Event Coverage Old Iron Garage Tour in Spencer, IA this Saturday!

I know this is short notice but you guys in the tri-state area of Iowa-Minnesota-South Dakota should head over to Spencer, Iowa for the Old Iron Company's Annual Garage Tour. It's well worth the drive to get out of town and see some guys garages full of projects, hot rods, collections of neat stuff............. Hell, it's worth the trip just to see my old pal Denny Slaymakers garage full of neat stuff. See you there! Here's the info and a link to the Old Iron Company's website:

The Annual Old Iron Company Garage Tour 2010

Visit 15 local garages to see ongoing and finished projects and get excited for the upcoming season! You can pick up the day's itinerary at Arnold Motor Supply located at 615 S. Grand Ave. in Spencer beginning at 8:00 am. Join us on February 27, 2010 for THE Garage Tour of the Year! Check back for updates or email us with questions.

http://www.oldironcompany.com/default.asp

 

Tomorrow...............

 

NOW you tell me.... I already told the wife we could paint the kitchen this weekend.

Never been to Denny's garage, but I remember a trip to his and his brother's downtown store about 20 years ago. Filled with cool future projects.

Take pics, and see if they are going racing this year.

 

Wish I was a little closer I'd come. We used to hang out a bit with Jon Jamison there in town, (I actually bought his old flathead roadster a few years back) Him and Slaymaker were good friends so I got the whole tour over at his place one day. So much cool stuff. Seems like there was a guy there staying with him from Austrailia that was building a Mertranga Merc clone. What ever happened to that car. Gary

 

Wish I would have known sooner.

 

we'll be there in force!! can't miss it!!

 

looks like your about 3 hours away ! have to see if i can make it or not

 

Yeah, I'll be there. I can't believe the shops some of these guys have. Slaymakers is definitely on my list....
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Jon did the machine work on the flatty 40 coupe I had. Never heard if Jon still has his duece coupe???? That place of I believe it was Slaymakers, the one with the Bonneville ??? I can't even remember now, was it a roadster or a coupe. Plus the other stuff he was working on.. One hell of a garage and shop though.


HellRaiser

 

thats sounds like a great time! i wish i woulda known sooner!

 

>>>>>,Wish i lived closer ,,i live on Table Rock Lake ,MO now,,but grew up in Marshalltown ,Ia,,& graduated from hi-school there in '61 ,,,,

 

Beg for a one day p*** - and paint on Sunday!!!

 

He eventually went back home, I think I remember him building either a Model A roadster or roadster pickup too??? I can't remember for sure but I'll ask Denny tomorrow. I don't think he has ever been back. This summer Jesse James was in town for the Clay County Fair and visited Denny's shop. They took some group pics together and had some fun.

 

Yup, I'm about 120 miles away and two hour drive. I'll be in a little purple Ranger pickup with a topper.

 

I was there
Here is a link to some pictures of Jesse in Denny's shop. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/album.php?albumid=10966&pictureid=111088

Even the birds were excited. See the ! on the left rear fender

 

Jon still has his Deuce 5W with the blown flatty in it. He has come back to the car thing lately after a bout with antique tractor pulling (Jon was kicking **** on those guys with some horsepower). He recently restored a old drag car (famous but I forgot whose it was) and Denny did the lettering on it.

Denny and Jack have the Slaymaker Brothers "Rigor Mortis" blown flathead '34 Ford Coupe that holds the Blown Vintage Gas Compe***ion Coupe XF/BVGCC @152.494 record.
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Dennis is still dragging stuff home all the time and it is more unbelieveable than ever! He picked up an old hot rod Deuce 5W a few months ago too.......

 

Jeff, what are doing tomorrow? You want to go with me? I'm leaving at 7:00 AM.

 

I have familly stuff planned in for the morning. Sorry... I know guys like you every day is a saturday I talked to Jon at the racer swap meet last month and he is still into the flatheads bigtime. Thanks for the offer!!

 

Then how come the only car he ever drives is the same old yellow coupe?

Where's the pics of the tour?

 

OK, since you asked nice......... here's the pics of the Old Iron Garage Tour in Spencer, IA last Saturday. I didn't see them all but these are the ones I got pics of.

This is Kelly Polson's shop. The old style Chevy coupe g***er is Kelly's and the other Chevy coupe, Model A sedan, and the Willy's sedan body with the blown Hemi ch***is belong to his friends.
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Next was drag racer Charley Whittenburg's Clay County Speed Shop. Charley has the "need for speed" and is consistantly one of the top runners in the NHRA Sportsman cl***.
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Next was Paul Lair's shop which is right next to Denny's shop. It was built by the late Dave Bailey, who we lost a year ago after a long battle with cancer. Dave was a great hot rodder and we were glad to see Paul keep it in the "hot rod" family and restock it with his neat collection of cars, engines and cool stuff.
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Then I was over to Kenny Johansens shop to see Greg Whites almost finished Olds pwered Model A roadster. A few years back I sold Greg the Deuce rails that were the foundation for his roadster.
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And finally here is Denny's shop and unbelieveable collection of cars, speed parts, midget racers, wheels, and cool stuff. And he has even more stashed around the country. His old yellow '34 coupe is like an old shoe, it fits and is comfortable and it is what you see him take on the road most often. He has more drivers but the "Xcelerate coupe" is his trademark.
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Here's more. I kidded Dennis that it's time to add on to the shop.........
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Ahh yes, always a reminder that Iowa has more folks/money and cool **** that our old west local out here. Not a slam against Denny, just a fact, that this area I live in is pretty thin. Thanks for the pics Jerry, very cool. I would be afraind my Firestone dirttrackers would go to **** before I used em all! Maybe Barry Lobeck is needing some to revisit his past?

 

Glad to see Chris Binder's old 58 Desoto ambulance is still kicking around Spencer. And he appears to take a lot of pride in it and has even repainted it. I had a chance to buy it from the town of Kamrar IA back in the 80s but did not have the cash.

There is a high percentage of gearheads in Spencer and a lot of other collections hiding around town.

 

looks like fun give us more of a heads up next time

 

One thing to remember is that Denny has been collecting cool stuff and doing this for over 50 years and he rarely sells what is near and dear to him. He is as real as they get and has been a pure "Hot Rodder" the whole time. He does it all - building, fabricating, painting, pinstriping, engine building, machine work. His brother Jack has an equally huge collection of cool stuff. And the best part is they are the nicest guys you will ever meet. I met Dennis fifteen years ago when I was getting back into cars after my motorcycle habit and he has been a good friend ever since. Here's a cool bottle of "AutoMoto" wine he found, pinstriped and gave to me when I retired! Check out the '40 Coupe at Bonneville on it! By the way, he's not doing Bonneville this year but is thinking about going out to El Mirage to check it out for a future run out there.
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Watch the Old Iron Company's website for next years date. It is about the same time every year. I probably will be down in Arizona by next year so i don't know if I'll make it back for it.

 

great time as always with the OLD IRON CO!

 

Met Denny about 20 years ago. I have sold him several wheels during that time. Became buds over the years, I offer to buy the (ugly) wheels off of Yellar at least once a year. Been fun. Cal