Event Coverage Royboy's Coverage of the Starliner and the Garage Krawl

It's been a busy week for me when it comes to posting. The KC Goodguys and Greaserama threads finally went up and now it's Starliner time!

This was my first Garage Krawl so I was excited, at Yblock292's (Jack's) place his 29 and 40 were waiting outside while his 30's were in the garage.



From there I went to the host hotel, one of the first cars that I saw was Krobe's way kool Chevy Fastback.



Tons of folks from as far away as Arkansas and of course the large contingent from Colorado were on hand for the Starliner weekend.




Aaron from Fast AL's Upholstery was on hand with his 54 Ford, Aaron just had his grand opening of his new shop in Dewey, OK, congrats buddy!



Krobe wasn't into the paparazzi treatment this early in the morning, just kidding buddy!


Then Doug Reed showed up in the gorgeous Toad.


A couple of our KC buddies getting ready for the Krawl






Wiiiiiicked kool!










Copperhead!




Hot Rod Dan showing off his new hat, he spent the rest of the weekend showing off his new Fast AL's interior!


Dan's ride





And we haven't even left the host hotel yet!

See you at a show,

Travis

 

thanks for sharing..looks like a good group of folks

 

Part 2!

Continuing on Friday morning at the host hotel as we head out for the Garage Krawl.

Johnny Hammond's 58 was on the back of the show shirts this year, along with McPhail's 58 Truck, here's a shot of Johnny's ride.





Finally it was time to take off on the Garage Krawl.



The first stop for our group was Good Jeb Upholstery on 2nd St. Jeb's just opened up this shop but he's been doing upholstery for awhile.


TwoTallOkie and I in a strategic game of "Hey Travis I'm taking a picture of you"...


The McGregor boys have some kool toys, this Ford truck is sure one of them!


Next door to Good Jeb Upholstery is the Van Chase Studio, makers of some fine shift knobs and the like, very cool to see how it all comes together.


Some of Jeb's cool bikes





Lucky for us across the street from Jeb's is Ty's Hamburgers, a tradition in Wichita, so we slid across the street and had a bite.





Next up was Devlin Rod and Custom on Dougl***.


Devlin's had a few projects in the shop, a couple had just left, but I don't see how you could have a couple more in the shop and get anything done haha. Good work is always coming out of this shop every time I see their cars at a show.





Then on to a couple of private shops JR's was first.













That's it for this post, next up we'll hit Rocky Burris' joint for a bit then off to Hooligan Hot Rods, Red House Custom Paint, The Iron Buffalo and finally yblock292's for a cookout. Don't touch that dial!

See you at a show,

Travis

 

Part 3

Next on the Garage Krawl was Rocky's shop.













Then it was off to Ron Pinkston's Hooligan Hot Rods









Then we made our way to Red House Custom Paint in Derby, KS







Then we were off to Iron Buffalo Hot Rods at Joe's place. Now, Joe has a killer place a bunch of cool cars and he has a 2900 lb bull that he brought out for everyone. Here's Drew Carlson of Chaotic Customs in Mulvane, KS taming the savage beast...


Every cowboy needs chaps...






Then much like last weekend at the Greaserama, the rain came... by the time I got to the Galaxie to roll up the windows it was hailing!


And it frickin pooooooooured....


But soon it cleared

 

Part 4!


Then it was off to Jack's (yblock292) for a cookout. ****o51 manned the grill, dogs and burgers for all!


Another small bout of rain and then we were blessed with some beautiful skies.













Joe brought the bull over so the kids could have a ride.


Jade Carlson was nice enough to ride the bull and hold on to some of the little ones, but I don't think she had in mind that she might be up there for about an hour hahaa


Here's a late night low light long exposure shot just goofing off




That's it for part 4, Part 5 will begin the actual show on Saturday!

See you at a show!

Travis

 

Great pix!

 

Kool coverage Travis, after going through your post I feel like that I was there...
I didn't know that it hailed? Ouch!!

Happy Trails, Mick

 

Great shots Travis! Just a super weekend , even staying up till 2:00 am looking 15 gazillion hot rod pix you have...........

 

It was a great time! I may have a photo obsession ...I will seek treatment at another show this weekend!

 

really nice rides. looked like you guys had a blast!!!!

 

Part 5! With the fun of the Friday Garage Krawl in our memories, it was on to the main event of the Starliner show at the Kansas Aviation Museum. Before I go any further I want to say thanks to yblock292 for not only putting together the Garage Krawl but for hosting me for the weekend. I had an absolute blast hanging out and talking hotrods and kustoms with ya!

On to the show!



I was lucky enough to hang out with some of the Mulvane Marauders.


Jack's 40 is just too cool!




Aaron of Fast AL's Upholstery taking a shot of his car













Gotcha again Twotallokie!




Zombie Speed Shop, it's always good to see the truck...oh okay and you too.






I think I need one of these!




The boys from Iron Buffalo Hot Rods brought out their toys... but no bull this time...


I love this ride and I need to do a feature on it for my site, I'd better get on that soon!





That's it for this post, you run out of the 20 picture limit pretty quickly!

See you at a show,

Travis

 

Part 6













Hey Jimmy...about your wheels....

sorry, I just can't help myself...







My buddy Michael brought his awesome 40 Ford Truck out, I got to see it under construction, it's awesome to see it finished.





Finkd (Jeff Myers) brought out his Stude pickup, I never get tired of seeing this ride.
















Hub Harness brought out his beautiful Buick, this is my favorite kustom. Sorry to anyone that might get their feelings hurt but I just love this ride.


Okay, back to the day job! Thanks for checking out the pics folks, remember if any of them look cool to you, you can buy downloads as cheaply as $2 and prints start for just a couple of bucks more. Every purchase helps put gas in the car to get to the next show, or buy more camera equipment to provide you all better coverage so please consider it!

See you at a show,

Travis

 

Cool Man. Nice Pics!

 

"like"

 

Part 7 Continuing coverage of the Stray Kat Kustoms Starliner show at the Kansas Aviation Museum

Rocky's new Ford was looking good







































My McPherson family was in town, good to see ya boys as always.





This truck is just too damn kool.

















Then I went up into the old tower, see this isn't just an aviation museum, this is the old Wichita Airport. Cool views from up here, got to watch a rain storm come in and just barely miss us, but it did drop the temp about 15 degrees.











Here's a better shot of Kevin's Galaxie, with the sun farther to the west and behind some clouds it helped a bunch.

















Just as we were all leaving the rain came down.





Another great Starliner in the books!



See you at a show!



Travis

 

"like" again

 

Thanks! Did ya see yourself in the Greaserama pics?

 

Way "Like"!

Spent so much time in the museum, I missed about half the show. No longer thanks to these great photos!

 

Thanks for the great pictures....

 

yes, I still look like a ****....thanks!

 

Looks like fun! Great photos.

 

Thanks for sharing, that looks like a fun show to go to.

 

Thanks for checking them out, it was a really good time, always is!

 

This is the koolest pic.. Travis you have one kool eye, did I say that I love this truck....

Happy Trails, Mick

 

Nice reporting. Looks like another event I should go to.
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Like I told the kid, "Your musics not too loud, its just like OKC, it ****s!"

 

Thanks a ton guys! Mick you did and I have it on video haha

 

Thanks for the pics Travis, looks like a cant miss show. I definately need to make it down to this show!!!

 

Outstanding work and thorough coverage, Travis - I always look forward to seeing your event photos. These do not disappoint! It was great getting to ride around with you and hear all the insight to the KS custom scene.

 

Thanks for posting!

 

great pics thanks for sharing