November 18 – 20, 2022
Scottsdale, AZ
The club had a good turnout at GoodGuys this fall, 15 cars were parked together as well as a few scattered throughout the show field. The weather was great all weekend!
GoodGuys Scottsdale November 2022
Category: Goodguys
GoodGuys Scottsdale March 2022
March 18 – 19, 2022
Scottsdale, AZ
A few members took in the GoodGuys Show this past weekend. It was a fun time with fabulous weather and lots of nice cars.
Photos by Al Turley
GoodGuys Del Mar 2021
October 1-3, 2021
Del Mar, CA.
GoodGuys held their show this year in October, moved from April due to Covid restrictions. It was held at the fairgrounds in Del Mar as usual. A good number of members made the trek over from the Phoenix area to take in the show. A great time was had by all with wonderful weather for all three days. The guys had lots of cars to look at and the ladies enjoyed a little shopping along with looking at the cars.
Photos by Margaret Maione and Mike Arney
2019 Goodguys Del Mar
April 5 to 7, 2019
Del Mar Racetrack, San Diego, CA
Photos courtesy of Carol Boen
Rick & Debbie Aronson 
Mike & Susy Arney
Ron & Carol Boen 
Art & Debbie Thomas 
Charlie & Danise Cover 
Val & Sandy Muyres
Some of the Over The Hill Gang that made the trek to Sunny Southern California for the 19th Annual Goodguys Show at Del Mar. Michelle and I, love the Del Mar Show, but we had family activities that took precedence…
2018 Goodguy’s Southwest Nationals
Westworld – Scottsdale
November 16-18, 2018
This had to be one of the largest Goodguys shows at Westworld. On Friday the Polo field was 3/4 full as were all of the places on the asphalt around the Big Tent. On Saturday everything was full! This maybe due in part to the fact that Goodguys raised the age of the cars up to and including 1987, a move not well supported by some of our club members. The Swap Meet was by far and away the largest one yet. Bob Kerkle sold out all of the original 500 spaces, found an additional 50 and sold them out as well…
2018 Southwest Nationals Swap Meet
There also was a record number of vendors in the Big Tent and down on asphalt lot below the Big Tent. I didn’t have a chance to go through the vendor area down on the asphalt, but did spend good deal of time inside the tent looking at the displays and chatting with the folks working the booths. Allways had a display of four 1937 Fords that were owned by one customer. The beige 5 window coupe was extraordinary. Powered by a Ford Coyote 5.0, it took a lot of careful design work to put that wide engine into the narrow engine compartment of a 37! Rumor had it that over $400k was spent on the build…
Vendor Displays
For Saturday the club met at registration, at 6:15 AM and we all went in together so that we could park together. We parked midway down the field and close to the Swap Meet. Paul, Bob and Greg had spaces in the Swap Meet and all three did quite well selling most all of what the had brought in.
Dan Burdett brought coffee and donuts for Saturday morning, unfortunately the Scottsdale Police came by and told us that it was against the rules to bring in any kind of potluck, BBQ, cans or bottles. All food and drink was to be purchased at one of the food vendors. Everyone had brought in food for the pot luck lunch which we had surreptitiously so as not to call the attention of the considerable number of Scottsdale Police Officers.
Club Cars Attending the Show…
Sorry Steve Besore I did not see your Chevy Truck!
That about sums it for this time. With all of the negative changes that have been made to this show I am beginning to question the value of these shows to the folks with prewar hotrods and customs.
2018 Goodguys Del Mar
Del Mar Racetrack
Via de la Valle, Del Mar, CA
April 6,7,8 2018
by Conrad Monroe
Up until Goodguys added the spring car show in Scottsdale we were regular attendees of the Goodguys Del Mar show, which are always one to two weeks apart making it very difficult for most club members to schedule. Now that we are no longer the Host Club for the Scottsdale events we can once again make the trip over to the San Diego area.
A good number of members made the trek to Del Mar this year:
Art & Debbie Thompson, Rick & Debbie Aronson, Dave & Anne Bennett, Ron & Carol Boen, John & Leah Carmody, Charlie & Danise Cover, Jim & Carol Dalton, Tom & Jane Harris, Chuck & Diane LeVetter, Conrad & Michelle Monroe, Val & Sandy Muyres, Greg Selvidge & Sherry Hoffler.
Also making the run were two of our new applicants:
Will & Cindy Myers and Roger & Jill Atwood,
along with two visitors:
Eddie & JoAnn Asten and Don & Marcia Mueller.
