36th MSRA Car Show - Land of 11,510 Cars

Tom Burgeson's '23 T bucket is another survivor. Tom began building it in 1966, inspired by Tommy Ivo's T. He's been driving it since 1973. The Nailhead engine is a 425 Super Wildcat. Wheels are 4-inch American 200S fronts with 10 inchers in back. The Mor-Drop axle and Kellison 'glass body from the '60s are more old-time parts.

Gerald Anderson bought this '34 Ford pickup, pulled it home, and started collecting parts. That was 50 years ago. Since then, it's been built, rebuilt, raced, and driven all over. Now it's running a throttle body-injected Fire Power Hemi and a "poor man's five-speed" Saginaw four-speed with Borg-Warner OD.

Updated wheels and tires and some nice paint really spice up Dean Osland's '58 Rambler-not to mention the LS6 underood and the fully contemporary interior with leather seats and GM center console. We weren't expecting that.

We could've spent all weekend listening to stories from Ken Anderson of North Branch, Minnesota, (brother of Gerald with the '34 pickup) who bought this '32 Tudor in 1961 and hasn't done much with it except drive it-and add those Cragars probably sometime in the '70s. Most of the paint-brown body, black fenders, and gray along the beltline-appears to be original.

Ernie Benjamin's been coming to this event for years, but this was his first time with a hot rod. His chopped-and-channeled '29 has a few old-time East Coast elements and some cool 'striping on the dash. Since he bought it, he's finished the interior and shot a coat of clear to give the suede black paint a little gloss.

This '27 T Tudor is a current project at Tin Man Fabrications. The suicide front end hangs in front of the custom frame. The engine is a 396 big-block. Owner Dan Crews chopped the top, channeled the body, and die-hammered a new beltline. His brother Jim's bullet-holed roadster behind it was on R&C's January '07 cover.

A little bit of white paint on the brake backing plates, axle, and recessed firewall looks great next to the blue on Brian Wick's '31 coupe, riding on Deuce 'rails. We like the drilled I-beam and split 'bones, the Wings gauges, piecrust bias-ply whitewalls, and that custom high-rise manifold with six 94s.

Todd Doyle brought out this '52 Buick hardtop, painted Metalflake Green with a Champagne top. Like the outside, the interior is primarily stock with some mild mods-such as a LeCarra Mark 10 nostalgic steering wheel on a tilt column.

This clean little '33 Ford pickup belongs to Joe and Jan Wyles, who brought it from Waterloo, Iowa. It's loaded with a lot of eye-appealing traditional elements like the red tuck 'n' roll interior, Moon tank, and Flathead with an Offy manifold and a pair of 94s.

Something compels me to take a photo whenever a Gasser-style straight-axle Willys rolls by. This patina'd '40 belongs to Ben and Cherie Shannon. We didn't catch the name of the owner of the Cinnamon-colored '41, but it looks like those rear fenders are filled a little better for tripping the win light!

This tall T was entered by Steve Caswell and Judy Perry. The Flathead in the '26 has Offy heads and a Sharp intake manifold. You know that a '32 grille shell on a T probably bothers some traditionalists, but it looks good there, doesn't it?

This was the fourth summer that this '39 Ford ragtop has been completed, but Bill and Karen Steiner have owned it for 23 years. The door handles are gone but much of the trim remains. There's a 400 small-block inside and a Mustang II front suspension underneath.

Jim and Mary Pittelko's '56 Olds 98 has passed from Jim's great-uncle, to his father, and now to Jim. The 37,000-original-mile car still runs the factory 324 Rocket engine, original interior, mostly stock drivetrain, stock sheetmetal, and original chrome trim. The only major changes are the AOD trans and the House of Kolor paint.

Jack DeJoy was hoping for sunshine to enjoy his '47 Cadillac convertible. It was a body-off project, built on a Nova subframe, with a 500ci Cadillac mill, '49 Cadillac dash, and late-model console. Jack's wife, Joyce, drives a '34 Chevy coupe.