Sunday morning and the car builders and owners who are up for the AMBR Award are hard at work getting in some last-minute polishing before the crowds hit the Fariplex show floors. Tension is starting to mount as we are just hours away from tonight's awards ceremony. Only one car will receive the honor winning the 2007 Americas Most Beautiful Roadster Award, and by the looks of the competition there appears to be no clear-cut winner.
Keep checking back as we'll be providing more images of the show throughout the day. And don't forget, we'll be posting the winner of the AMBR just as soon as it's announced.
The Winnemucca Propane Special, built by Woody Eriksen, was a Roadster class dragster in the '50s. Jim watson and his students at Independence High School in Elko, Nevada, recreated the car, powered by a 144mph Chrysler. |
In 1959, Ray Farhner (who also built the Boothill Express show rod) built Eclipse, this roadster pickup custom that attracted all kinds of trophies and magazine coverage. The bodywork was finished with lead, and the bed box was made from '59 Chevy quarter panels. |
A DeSoto Fire Dome running three 2Vs fits perfectly in the engine compartment of Steve Welsh's gold fenderless '32 five-window coupe, down from Folsom, California. |
Another great looking engine is the dual-quad 409 in Ray and Nancy Thompson's Brookville-bodied Deuce roadster. |
And another killer mill is the flathead with Ardun heads and a period S.Co.T supercharger. The body and frame are original. The rear is an original Halibrand Culver City quickchange. The wheels are original Halibrand first design mags. Owners are Sissy and Roger Morrison. |
Frank and & Karen Pittenger, from Phoenix, have owned their '32 roadster since 1954, when they paid $4 for the Deuce, plus $12 for a Tudor parts car. Frank drove the car in high school, and drives it and shows it to this day. That's a '56 Hemi sitting under the hood. |
Chuck Crawford continues to show the '65 Riviera owned by his son Philip, who passed away two years ago. |
Since last year, the Mercedes Platinum Blue resto custom has been treated to some nice pinstriping on the nose and decklid. |
Rick Love's gold five-window coupe makes the rounds, from the cover of Rod & Custom to the Grand National Roadster Show to the street. |
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