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The NSRA Even Arranged For The Rain To Fall Overnight This Year!
By Kev Elliott
Photography by Tim Bernsau, Kev Elliott
Nsra Street Rod Nationals

Nsra Street Rod Nationals
Not counting the tires or radiator hose, the newest piece on John and Susie Cooper's ex-sport coupe dates from 1962.

Nsra Street Rod Nationals
There's pretty much no bad way to build a '36 three-window, but this is our favorite.
Nsra Street Rod Nationals
A sign on the Cad motor in Drew Strunk's '32 five-window read, "25 hour trip to Kansas for body, 3 years planning, 1 Caddy engine, 8 SW '40s gauges, 3 months sleepless nights, 16 bent or broken pushrods, here at the '07 Nats ... priceless."
Nsra Street Rod Nationals
The '46 Olds grille is prime kustom fodder, but here's the complete car, and don't it look neat? Michael Beilman slammed it, added wide whites on chrome reverses, and dropped a serious big-block between the battleship gray fenders.
Nsra Street Rod Nationals
Yeah, we know it's not a fresh car out, but Paul Brewer's '60s-style '34 pickup warrants close inspection.
Nsra Street Rod Nationals
The Broke Bunch Car Club seems to like '48 Plymouths, with this fine pair displayed together.
Nsra Street Rod Nationals
Nsra Street Rod Nationals
We really dug the Plymouth grille on Steve Hager's '46 Ford convertible. It looked exactly like it belonged there and really changed the look of this understated kustom.
Nsra Street Rod Nationals
As stated in the text, we were on somewhat of a mission to find non-Fords and non-'32s in particular-a chore helped no end by quality rods such as MJ Hionis' '37 Chrysler Airflow.
Nsra Street Rod Nationals
The black, orange, and cream color combo continues into the interior of Jeff Waldeier's heavily whacked and channeled A coupe, with orange piping, paint detailing, and 'flake steering wheel.
Nsra Street Rod Nationals
What's this? Good question, and one that Jeremy Bach must have answered hundreds of times over the weekend.
Nsra Street Rod Nationals
Despite the obvious lack of fenders and running boards on Eric Hill's '34 pickup, the only deviation from stock sheetmetal is the louvered tailgate.
Nsra Street Rod Nationals
The LaVoy brothers out of Monroe, MI, own this pair of Fords, though that's the only similarity.
Nsra Street Rod Nationals
Louisville local Bruce Borne brought along his chopped 'n' channeled '30 A sedan, the zoomie-headed Hemi and slicks announcing that this was no pampered street rod.
Nsra Street Rod Nationals
Don't call Kirk Brown's B Line Special a rat rod, because it's way more than that, featuring super trick air suspension at both ends, coupled to a traditional split 'bones 'n' I-beam front and vintage Winters stock car quick-change rear.
Nsra Street Rod Nationals
The swap meet was pretty healthy, with obscure parts to complete cars. This '34 five-window caught our eye, with a chopped body on a factory frame, 454 big-block and TH400.
Nsra Street Rod Nationals
Nsra Street Rod Nationals
It's hard to ignore anything with a Hemi and shorty pipes, but even more so when it's as nice as Chris Vannarsdall's '30 A pickup.
Nsra Street Rod Nationals
With its shorty grille shell and those headers, there's a subliminal "American Graffiti" thing going on here, even down to the six twos, though admittedly there are a couple o' carbs too many.
Nsra Street Rod Nationals
Three-windows are supposed to be the Holy Grail when it comes to '36s, but this five-window works just fine for us.
Nsra Street Rod Nationals
Jim Ragle piloted his not-quite-tribal, not-quite-traditional flamed '48 Chevy from Cincinnati, OH. It wears suede purple and way less stainless trim than when it left the factory 60 years ago.
Nsra Street Rod Nationals
The '26 T body is narrowed, though the cartoonish proportions are com-pounded with the use of a big ol' quick-change out back and those huge headlights up front
Nsra Street Rod Nationals
There were an awful lot of killer black rods at Louisville, including Barry Boon's Flathead V-12-powered Model A phaeton.
Nsra Street Rod Nationals
Locals Larry and Sara Sneed brought out their '39 Ford four-door convertible, exuding a subtle kustom vibe thanks to a chopped top, whitewalls, and 'caps, not to mention a healthy altitude readjustment.
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