Son Of Road Tour - 2006 Road Tour #2

Could this be the secret to a lasting relationship? Kay Burroughs again drove her '32 Ford roadster on the Road Tour rather than ride with hubby Bruce. Kay's easy to find--she's the one cleaning a red roadster first thing in the morning.

The good folks at MSD in El Paso were our hosts for a lunch stop and gave us a tour of the facility. A number of cars joined the tour at this point.

This is just one of the half-dozen buildings MSD occupies. Here units are assembled that are manufactured at other sites.

One of the inventions that make compact electronics possible is the printed circuit board. A number of them destined for control units get components soldered in place here.

It takes a lot of zap to fire a Top Fuel engine. An MSD Top Fuel-style magneto is generating the juice jumping the gap on this test fixture.

Chick Koszis drove his blown '32 Ford highboy roadster from California to San Antonio so he could turn around and drive back with the Road Tour gang. And he wasn't the only one!

From Packard's coupe we had this great view of Brad and Bill Boland putting miles on this gorgeous '32 Ford cabriolet.

Never tour the Pima Air Museum with former Air Force guys. Former Lt. Smith (left) pulled rank and insisted that former Sgt. Ceridono make engine noises.

Hi Speed Rods & Customs in Tucson, AZ, builds and sells rods, customs, and choppers from their spectacular facility.

With over 30,000 square feet, Hi Speed houses an indoor showroom as well as fabrication and paint shops.

Readers, you may want to make up your own caption for this one. As an example "OK, I'll do it, but you've got to ride up here the next 150 miles."

We stopped to visit the Streff clan at the SO-CAL Speed Shop in Phoenix. We don't know who that '32 five-window belongs to, although we've heard it appeared in a few obscure magazines.

The Arizona SO-CAL Speed Shop has an amazing array of parts. If they don't have it, you probably don't need it.

This is about the standard street rodder worker/supervisor ratio. Rick Love changes a belt while Randy Clark, Jack and Landis Chisenhall, and Brent Vandervort offer constructive criticism.

Randy Clark of Hot Rods & Custom Stuff was another celeb on the tour. He drove his creampuff coupe from California to make the tour.

Ray Doe (left) of RB's Obsolete had piles of Krispy Kremes waiting for us on Wednesday morning. That's STREET RODDER's ad man David Stoker and Publisher Tim Foss checking out the artwork on the trailer.

Jerry Dixey was behind the wheel of this year's Road Tour car. The Chevy coupe had lots of rodders talking about non-Ford alternatives.

Road Tour participants got to beat the heat while checking out RB's showroom. One of the secrets to RB's success is the wide variety and huge amount of inventory on hand.

With this much stock on hand, you won't often hear "we're out of that right now" from the staff at RB's.

George Slover hails from New Hampton, NY, and his Chrysler Hemi-powered three-window has the dry lakes/Bonneville look.

If you were around street rodding in the '70s, you'll remember this Model A panel truck. You'd probably recognize the driver too--Jim "Jake" Jacobs was half of the original Pete & Jake's.

Jerry Dixey gives us his best side profile in front of Barry White's shop, one of our tour stops and scene of the show, "Wrecks to Riches."

Along with the TV show, Barry still finds time to turn out first-class street rods and musclecars. And yes, that is a checker cab with a blown Chrysler in the corner.

One of the bonuses on the trip was the chance to visit Marcel's Custom Metal Shaping. Marcel DeLey and his sons Luc and Marc turn sheetmetal into works of art, as this example demonstrates.

While their shop has all the metalworking equipment you'd expect, Marcel still relies on a few well-worn tree stumps for some jobs--and they make great stools too.

Another popular stop on the tour was the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. While the cars are incredible, the displays are equally impressive.