. I was expecting red necks, I got hippies. Which kind of makes sense when I thought about it after, it is a very free place to escape to. The other thing we noticed was they sure do love to stick stickers on things in the desert Whilst driving around (and you have to drive EVERYWHERE, it is like a 5 minute drive or a half hour walk... America is a weird place some times), I spotted a car dealership. So I had to stop and get some photos, sadly nothing particularly grabbing my attention, but some cool rides none the less. I had two pilgrimages to make, and we managed to do both on our last full day in Palm Springs Firstly: Another if you know, you know (sorry, obnoxious, but I will not be explaining myself) Secondly: Then it was time to head back to LA With a quick stop to see if these clouds were little and fluffy One more night in LA, where I got to take this photo from the hotel A trip to Joan Didion's house followed by Laurel Canyon then up and over Mulholland Drive, to the Getty Museum. Hot Tip right here. The Getty is prebook only, so if you've not prebooked you have to leave and not go in to the museum you had been looking forward to see. Don't worry it doesn't say this on their website. Anyway it is fine, the Palm Springs Art Museum was genuinely awesome and I recommend it to anyone... well anyone that isn't a philistine. Which means the last two pictures we got from the US of A before heading to the plane were these And that is what I did on my holidays.
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Okay deep breath we're nearly there. At this point on the Saturday we're flagging a little, still jet lagged, and still avoiding the food stalls at the Fairplex, we did one last run around (and one last check if my wallet had been handed in). So here is a random grab bag of the other great stuff in the show we liked This Hollywood Hot Rods build was absolutely spot on for me Or if you like your rods a little more race inspired As mentioned before I was particularly interested in seeing what interiors any of the silver cars had. I'm definitely going for this carpet colour in the Sunny when it is done A last stroll around the outside as the weather was still pretty nice Here is an interesting discussion (maybe). When we were wandering around the show we were trying to work out why some cars looked better than others, even though they were broadly the same. We thought maybe details, maybe a slightly different fitment or something else. Then my wife suggested that the quality of the paint was playing a big part in it. Which made these two cars quite fascinating. They have different interiors but are broadly the same. However the first one looks better to me in the flesh. Maybe it is just that red interior setting off the black paint, but even so, it looked just more some how. Hey what's that?... a cal looker, in California? Just the one though, and a nice rag top next to it. With that we headed to the car park, with streams of people still arriving and the show getting crowded, it seemed like the right move. Our last spot of the day was this, posted up at the edge of the car park. Perfect If you are only here for GNRS you can stop here, holiday snaps in next post. I will say this about Grand National Roadster Show, it is without doubt the best static/indoor car show I've ever been to. I'm sure Detroit Autorama is similarly awesome, but I've not done that (yet). I was blown away with the quality, the lay out, the access to cars. The outside space was equally inspirational. Given the choice between going to SEMA again or GNRS, I'm picking GNRS. Add it to your bucket list.
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Last Edit: Apr 2, 2024 17:22:26 GMT by HoTWire
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It does make me wonder what it feel like coming back to ole Blighty and doing UK car shows after massive shows. I suppose we just have different cars and do things differently is the answer. I've been to Volksworld and Wheels Day since coming back and it is certainly different in many ways. Although I suspect some of the cars from Volksworld could hold their own in the GNRS halls. Wheels Day definitely felt more approachable than the stuff even on the outside at GNRS, which I think is perhaps one of the negatives of these top flight events. I don't think anything I ever own could stand shoulder to shoulder with most of the builds there. Although perhaps that is an incorrect assumption.
