Grand National Roadster Show

"The Lightning Rod" is what Ken Reister calls his '33 Ford coupe, which was designed with a '36 nose by Chip Foose. Reister's Rod Shop did the metalwork on the car, which includes 1,000 handmade parts. A Kinsler-injected 392 Ford stroker motor provides the go. Having won both a Ridler award (twice) and an AMBR award in the past with some other cars he owns, Reister picked up a First Place trophy in his class for this ride too.

Part concept car, part traditional roadster, Joel Cannon's '30 Ford lowboy rolled in from its home in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The futuristic interior included a wood-and-metal slat seating and aluminum door panels.

You might think Zack Norman's Deuce fighter plane-inspired roadster was aluminum, but it's steel, just painted with House of Kolor Kosmic Chrome. Designed by the owner and built at Hollywood Hot Rods, the dash in this car was filled with aircraft-style gauges and a cut-down steering wheel that looked like it came out of the cockpit of a B-29.

Chances are good your '48 Ford pickup doesn't look like Tom Stephens' F-1. Chopped, channeled, and sectioned 2 inches, the truck now includes suicide doors, '37 La Salle front fenders used as rear fenders, and a heavily massaged '37 La Salle nose section that was treated to a lot of creative metalwork at Nissen's Hot Rod Garage in Williams, CA. Stephens calls his truck "Vendetta," and he picked up three awards, including first in a Radical Pickup category.

Bruce Ricks' '57 Oldsmobile convertible, out from Sapulpa, OK, was one of two cars from Olds specialists Cimtex Rods in Jarrell, TX. The original '57 Olds J-2 engine was still in place, but now rides in a chassis prepped with Art Morrison and RideTech parts. The Dupont Hot Hues paint, applied at Cimtex, is a combination cinnamon flame with black copper.

Ken Ginnings created the "Zoot Zooter" for Jim "Bones" Noteboom, a perennial car show participant. The custom is a '37 Packard, and it was covered in green metallic House of Kolor paint by Lopez Enterprises.