The 50th Fresno Autorama

Dan Reynolds, from Corona, CA, owns this '37 Ford sedan that comes with a Street & Performance Ram Port fuel injection system for his ZZ-383 engine, which is backed to a 700-R4 trans. A TCI Engineering chassis, Wheel Vintique wheels, and a Ron Mangus upholstery job are among the car's other highlights.

Gil Losi has had some very nice hot rods through the years, but this '54 Mercury Monterey might be his best yet.

Beyond the flawless execution of the build and the beyond-perfect stance, the engine bay boasts a sharp-looking 4.6-liter, 32-valve DOHC.

You might recognize Stan Betz's "2032" scratchbuilt roadster pickup from the June 1998 cover of STREET RODDER, and the truck looks as good today as it did back then.

The late John Siroonian was one of the first large collectors of exquisite hot rods and he bought this roadster back in the '70s (though its history as a racer goes back to the '50s) before turning it over to Don Thelen's Buffalo Motor Cars, who turned it into an AMBR winner at the Grand National Roadster Show in 1981.

Randy Grubb has become well-known for his hot-rods-on-steroids that are built under the Blast-O-Lene banner. This behemoth, with five-foot-seven-inch STREET RODDER staffer Eric Geisert standing next to it for some size proportion, is based on a 1960 Peterbilt.

Looking like it might have rolled out of Dick Dean's shop decades ago, Larry Blevins' '49 Mercury had all the right attitude and a textbook chop job.

Most folks would have thrown away what John Delahunt started with to make this stunning '37 Ford woodie wagon but he was able to make a show winner from it. The owner built the wood body and the body and paint came from Bear River Auto Body in Auburn, CA.

With Ken Reister working the microphone, Gejeian (far left) reacts when Jim "Bones" Noteboom and Charlie Lambetecchio pull the cover off a special piece of artwork thanking Blackie's for 50 great years of the Fresno Autorama and his dedication to the hot rodding hobby. Hundreds of Blackie's friends signed the poster before it was presented.