Many thanks to Charlie Cover for putting the run together and Debbie Aronson for making the hotel arrangements and getting us a really good rate! Also many thanks to the OTHG-San Diego club for providing another great lunch on Saturday. Also my personal thanks to Danise Cover for helping with the photo chores!
All in all the weather was great, there were many great new cars to look at, and as always a great time talking with old and new friends.
Until the next time, Keep On Keeping On! Stay safe and have fun!
Conrad
Inside Car Show
Outside Car Show
Swap Meet and Grounds
OTHG-Phoenix Rides
2017 Goodguys Southwest Nationals
West World, Scottsdale, Az
By Conrad Monroe
Photos by Danise Clover & Conrad Monroe
This year’s Goodguys Show at West World in Scottsdale marks a major milestone for the club. After almost 20 years of hosting the show which has grown each year, and picking up a spring show a few years ago, the club voted that enough was enough and that it was was time to move on. In honor of our service the Goodguys organization gave club members free admission and preferred parking for the event. By all measures this was a huge event. The field was full by 10 AM on Saturday, the Swap Meet was sold out by noon on Friday and the Vendor Semitruck parking area was filled as well. Dan Burnett garnered the Best Ford in a Ford with his totally correct Model A banger.
placeholder://OTHG – Phoenix enjoying not having to work the GG Show!
It will be interesting to observe how things will progress in the future. Goodguys are making a lot of changes for 2018; The maximum year of the cars that are allowed onto the field is moving from 1972 to 1987 and here after will increase by a year. Goodguys are clearly intent upon attracting the 40 to 50 year olds into the hobby by accepting the cars of their youth. Goodguys are still restricting imports which may run counter to their goal, since it was during the 1990s that computer controlled fuel injected engines became the norm and the Tuner movement began. The offsetting factor here is that there are a number of younger folks (30 – 50 yr olds) that have fallen in love with the original Traditional Hot Rods and Customs who are very adamant on keeping Old School alive…
I would love to be able to say that Goodguys is trying to make the car hobby tent larger and more inclusive, but… next year the Big Tent will be gone and the entire field will be laid out differently… the inside vendors will move to large building, the Vendor semis will move to where the RV Parking is now and the RVs will move to where the Swap Meet was, the Swap Meet is headed toward where the Big Tent was… the Times They Are A Changing!
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving and we look forward to seeing everyone at the upcoming Christmas Party!Conrad
A Bit of History!
Larry Besore ran across this interesting video clip that was made back in 2013 at the 16th Goodguys Southwest Nationals…
2017 Goodguys Spring Nationals
by Conrad Monroe
Westworld in Scottsdale, AZ
March 9 – 12, 2017
According to the Goodguys staff we had around 2500 cars at this year’s spring show. The weather was clear, sunny and warm with temps in the mid to high 80s. Actually on Saturday it may have been over 90° F. by 4:30 PM the field had pretty well left for cooler territory.
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Thursday – Shop Tours
Very large turnout for the shop tour this year, I am guessing we had around 200 cars or more leave the Registration Tent for the tour. Unfortunately we only had 4 shops on the tour, the other 4 shops that had been lined up, canceled at the last minute.
The 1st stop on the tour was to Speed Sports in Gilbert. Mark Clark and his crew offer a broad scope of service including EFI & Turbo systems and Chassis Dyno Tuning for optimum performance. Unfortunately I was not able to get a lot of photos due to the large number of tour members in the shop. One of the better speed shops in the valley in my opinion.
We next headed over to Squeeg’s Kustoms in Chandler. It is always fun to visit Squeeg’s shop, they always have several interesting projects in work. I was especially impressed with the 1963 Corvette with a tube chassis and LS engine & transmission. It would be a joy to own and drive when it is completed! For the 1st time ever I saw an LS powered off road buggy in the shop getting a custom aluminum interior. King shocks all around and a Mendeola transaxle with 20+ inches of wheel travel… another I would love to own!
We skipped the 3rd stop since it was basically a car dealer, and headed up to Fountain Hills to Mods for Rods. Pretty impressive shop with a number of cars being worked on. From what I saw it looks like they do some quality work. This was the lunch stop and the end of this year’s tour.
