Goodguys Rod & Custom Show

Last weekend was the 22nd Pacific Northwest Nationals at the Puyallup fairgrounds. I took Friday off so I could enjoy the day there and go to the Nostalgia drags up at Pacific Raceways Friday evening.

To say it was hot would be an understatement. For the pacific northwest it was positively scorching!!! As hot as it was, it beats rain on the weekend of a hot rod show.

Saturday I slept in a bit and Carole went back to the show with me for a few hours of browsing the vendors and cars. After an all too expensive hot dog and rootbeer float we relaxed in the shade for awhile then headed home.









Here's a slideshow of some of the photos I took over the weekend

Barrett-Jackson: Day 1

Well, after a pain in the ass day travelling, we got to spend the day at the auction today. The auction doesn't acutally start until tomorrow but today was the preview day. Acres and acres of cars and vendors. Prettty warm too, but most of the time is spent inside of tents erected to protect the cars. And there are some really special cars!

Above is a photo of the new Camaro. Unfortunately , it's the only photo I took with my small camera that uses an SD card. My Nikon uses Compact Flash cards and I can't read those with my notebook that I brought. I'll take more photos for the blog tomorrow though, now that I know this notebook only has an SD slot.

Among the more special cars:

The oldest '57 chevy in existence. Body # 00001 with 46k original miles on it.

An Austin Jolly, of which only three were produced.

Eddie Van Halen's 1956 Nomad with a matching signed guitar.

The very first Thunderbird ever produced, A 1956 bearing serial # 1

A 1968 Hemi Roadrunner, one of only 108 produced.

Tonight the opening night "Gala" for bidders and consigners. It's a black tie affair with food, drinks and entertainment. It should be fun!

More tomorrow....