The 67th Grand National Roadster Show is over and AMERICA’S MOST BEAUTIFUL ROADSTER AND AMERICA’S MOST BEAUTIFUL MOTORCYCLE HAVE BEEN NAMED.
AMERICA’S MOST BEAUTIFUL ROADSTER
Darryl and Terri Hollenbeck from Concord, California are the owners of America’s Most Beautiful Roadster – a 1932 Ford roadster. The car was built by Dan Webb, Cory Taulbert, and Darryl Hollenbeck; it has a Brookville body and the body work was done by Vintage Color Studio; engine is by Edelbrock. The interior and top were done by Sid Chavers and the color was custom mixed PPG Envirobase by Darryl Hollenbeck; Sherm’s Plating and Advance Plating did the chrome. Final assemby was by Bill Ganhal, South City Rod & Custom and Jack Stratton.
AMERICA’S MOST BEAUTIFUL MOTORCYCLE
Andrew Ursich from Long Beach, CA is the winner with his 2015 Urisch Knucklehead, Stardust.
This year there were 13 roadsters competing to become America’s Most Beautiful Roadster. The contenders were:
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There were three motorcycles competing for the AMBM trophy.
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There was a lot more going on at the 67th Grand National Roadster Show than just the AMBR and AMBM contenders. The buildings surrounding the hub of the Fairplex were full. Building 4 with the AMBR cars and vendors, the Suede Palace with rat rods and customs, Building 7 with hot rods and muscle cars, Building 9 with SCTA’s Quest for Speed exhibit, Building 6 with customs, and more. The show ran for three days and it took all three to see it all. The Grand Daddy drive-in on Saturday saw more than 500 cars fill every available space between and around all the buildings.
The original Batmobile built by George Barris was on display.
The SCTA filled Building 9 with the old and the new lakes cars. These cars all had one purpose – to go fast. Purchasing one of Dave Fetherston’s books at this exhibit offered the opportunity to join the Save the Salt campaign. There has been racing at Bonneville for more than 100 years, but recently both mining and weather have led to the deterioration of the salt to such an extent that now the future of Bonneville racing is in question.
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As in past years, dozens of pinstripers from across the nation joined in the Pinstripers Reunion where they donated their time and their talent to create art which was auctioned off on both Saturday and Sunday. The proceeds of this charity auction will be donated to Pomona-based “Everyone Free” which works to prevent human trafficking.
And, of course, about 350 cars filled the buildings, including retro builds –
wild customs –
monochromatic muscle car –
Rare and restored –
a beach cruiser?? –
trucks –
at the drive-in –
another drive-in
hot rods –
motorcycles –
vintage gassers –
pedal cars –
and a lot more –
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Keeping all these cars looking their best for three days is no easy job. This Merc’ came from Tokyo, Japan and exemplifies the saying “nothing beats black when its done right” – but it still needs to be shined regularly.
The 2016 inductees into the Hall of Fame were Luc De Ley, Mickey Minsl, Oz Welch and Steve Stanford. The 2016 Builder of the Year was Squeeg’s Kustoms of Chandler, Arizona.
The 67th Grand National Roadster Show came to an end after the awards ceremony on Sunday. We’re looking forward to No. 68 – the 14th to be held at the Pomona Fairplex in Pomona, CA.
There are more photos of the show posted on our SmugMug site.
