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2018 Cruzin The Rim

Fontier Fields

Show Low, Az

June 2, 2018

by Conrad Monroe

Yet Another Windy Car Show

This weekend we attended the Cruizn The Rim Car Show put on by the Rim Country Crusiers Car Club. The event is held for the benefit of several of our local charities and it runs in conjunction with the Show Low Days arts and crafts show.

Club members attending this year were Tom & Val Altgilbers, Bob & Betty Bailey, Larry & Brenda Besore, Steve Besore, Steve & Pam Graves, Paul & Judy Nolte and former members Frank & Rose Svancara.

As per usual the winds started around 10 AM and by the afternoon they were gusting up to 40 mph, thankfully the temperatures stayed in the low 80s.

The awards went very well. The RCC staff have come up with a pretty decent system that eliminates a lot hard feelings that generally come with the usual “class” system. They hand out ballots to all spectators entering before 10 AM. The spectators vote on the 5 vehicles that they like best, which forms the basis for the Spectator’s Favorite 5 Awards.

Similarly each entrant receives a ballot where they can vote on up to 10 vehicles of their choice, for the Participant’s Top 10 Awards.

The show committee chooses local automotive folks to judge and award trophies for Best Ford, Best GM, Paint, Interior etc along with the Best in Show Award. The club did well with the Altgilbers getting 2, Baileys getting 2 and Larry & Brenda Besore claimed 1. Former club members Frank & Rose picked up an award as well.

Another former OTHG-Phoenix member, Tom Noble who now lives in Show Low attended the show with his purple 40 Chevy Sedan that he has owned for 27 yrs.

This show makes solid improvements each year and is now gathering a rather solid following. As near as I could tell, we had around 180-185 entries, which may be a record…

i hope everyone is having a great summer! Michelle and I are staying close to home until the rains come… hopefully we will be having a strong monsoon this year. We are in the middle of the worst drought in recent history. Hoping our summer visitors will heed all of the fire safety warnings!

Until next time stay safe and keep on keeping on!

2018 Hogs & Hot Rods – Pinetop, AZ

Woodland Park, Pinetop, Arizona

May 26, 2018

By Conrad Monroe

Ronda Rea’s 1966 Nova
Terry & Kathy Rodgers 1966 Nova
Zoe and Satori posing with Bettie
Miss Zoe Bell
Michelle picking up Mel's 3rd Place award Pre 1980 Stock Cars
Michelle Picking up our 2nd Place award in Pre 1980 Custom Cars

Hogs & Hot Rods

We normally head over to Alpine, Az for their Rte 666 car show, however this year we attended a new show in Pinetop. The show is part of their Spring Festival at Woodland. The proceeds of the charity car show go to the Love Kitchen which helps to feed low income children and seniors on the mountain.

Pat Bell used the show to help introduce his new business, Arizona Suspension Specialist located on the Deuce of Clubs in Show Low. All though the car and bike show had the typical 1st year low attendance it did see a high number of spectators who supported all of the vendors and businesses at the show.

On the way home from Viva Las Vegas the Wagon ate yet another rear axle bearing. I finally tossed in the towel and ordered a new 9″ Currie with 31 spline axles and large bearings. The small bearings in the 1967 Cougar axle are just not up to handling the weight, power and speeds that I drive in the Dodge. Unfortunately, Currie failed to inform me when I placed the order that they and their suppliers were super backed up with orders… it took almost 6 weeks for the new axle to ship. We put a new bearing in the old axle so that we could at least go to the local shows. After Show Low this coming weekend we will swap in the Currie… hopefully my problems will be solved!

As part of the Car Show, the organizers had a Lil Miss Pin Up show. Mel dressed our girls up in period correct dresses and make up and both the girls had a great time showing off on stage.

The class set up that they had come up with was pretty different. They tried to cover both old and new cars and bikes… hence with had a Pre 1980 Stock, Modified and Custom Car, Truck and Bike classes which made judging interesting… As luck would have it we had two great 1966 Novas in the Pre 1980 Modified Class… and a stock 1970 Mark Donohue Edition Javelin which the owner had entered in the Custom Class. It really is a very nice, rare car and I was very happy to see it at such a small show!

It is a shame we had two competing shows this weekend, it would have been nice if they could have been on different days. Maybe next year!

Next weekend we have Crusizn the Rim in Show Low. Hope to see a good turn out!

Conrad.

May 2018 Breakfast Putt

Thank you to Danise Cover for suppling the photos of the putt!

Our May Breakfast/Lunch Putt was on Saturday, May 19, 2018; Roadmasters were Steve and Pam Graves, and the restaurant was Anthem Grille at Poston Butte Golf Course.

The Gang met at The Slab, 1945 E. Baseline, Gilbert, AZ 85234(parking lot of McDonald’s, intersection of Gilbert & Baseline) promptly at 9:45 am for the restaurant (with a gas and “go” at the Frys station/McDonalds in the parking lot).

After brunch, the Gang headed over to the Graves place for a little dessert .

Breakfast Putt to the Anthem Grill

In the Car Museum Race, Some Drop Out – The New York Times

With attendance down, some auto museums that were once prime attractions have closed their doors.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2018/05/10/business/car-museums-closing.html

2018 Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend

Orleans Hotel and Casino
Las Vegas, Nevada
April 19 – 22, 2018

by Conrad Monroe

This was our second year at the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend. This was the 21st edition of what has become a great fun weekend of traditional hot rods and custom cars, pin up girls and rockabilly music. Making the trip this year was Paul & Judy Nolte, Greg Selvidge and Sherry Hofler and Michelle and I. We met at the Cracker Barrel in Kingman for lunch and the drive up 93 to Vegas. Just outside of Boulder Dam, Paul’s trailer acquired a flat which did some damage to the trailer which we had to take care of before traveling on, compared to some of our tire problems in Mexico years ago this was no big deal!
This was our second trip and frankly we are getting hooked! Fun weekend, everyone smiling and happy, no Grumpy Guses complaining about not getting an award for their checkbook car. Great music all day with live performances by Duane Eddy, Jerry Lee Lewis (yes he is still performing at 82 yrs old) and the Stray Cats who haven’t lost a beat!

Thursday April 19, 2018

Most of the spectators show up on Saturday for all of the Rockabilly music and attractions, so Friday is typically a good day for checking out the cars and chatting with folks.

As you can see, this is in no way like a GoodGuys Show… the cars are definitely different!

Walk About Candids…

I had shot a movie of the Stray Cats performing, but it was too large to upload to WordPress and it really needed a tripod… movies just are not my thing!

On Sunday we headed down I40 for the trip back home. As our custom, we stopped at Beaver Street Brewery in Flagstaff for lunch. Michelle took the wheel for the rest of the trip home, unfortunately as she was coming into Winslow the Wagon lost another damn wheel bearing… I have finally come to the conclusion that my Dodge at 5200 lbs plus going down the road at 80 plus MPH is too much of a load for the small bearings that the 1967 Cougar rear axle that I have under it. Earlier this week we ordered a heavy duty Currie 9 inch with 31 spline axles, large bearings and a Detroit TrueTrac positraction. Really big bucks but it should solve this recurring problem… I hope…