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HoTWireMy membership is due tomorrow, on checking my account I see that it auto renews. How do I stop that and just have it as a manual renewal? I don't see any option for that. I don't remember setting it up as a recurring subscription, I don't have any of my forum memberships set to recurring. Not that I'm intending to not renew, I just don't like recurring subscriptions. I believe you can change it if you log in to the store: store.retro-rides.org/account/loginIt is set up only as a subscription because when it wasn't I spent the majority of my year chasing and organising Comms for people to renew and people questioned why it couldn't autorenew, so I found a way for that to happen. So now I have enough time to actually do something with the site and club that makes it worthwhile being a member (rather than constantly stressing about renewals and emails)
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That is a great selection of machinery
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I was just out walking the dog and thinking what would make a nice bank holiday Monday post. The conclusion I came to was some highlights, just some cars that alongside all of the absolutely magical excellence of the event still stood out. It has been an on going theme to be featuring lowriders in this thread from a hot rod and custom show, but it is because I like them so much haha. One in particular was that all out show lowrider, wild wild wild paint, all chrome everything, engraving, over the top madness. This is Chris Roark's "Final Score" a 1958 Chevrolet rag top. You can read all about it here : www.autoevolution.com/news/the-final-score-custom-lowrider-a-divisive-piece-of-rolling-art-145506.html (with pictures that make it look more orange). To add to its lowrider credentials, just before I took those pictures B Real from Cypress Hill walked past me. Obviously there were a lot of rods of outstanding quality there, I kept coming back to this one though, it was stationed next to the America's Most Beautiful Roadster area, so it was sort of a little overshadowed. For me though it was the hot rod I'd want to take home from the event In more untraditional stakes we have a couple of the outside cars, firstly this, which I posted once already, but here are a few more photos: The info in the window claims it is a 1938 Alfa Romeo 8C 4 door, found a body only then chopped and turned in to a 2 door. Which is interesting as the 8C never came as a four door, however I'm not sure what it would be if it isn't a 6C or an 8C, anyone got any ideas? Or definitive proof it is what it says it is? Whatever its provenance it is a fun thing and great to see a European base car for a rod at an American event. Another European car, and one we didn't expect to see at all was this: A proper Mercedes 300 SL Gullwing, done with custom touches. Sort of evocative of the 60's style of soft custom, or even our very own cafe racer look. It was absolutely a highlight to see. If you have Instagram they are on there as 198_werks , go show them some love for being the best kind of madness. One more European thing for this post (followed by one of my favourite cars of the event overall). This Beetle was extremely nicely done. A no sloper to keep rmad happy. Called 60What, this is a top of the line bug build from Type One Restorations. I guess it has all the ingredients of something that is Cal look (or Resto Cal looK), but somehow it is also something different. Finally this is one of my absolute favourites of the event overall. David and Robin Rush's 1959 Impala "Bespoke", built by Steve Cook Creations. I spent a lot of time looking for silver (or silver-ish) cars to see how they had done their interiors, and what different shades of silver were out there. This was a bit more green than silver, and made me consider repainting the whole of my Sunny, as it just looked so good. You can read more about the car here: www.motortrend.com/events/1959-chevy-impala-wins-slonaker-award-grand-national-roadster-show-2024/Well we're fast crashing towards a conclusion, and my holiday snaps getting shared, so expect some random things I've not covered so far in the next post and some pictures of Mid Century modern goodness in Palm Springs...
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That looks like a great meet!
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Mar 31, 2024 14:21:49 GMT
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This forum is for planning and announcing
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Mar 31, 2024 14:07:22 GMT
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Seems like a suitable day for a resurrection. We'll come back to the halls in my next post I think I should probably show you the outside on the Saturday. It was much much busier than Friday. I think partly because it was now the actual weekend and partly because rain was forecast for Sunday so a lot of people piled in on the Saturday. Let's start of with some general goodness floating around the venue's outside areas A lot of the display areas were individuals, but a few spots seemed to have clubs take over. I don't know if this is because they all arrived together, or if it was because it was reserved. Either way it made for a great mix of cars, with a few themed bits. It was a treat to see Duke's car club Whittier chapter with lowriders on display. This is the oldest Lowrider car club in the world, there is a great write up on them here on the Kustomrama wiki. One of my very particular highlights was this 38 Chevy lowrider bomb, exactly the sort of car I was hoping to see, it did not disappoint. Nearby this 52 Chevy was so good that I barely took any photos of it as I was poking around it too much. A couple of unexpected (but probably shouldn't have been that unexpected) hero cars were there too. I saw the Bellos Kustoms shop truck arrive. It is 100% my perfect custom van, just so good in every way. Another unexpected car was the Mageno Kustoms Hollywood topped Chevy which was with the Iconix Car Club Iconix had some other great cars with them too Around the corner there is a little kind of village area, with cool looking frontage, which made for some nice shots Later in the day this whole area was packed with people and cars I took these photos without realising what I was looking it, just that I really liked it This is a Ford Fairlane CROWN Victoria Skyliner, yes all those words are this car. It has this really cool glass front half of the roof. I think this is a 55 or 56. It is a crazy unusual car, and looked great slammed on white walls (as all cars do) Like the other similar year Chevy this brown car in the village area spoke to me, I feel like there may be one in my future (but then there are so many cars I want and so little time/money) I feel like I've gone on too long already for a single post, so I'll park this here for a bit, I've got some highlights from the outside still to show, and some more from the inside, including picking out some of my very favourite cars from the event. I'll toss a coin and see which post to do next... then you'll get my holiday snaps after In the mean time enjoy a car that makes for a very unusual lowrider
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Last Edit: Mar 31, 2024 14:10:32 GMT by HoTWire
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Mar 30, 2024 14:53:33 GMT
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Today is the day that we pack mugs and stickers in boxes
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