History 1973 & 1974 LODI Mini Nats

Perhaps a bit off topic for the H.A.M.B. (since "Resto-Rods" pretty much dominated the early '70s Street Rodding scene) ... but with the popularity of my "Andy's Picnic” and @Graham Hood's "1974 Street Rod Nationals" threads, I thought I'd share some pics from a circa 1973 event that our car club put on at the Grape Festival Grounds in Lodi, CA.

Here's the program for the event:

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Here's some of my father's photos (actually Ektachrome slides) from the LODI '73 event:

Our "HEMI 32" Coupe
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Sonny Hallsworth's C Cab​

 

Dino (@fremont32) Ramacciotti's Deuce Roadster


Gail Aaron posing by Dino's roadster​

 

Ed (@plywude) Lee's Aussie '33 Phaeton​

 

Jim (@34's father) Robinson's '34 5wd Coupe​

 

Sherm (@fuely32) Porter's T Touring


Bill Henderson's Deuce Roadster

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Deuce Phaeton from the San Diego area (i.e., the owner's name escapes me right now)​

 

Dick Eaton's Deuce Tudor from Georgia​

 

Bob Gregg's T-Bucket & Larry Westervelt's Deuce Vicky​

 

Gary Lang's Turtledeck T from Canada​

 

NOTE: That's Bob (@bobs36hotrod) Swartz' orange w/ white top, full-fendered '29 Roadster in the foreground ...
... and @alex blanca's black w/ gold beltline & top '31 Tudor (i.e., the third car in)​

 

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NOTE: The second car on the right is Lenny (@1badnov's uncle) Mendes' orange '29 Roadster ... known as "Half Breed".​

 

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(HMB & Fremont drag photographer) Tom Meyer driving Rudy Perez' Tracknose T in the "Streetkhana" competition​

Here's a pic of the same car at ANDY'S 3rd Annual PICNIC - July 1969:

Rudy Perez' Turtledeck T (with Dragmaster chassis) at ANDY's PICNIC '69​

NOTE: After putting 40,000 miles on his T roadster, Rudy had Jack Hagemann Sr. fabricate a new nose, hood, and 5-piece belly pan ... painted it red ... and added a padded top by Halls of Oakland:

Rudy's T (with the top on) at LODI '73 ... image from the Rudy Perez archives​

 

Ken "Pinky" Cecil's full-fendered '29 Roadster in the "Streetkhana" competition
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That's pretty much it for my father's pics of cars at the LODI '73 event.

There's a couple dozen more "people pics" ... but nothing much of interest to the H.A.M.B. community ... well except maybe these pics from the Women's Spark Plug Changing Contest:

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IIRC, it was a timed event ... first lady to change all 8 plugs, jump-in, & start the car was the winner.

 

I know that @Tom Branch has some great pics from this event ... hopefully, he will share them here.

 

I'm in, looking forward to it.
Edit: Good stuff!

 

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patiently waiting.....

 

That was my first hot rod event. I drove my 33 Ford pickup.

 

Can't remember what year, but this is where John Callies "TORE IT UP!!!" with his Pontiac 303 powered Simca. That car was BAD ASS!!!!

 

Someone recently asked where all the T roadsters have gone.
What about all those cool C-cabs, definitely were one of the cars that stood out in a group.

 

-C-cabs and tubs/phaetons. Hot ticket items back then

 

Pat, the Callies car really was quite a piece of engineering, I never saw it in person but the couple of magazine features of it back then had me pretty worked up.

 

Great pictures. I have to admit, I did like, and still like, resto-rods. We build old cars, 'cause we like the look of them.

 

I was there but only 10 years old -- remember riding in the box of a Model A pickup with my brother out on a poker run. Good stuff for sure.