Lonestar Rod & Kustom Round Up

You gotta love it—never have a mechanical problem when there’s a camera around—it will bite you every time. Turned out Love was just a bit too motherly and all was fine with the coupe.

A ’57 Bel Air sits in one corner of Wood’s garage.

On the other hand R&C Tech Editor Kev Elliott (bent over assuming the position) and shooter extraordinaire Tim Sutton (providing watchful if not useful assistance) looked on as their “roadster pickup” had developed a “slight” gas leak. Elliott being the resourceful rodder had all under control in a matter of minutes—the two of them even made it back to the coast.

You never know who you will see—Mercury Charlie (left) and Gene Winfield (right) in front of The Continental Club early Friday evening. Winfield had just finished a tour that included Detroit and then a trip to Canada before arriving in Austin.

Grammy award-winning Jimmie Vaughan provided plenty of entertainment late Friday afternoon.

Ken Varholla of Universal City, TX, and a member of the San Antonio Rodders was on hand with his ’54 Merc custom.

Traditional hot rod tricks work well on this ’39 Chevrolet. Whitewalls wrap around red steelies, while matte orange and a red grille complete the cruiser.

Skip Bodet of San Antonio brought what was originally his dad’s ’56 T-bird purchased new and always a performance machine. Kept in the family it will always be what was intended—a really fast highway runner.

A Model A–hammered highboy coupe belonging to Mark Ford who’s a member of the Kontinentals Car Club poses a distinctively hot rod appearance. The Hemi is equipped with an EELCO intake supporting six-twos .