Friday – Swap Meet and Vendors
This year’s swap meet and car corral was one of the largest that we have had. Nice selection of parts, memorabilia and cars to look over and buy. One of the big hits this year was the Bob’s Big Boy statues in either bronze or fiberglass. One of my friends from Show Low bought one of the smaller 4-5′ bronze versions and asked me if I could haul it back up the mountain for him. I was hoping that I could stand him up in the back of the wagon, but he was too tall. It would have been very cool to have him looking out the back window. As it was he laid down and took a nap while we drove home. Paul & Judy Nolte bought one of the bronze one as well…
It seemed like there were less vendors in the tent this year but more down on the field.
I watched the autocross for a bit thinking that it would be fun to build a car for it, but then I went into the tent and had a cold beer and the feeling went away!
Saturday – Car Show
I usually spend Saturday walking the grass and taking photos of all of the wide variety of cars that Goodguys draws. This year I had to stick around the wagon. My daughter and son in law were coming to the show and also my newly found Grandnephew who I had not met in person yet. I wasn’t sure when everybody was going to show up, so I spent a good deal of time in the Specialty Parking Area photographing some pretty nicely done cars in the Home Built Heaven section.
Sunday – Awards Part One
Sunday – Awards Part Two
The Sunday Awards were special this year in that Terry & Barb Scott won the Trick Truck award for their Chevy Pickup and Mike Combest picked up an award for this blown Chrysler powered Model A coupe. All in all this year we were treated to a great selection of cars in the winners circle!
After the awards Michelle, Big Boy Bob and I headed up the mountain for home, with a late lunch, early dinner stop at our favorite restaurant in Payson, Mackey’s Grill for a cold beer and pattie melt with sweet potato fries.
Early spring evening in Payson AZ outside of Mackey’s Grill
Another Goodguys in the books, next stop for Michelle and I will be ViVa Las Vegas Rockabilly Car Show in Las Vegas… it should be very interesting! We attended a similar show in Austin Texas last year and had a great time. What is not to love, traditional hotrods and customs and Pinups… doesn’t get much better.
Till the next time, stay safe and Keep On Keeping On!
Conrad.
2016 Goodguys South West Nationals
by Conrad Monroe
Westworld in Scottsdale AZ
In camera panorama made by the IPhone 7 Plus – nice little feature.
November 17 – 20, 2016
Another great Goodguys show is in the books. This year’s fall show was one of the larger ones with around 3000 cars on the fields at Westworld in Scottsdale. Lucky for me, Michelle and I had just recently purchased new IPhones which provided me a back up camera. I packed my camera bag with my standard complement of Nikkor lenses into the back of the wagon, but left my Nikon DSLR on the front seat of my pickup, which I had parked in the shop… All in all my IPhone 7 Plus did more than a credible job of documenting some of the activities during the run of the show.
Thursday was registration and the shop tours. I did not get an exact count but I am guessing that we had a good 300 plus cars on this years tour. We left toward the end and hit the Baer Brakes, Martin Classic Car Museum and the Hot Rod Interior stops. Baer proves that high quality products can be manufactured in the USA at a competitive price. Hot Rod Interiors does some really high quality interior design and fabrication. They had several great examples of their work on display, I especially loved the 1939 Lincoln Zephyr!
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Registration and Baer Brakes
We generally spend Friday visiting the Swap Meet and Vendor tent. This year the Swap Meet & Car Corral were perhaps the largest in my memory. It ran the entire length of the south side of the field.
The Swap Meet and Vendor Tent
Saturday was spent walking the field and finding vehicles that struck my fancy, and to be honest there were quite a few that put a smile on my face.
To start with we parked in Home Built heaven and we were placed right next to 1968 Mercury 4 door wagon. The owners were great to talk with, he built the car in his home shop and was faced with many of the same issues that I had to deal with, namely finding parts for something other than a tri-five Chevy or a prewar Ford. He also made the same choice as I did and went with a 2005 fuel injected computer controlled engine. Instead of a Dodge he used a 4.6 L Ford with a computer controlled transmission. This year they have put over 14K miles on the wagon… my kind of folks.
Another car that caught my eye was Dan Burdett’s 1930 5 window Model A coupe with a period correct hot rodded 4 banger engine. The quality of Dan’s work is phenomenal attention to detail after detail. When you have some time, take a close look at this car, well worth the time.
Saturday Car Show
Sunday is the awards day, however this year the weather on Sunday was turning sour as the morning progressed. After taking a series of photos of a really nice Dodge and Dan’s Model A Ford, Michelle and I decided that discretion was the better part of valor, and we headed home staying ahead of the storm.
A Few Parting Shots…
Next up the Over The Hill Gang – Phoenix annual Christmas Party! See you all there!