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 G**** 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)​

 

**** 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" compe***ion​

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

Rudy Perez' Turtledeck T (with Dragmaster ch***is) 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" compe***ion
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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 ***!!!!

 

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.