Event Coverage **ROUNDUP coverage + I painted my Olds!**

I’ll start with the Olds. I would have taken the ’31 to the show, but it wasn’t in the cards. The worn out 283 I put in it when I got it on the road is even more worn out now, and I didn’t think it would survive the drive. The Olds has been my backup car for the last two years while I played with the hot rod. The decision was made to take the Olds and have fun just the same. But the more I thought about it (and looked at it) the worse that paint looked. It was a quickie job when we did it done years ago, and it was really starting to show.

So with about a month to go, I got started on bodywork. Shaved the driver’s door handle (passenger side was done on the last go-round), you’re WELCOME EVEL! Haha. Fixed the fiberglass, bondo, and rust mess that was the drivers lower rear quarter panel. “Took care” of the dent in front of the left rear wheel and re-did some of the other bodywork. It honestly needed a lot more than what it got, but I can live with it as is for a while.

Last Tuesday, (April 6th, three days to go) MarkX shot the color. I picked it up the following day and brought it home. While he had the car I used a lot of elbow grease stripping the cloudy anodizing off all the aluminum trim and polished it up. I finished putting the last piece of trim back on the car at about 11:00 Thursday night.



















The finished product, took these yesterday afternoon. This car has never looked better!!!!! I am in love with it again. Thanks for putting in the extra hours Mark!












On to the Roundup! Friday morning, off to the Austin..

MarkX in “Lola”, his chopped ’58 Chevy Fleetside.


At the Chech Stop, getting gas, kolaches, and meeting up with the rest of THEM!

 

I’ll give you one guess as to where these guys were heading…




Made it to the Expo Center, caught some music, ate some food, and checked out the swap meet. Headed to our hotel and saw we were in some nice company.








Met Hot Turkey and checked out his killer coupe, all the way from Florida.














Headed down to Congress, cruised for about an hour and found a spot to park. Came across this awesome Firebird….


Spent a lot of time at the Trophy Club, it was great! Saw (heard mostly) Jade Idol rock the house. Oh, and have you guys ever looked up in the men’s bathroom? Hahaha


Most of my shots from Friday night were too blurred to be worth a damn. So after waking up Saturday morning with a lovely hangover, we headed to the show.








Elrod getting in the zone…

 

Brewton’s gorgeous root beer coupe…
















Best custom front end I have ever seen on a Ford. The GTO scoop is a nice touch too.




Very glad to see Norwell’s truck in person. Just as stunning as in the pictures I’ve seen.

 

Some knowbody’s sedan…






Wow………just wow….

 

Cool pics.

 

Seems I’m not the only one who dig’s Pratt’s ‘58

 

There were only two reasons I took this picture…


Buncha Yay-hoos...










I love this truck, the color is very powerful…

 

Saw your car at the show those colors are rad together. Loved it. Nice pictures btw.

 

Always a favorite.












It took a few minutes for this one to sink in, but I dig the hell out of it.
















Weird, shortened 5-window??

 

Them are some really good pics Fidge. See some stuff I missed all weekend. Thanks and your Olds looks awesome. Love the new color combo.

 

great photo's! thanks heaps. your coupe came out awesome!!

 

Out of the whole show, everything I saw……this ’57 is THE car I would have liked to take home, my absolute favorite. It is spot on in nearly every aspect.






The tires…rule.


I am pro-anti-freeze.






















Orange and green? What a weird color combination!

 

And this ’40 would have been on the trailer behind my new Nomad! I’d name it Mary Poppins.

 

Sorry dial-up guys, still more to go...















The Bass Coupe….nothing I can say that hasn’t already been said. Masterpiece!










Later that night….the A.S.S. party!!


And yet another brush with greatness. I can’t explain how it feels to be in the presence of a piece of history like this….it’s just a feeling you either get or don’t.




“Hey…..do you mind if we have a closer look?” “No problem!”

 

your ride looks great. thanks for the pics

 

I think Elrod agrees…












Gassing up for Congress





A few from the strip…






Yep, that is a police officer on the left. What a dumbass….

 

The Bob Korvette


A standard Roundup/Congress trashcan…












Sunday morning….what’s the Roundup without just a little rain?






We were out just a little too late, so we missed the cruise but headed out for Mercury Charlies.






Having seen it in magazines for years, it was great to finally see Chopit’s truck in person.

 

Jr. Brown tearing up his Git-steel in the shop.


















What a burnout looks like with no inner fenders, haha

 

And that was it! Headed back home. It seems Honda’s Element green is quite similar to GM ’72 Gulf Green…


Had a blow out on one of our guys trailers…


But were lucky enough that it was right in front of a Wally World! Their tire center was closed but they still sold us a tire. No sweat, a little Palmolive, man-power, and an airbag equipped Oldsmobile got it changed in the parking lot. Back on the road!


Once again, I had a blast and wish I were still there. Thanks to the Kontinentals for putting on this amazing show every year, I am lucky to live only 3 hours away….its nearly in our back yard compared to many who drove cross country or flew across the ocean. I know I missed a lot of cars with my camera, there were some I have seen in other’s pictures that I didn’t even realize were at the show. Best show in Texas, best show in the country. Can’t wait for #10!!!

 

car looks great, and thanks for the great show pics!!

 

Thanks for sharing and posting the pictures up.I seen your car at the show and on Congress and it looked clean."Thumbsup"

 

That looks like it was a great show! Thanks fo the pictures. Once again proving that tilting a camera to fit a car in the frame is a wast of time. Those pictures are great. Thanks for taking the pictures normal, hehe

 

I was nice to meet you Fidgiter! Austin is my kinda town.

 

Great coverage thanks for sharing

 

Awesome, thanks for the great photos!

 

I see only red X's starting at post #7... is it just the hotel I'm in???

 

Fantastic coverage. Couple rides I didn't even see there. Thanks for taking the time!

 

great pictures like always thanks for the coverage

 

Great pics. By the way, your car looked awesome in person.

 

Thanks for all the 5 window 32s! Some great shots. Thanks for the effort.