Cleaning out a room this weekend and found the sign my grandfather had made when he owned the car the first time. This sign is circa early/mid 80's
Great meeting you and your dad there. It is truly awesome that the two of you share this hobby! Until next time.
Video coverage from the Clark County Roadster Show back in October. Taboo got a good little walkaround
Well since I was going be at the show with my OT Camaro, was asked about bringing the 56 again for the Kalvacade of Kustoms display. So Taboo is heading to the show in March. Stop on by and say high during weekend Ill be there most of the weekend at either Taboo or the Camaro Club display.
Almost Roadster Show time! Getting the car all cleaned and loaded this weekend. If anyone is coming to the show Ill probably be hanging around the car or my other O/T car I have in the show. Stop by and say hello!
I stopped going a few years ago. Tired of seeing the same cars year after year. When I put my car in the Roadster Show the entry forms stated "Cars can not re-enter within 3 years unless significant changes are made". But seems they don't adhere to their own rules.
usually its car clubs and the "special areas" that get lax on that rule. Taboo or my Camaro should not be in the show at this point, but the customs area needed fillers and then the camaro club needed cars so here I am cleaning both. I know the Council started using a new computer tool that was supposed to flag names and cars that hit that rule. Should be a lot of fresh stuff this year as the Roadster Show is no longer an ISCA show and part of a new west coast swing for points so cars going for that now have to stop in Portland. I know the 20x20 spaces have doubled this year.
Well today was clean and load day for the roadster show. Got Taboo and my O/T Camaro all set for the show.
That's the standard ISCA "competition" rule book rule and has been for as long as I can remember. Some cars are shown as "display only" and not judged on judging sheets. They may get someone's Pick for this that or another but being past the 3 year rule they don't get judged in Competition with the fresh cars. The same reason we like the first or maybe second editions of some long time competitive show cars because those were normally the best builds on the car and later editions made mods that were "Radical" to get show points and show the judges that you had made X number of changes. More than one custom car's build stall has a judging sheet tacked to the wall where the guys can go over each item on the sheet to see how they can gain more points in their class and still stay in the class.
When I stopped going it had gotten to the point where I'd walk in the front doors, and immediately see the same cars that had been sitting in almost the same spot for 4-5 years in a row! Then walk through the show and see 25-30% of cars I'd seen either the year before, or multiple years. Just felt like you were getting ripped off paying the entry fee again to see a lot of the same cars. They shouldn't have the rule if they're going to be lax about enforcing it. I don't care if they're judged or not, as anyone walking in isn't judging the cars. They're just expecting to see builds that are new to the venue.
Going through some old photo albums yesterday and found some new ones of Taboo back when my grandpa owned it the first time and then right after Ron did the 90s makeover.
Going through photos again and came across a couple of Ron from the 90s standing next to the show truck called "Terminator" my grandfather built to replace Taboo when we sold it back to Ron. Ron was a taller guy, about 6'2" if I remember correctly and this was showing off how much chop/channel/section work had been done to the 55 Chevy pickup cab.
I have a stack of them, I buy them when ever I come across them at swap meets. The harder one to find is the Best of R&C Vol II from August of 1991.
Found a neat shot on the Peterson Archives from the 94 Portland Roadster show where you can see the nose of Taboo in the show. This was the first show for the car after the 90s redo.
I dont really recall this show (maybe because I was only 2 years old, lol) , I think we had out show truck in the show this year as well. Whats funny is that I think Pat Owens or your Camaro beat my Camaro out the first time I ever showed in the Portland roadster show in 2008, lol.
Only because I slept with the promoter's daughter. It's not who you know but who you do? Something like that.
I was dinged because I argued with a ISCA judge over my alternator. Its what pushed me from restored to modified original class.
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