Had the 2012 Absaroka State Takeover show today. Last night was the Pin-Up girl contest. Been a fun couple of days. Was actually my first car show, Scott (Tinman52) was there as well. He took the award for Best Pickup

This is from the hill side, we where towards the entrance :


Scott's blue '52:



The cross over exhaust on my Y-block brought some attention:








Great view I had while I sat and ate some lunch!


The camera doesn't do any of these colors justice. That purple was very cool, and Scotts blue had a lot of depth to it in person that you don't see with a picture.


This '66 Cobra wasn't allowed in, so it was parked outside. Was a pre-65 American only show.


Detail work:



Was a beautiful day, 75 degrees (and I should have worn sunscreen lol)














Yeah, I'd say today was a pretty cool day.

Was a great show, loved the atmosphere. Everyone there loved to build, it was about the build, about old iron and putting it to use not keeping it in a garage. The cars and trucks here are used and abused and built. People didn't want to see perfect and done, they wanted to see sweat and blood and smiles. It was the first car show I've been to where it was about the build, not what you bought. Patinas with no fillers or fixing where loved and embraced.

More pictures here:
http://s126.photobucket.com/albums/p...oka/?start=all

It was a beautiful day


BTW, the meaning behind Absaroka: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absaroka_(state)
And if you live around here, I can tell you that you would assume you where in a different state as the people are different, friendlier some how. It's more of the area I live vs living in Wyoming. South or west Wyoming isn't the same as this area of it.

 

No pinup girl pics?!

Looks like a nice turnout, and a fun time!

No pinup girls pics?!

 

lol it's a small town and I knew a couple of them. I didn't want to be that guy, lol.

But if you must the Media has a couple photos of last night :
http://www.sheridanmedia.com/picoday/state-absaroka

 

Nice pics. Thanks for sharing.

 

Looks like a fun event. Thanks for the pictures.

 

Nice pics, looks like you had a large time, thanks for sharing
Mike

 

Looks like it was a great show..thanks for sharing!

 

Thanks Sure was a great time, my first car show I was in actually.

 

Was a fun trip and a great show! Also great to meet Stephen and put the face with the name!

This was "THE" road trip of the summer for us.......1100+ miles. The old flathead purred along just fine, no problems. Man am I glad to have a 5 speed now!

I will put up some pics of the trip & show later...

 

Glad to hear that the flathead did well. You sure you don't want to try it one more time to KY next month?

Great pics Stephen.

 

Glad to see you made it back just fine Scott

Turns out I got in the newspaper, front page even:

 

Doc, if the timing would have been better, I might have just kept on rolling towards KY.....
As it is, my son starts school next week, so truckstock isn't going to happen for us. Maybe next year.

 

Stephen, great pictures and your truck has a great stance with those big wheels and tires. Nice to see so many drivers, most of the shows around here are for trailer queens. And I really like the 66 Cobra that they wouldn't let it...

 

here's a few pics of mine....

 

Few more..........

The last pic is from the show in Bozeman MT, we stopped in on the way home...