2009 East Coast Indoor Nationals - Two Decades of Making Kids Smile

Mike Howard's bare metal '29 Ford modified featured a chopped windshield, heavily Z'd rear 'rails, stoke friction shocks, and 2-pot fed Ford V-8.

Channeled hard and set up with a nasty rake, Tony Gatta's '31 Ford sedan was souped-up just right running a 3-deuce fed small-block Chevy while rolling on traditional wide whites.

Take a tall T coupe, lay it on a red chassis, fill it with a 289ci Ford V-8, and set it rolling on vintage slotted rims and you have Fred Green's racy '26 Ford.

When was the last time you saw a tough old wrecker like Rev. Bill Dorsey's '56 White WC-22 model? Man this thing was just plain cool.

Creating a look like no other, Scott Hutchinson channeled and Z'd his '29 Ford Tudor to get it on the ground. Add in wild-styled headers, cowl steering, piecrust Firestone tires, and a black icing to complete the look.

Jesse Hallett gave his hauler new life with Olds headlights, a Moon tank cut into the grille, and Caddy Dagmar's. Merc taillights, a blanket interior, and bed mounted fuel tank even it all out.

Low slung with loads or personality, Mark Engelskirch's '42 Chevy pick-up was loaded with a 6-71 blown small-block Chevy topped with a squadron of 97's. The aqua wires wrapped in wide whites and bobbed-bed make it stand out in any crowd.

Coated in East Coast velvet, Gary Lee's Brookville-bodied Deuce had a potent '57 Chrysler 392ci Hemi mated to a '70 Chrysler hemi 4-speed for fun. A flake interior, pin-flames, ET wheels, and Moon tank keep it real.

The Lucas-Ellis '33 Plymouth coupe is well on the way to becoming a hellish 1/4-mile demon once fuel finally reaches the Chrysler Hemi resting in the framerails.

The show attracts some of the finest custom motorcycles in the area as well like Jeff Gray's Jaags Cycles-built Acid Trip Harley with its mind-bending psychedelic paint scheme.

Gassers are back with a vengeance and Bill Poppewell's '37 Chevy coupe took your breath away with its nosebleed stance, blue tinted glass, Radir wheels, and dual-quad fed Rat holding court.

Steve's Restorations of Marcy, NY wowed the crowds with their '56 Ford F-100 pick-up built as an alternative fuel vehicle. A 460ci Ford V-8 operates on 100% liquid propane while creating 500 horsepower. Now that's a compromise any of us can live with!