Event Coverage Rain and wind and weather, rawhide!!!! round-up pictures

what a weekend, flew into austin on wednesday, greeted at the airport by gregg/ geeman51, had a fun day fidling with his shoebox to get it all ready, thursday it's off to reggie's for a great open house, catch up with a bunch of old friends and meet some new ones, fill up on bbq and check out the shop. from reggies it's off to thirsty thursdays at thunderbolt billy's place just up the road. another great little get together with really good people.
from there it was back to austin to meet up with wild bill and his wife cristine who also flew in from san diego for the weekend, a nice little casual gathering at a neighbor of gregg's and watching the weather station and the expected 2-3" of rain with the posibility of large hail on friday.
friday morning came way to early, as they seemed to the whole weekend, it was pouring, windy and just not the kind of shit you want to travel in unless you have to. about noon the weather cleared a little, still raining but not the road flooding showers of the morning, we packed in the 51 and headed to the show. we were greeted by steve under the barn, found a place to park and went wondering, within 5 minutes of entering the swapmeet i had spent way to much money and had to go back to looking at the cars to keep the wallet from completely emptying out. there were some great cars cramped under that barn, kinda made it feel like a smaller more friendly show, every step you'd run into an old friend or get introduced to a new one. a little later jimmie vaughn played a great set, after that it was back to town for a trip around congress and a few drinks at joe's.
saturday was much better weather, we took it easy after friday and didn't roll to the show till mid day, just in time to catch the second half of dale watsons amazing perfomance. after that we went back to the car and bs'd with the neighbors completely forgeting about the hamb meet, in reality the whole show was like a giant hamb meet so i didn't feel to bad about missing it. more wondering around then the word comes that gregg got a trophy, best custom presented by gambino and a.s.s. i'm real proud of him for that one, his cars been a long time coming and it looks amazing.
from the show it's off to the a.s.s. party, front row parking for the trophy winning car so it's right in the gate and into the action, the rev was at his best, in the packed building. sot some shitty texmex down the road and another trip down congress.
friday it was off to the flyrite open house, for more great texas hospitality, cars, bikes, music, bbq, and the valve cover races.

well since most won't take the time to read all that, lets just say it was a great weekend.



the short list of people that made it a great weekend include all the continentals
reggie,
billy and the thunderbolts,
all the ass guys, bleed, joyo, jesse etc.
d.w., laura, blake and the rest of the yay-hoos
ben d and missy
flattop bob
simon sez and wife
bbob, i owe you a drink
lucky,
silva,
bobk and maggie,
denise,
big ken,
franco,
jeb,
ryan and the "mother fuck'n aqua-pod"
marcie
sammy,
plowboy,
danny/dirty32,
doc,
jerry,
lux,
squeak,
rixrex
bill and cristine,
and a real special thanks to gregg, shawna, georgia, chucky, and olive, for a place to stay and driving me around all weekend, you really are some of the best people i know. thanks again for everything.



onto the pics
reggies bbq






a few of reggies cars


the cabrio was amazing



















some of reggies projects

 

nice ! thanks

 

some from thirsty thursdays






billy's got some great stuff















rolling down congress on the way back to gregg's

 

on the way to the show, friday.


back seat bill


we pased some of ryans neighbors eating at the local buffet


at the show




























jimmie was great but looked like he ate to much texmex the night before

 

rolling out of the show down to congress






saturday was much nicer













jerry

 

Great bunch of pic's. The turn-out at Reggie's is amazing. Looks like some of the best cars of the whole weekend were right there. Gary

 

dale watson kicked ass












to me this picture screams texas

 

more from saturday






















kevins 34 is bitchen'

 

NICE. Had a great time with ya'll. See ya next week.

 

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gregg getting the best custom trophy


gregg, bob sr. and i can't remember her name but she got the rodders journal pic for her bitchen el camino

 

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squeak's newly finnished 40






heading to the a.s.s. party
















time for bed

 

That gold 51(?) ford in the rain is beautiful. The drip rails really show off the nice chop.

 

The hot young lady in the photo above is a friend of mine, her name is Laura, and you're absolutely right, her El Camino is bitchin'!

Thanks for the photos. Nice to see another perspective of such an excellent show!!

 

sunday at flyrite






















































































THE END

 

Holey crap..Very nice pics Thanks...Love Gregg`s car.

 

Do you have any pictures of the Ford in the left edge of this picture? It looks like it is a pretty sweet Slick.

 

Awesome Coverage Justin!

 

Great pics! I'm pretty sure I met you if you were one of the two guys with Greg all wknd. We jumped you Sat night on Congress. Glad you had a good time.

 

Great Picts!! with the exception of the deer...WTF??
Ha! Thanks

 

Great pics, Justin. How cool is it you were able to go to this show.

 

great pictures. thanks

 

jeffrey james, i think we met briefly at reggies bbq, did you have the 26-7 t ? if so it was great to meet you and the car loos like a ton of fun.

slowandlow, that was me, the one of the 3 with some hair on my head not my chin, thanks for the jump, that was a really long night. nice to meet you

sorry david no pictures of the truck, i'm sure someone got some though.

thanks guys it was a really fun time, we're already planning on doing the roadtrip/ drive out there next year. for those who haven't been this is one of, if not the best show i've ever been to.

 

Thanks for documenting the weekend Justin; you are always welcome.

Bill - thanks for the jump that night; the 51 doesn't charge well at idle (I have to change the pulley on the alternator) and the snails pace crawl along Riverside that night did me in. I owe you and your buddy a cold one next time we meet up.

 

Very nice photos

 

wow great pics ! looks like a blast

 

very nice pics guys,looked like a great time rain and all, thanks richie....

 

Great coverage! Thanks

 

Very nice pix, thanx for all the time and effort. Being in N.E. Indiana, I could use a little cheerin up. The shop pix were my favorite.

 

These are the best LSRU pix of all, Thanks

 

No problem. Thats what the HAMBs for.

The funny part is, not 30 min before that my buddy's Riv died just as we made the right onto Congress. He was having battery trouble the whole wknd and kept having to get jumped if it sat more than an hour. The battery had a dead cell and was drawing more than the alt could put out at idle in traffic.