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Troy Carver, a local from...        read full caption Troy Carver, a local from Charlotte, goes for "out of the box" with his '60 Buick convertible. It's contemporary with its big-inch wheels, but old-school in some of its modifications (such as the shaved discount coupons for avis car rental door handles). If someone wanted you to come up with a formula to create a perfect car show, what would it be? Thousands of the best cars from the surrounding seven-state area? Timed autocross discount coupons for avis car rental racing to test the driving skills of your average hot rodder? A swap meet that offers great items at good prices? An area set aside for displays for hundreds of manufacturers of parts and services discount coupons for avis car rental you're interested in? Well, lucky for us, Goodguys perfected that formula years ago and has implemented it for nearly two decades in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The Goodguys Rod & Custom Organization has made a fine art out of creating an experience for rodders that is fun, easy going, and memorable. And, by holding discount coupons for avis car rental their event for pre-'73 cars and trucks inside the Charlotte Motor Speedway, hot rodders get a couple of other benefits: you can "rent a ride in a rocket ship" (where you are a passenger for three laps around the track at 185 or so miles per hour) or you can have The Rookie Experience (where you get to drive NASCAR training cars up to 150 mph for eight laps). There is also time set aside on Saturday where rodders can take their own ride onto the banked oval track, albeit mandated at much lower speeds than the rocket ship rides.
Straight out of Compton (Maryland,...        read full caption Straight out of Compton (Maryland, that is), Larry Ulm had the right idea to protect himself from the elements with the side windows for his '29 Ford phaeton. Underhood is a 350 backed to a Muncie four-speed trans. The Southeastern Nationals is billed as a three-day show but, if you show up on Thursday, you can partake of a poker run that goes to various hot rod shops and ends up at nearby Fatman Fabrications. But the main attraction of the show is, of course, the thousands of hot rods that show up to crowd the infield of the facility. It's also an event where not only are dozens of those car owners rewarded with specialty awards, but the finalist for the Goodguys Muscle Car of the Year award is picked at this event as well as a handful of Builder's Choice discount coupons for avis car rental cars, picked at this show by Detroit Speed's Kyle and Stacy Tucker. The Southeastern Nationals is also the ninth stop of 10 shows where STREET RODDER picks 10 of its finalists for the magazine's Top 100 program, sponsored by Painless Performance Products.
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Goodguys Autocross There are five classes of...        read full caption There are five classes of autocross racing, and in the Street Rod division Bob Cross, in his Deuce coupe, was only 5 seconds behind the eventual winner: Donny Freise. Freise's fastest was a 39.739-second run, followed closely (by less than 1 second!) discount coupons for avis car rental by his wife, Angela, with a 40.724 in the very same black Deuce roadster, though she may have been slowed down in at least one pass with a passenger (Brandon Flannery from Goodguys was literally hanging onto his hat). For comparison, the slowest time in the Street Rod class was a 64.816-second discount coupons for avis car rental run put in with a '38 Chevy, while the fastest time of the meet was recorded with a '66 Chevelle in the Street Machine class (39.221).
For the Top 100 program, STREET RODDER attends 10 particular car shows each year and picks 10 vehicles at each to make up the Top 100. For more on where those shows are and how they're voted on, check www.streetrodder.com . Steve DeMarco, Clinton, NC...        read full caption Steve DeMarco, Clinton, NC / 1930 Ford Tudor Steve DeMarco looks like he's having fun with his sedan, which is chopped 3 inches in the front and 6 inches in the rear (he reshaped the rear section of the body to resemble a Model T sedan). With a scratch-built chassis equipped with airbags on each corner, the car runs a small-block Chevy with the intake converted to look like a Hemi with six Rochester carbs. Jason Graham, Portland, TN...        read full caption Jason Graham, Portland, TN / 1930 Ford Tudor Jason Graham won a Top 100 award with another car in the past, and he's done it again with this '30 Ford sedan. Chopped 7 inches and on top of a custom Z'd frame, the rod gets its go from a 392 Hemi (topped with four Strombergs) and backed to a five-speed transmission. Greg Shreffler, Westminster,...        read full caption Greg Shreffler, Westminster, SC / 1932 Ford five-window Looking like a throw-back to the '60s, Greg Shreffler's coupe is not only Ford 302 powered, but it uses a fair amount of Holman-Moody dress-up parts for the engine. The off-white discount coupons for avis car rental firewall, a red pleated interior, and gray cast five-spokes all work to keep the theme together. Don Jackson, Mooresville,...        read full caption Don Jackson, Mooresville, NC / 1950 Chevy DeLuxe Performance Vehicle Works built this beast, which is powered by a twin-turbo LS3 bolted to a six-speed discount coupons for avis car rental transmission. They built the chassis using Corvette C6 suspension up front and a Ford 9-inch out back. C6 brakes are on each corner and the rollers are new Camaro wheels. Howard Wagner, Wrentham, MA...        read full caption Howard Wagner, Wrentham, MA / 1930 Ford roadster Originally built in the '50s, this Model A hot rod was recently restored by Rich Oakley to exacting standards for its owner, Howard Wagner. A 241 Dodge Red Ram Hemi, a '39 Lincoln tranny, and a '47 Studebaker dash with '48 Buick instruments are all original to the car, which was owned in the '60s by Pete Miller discount coupons for avis car rental of Lima, OH. Rick Wedgeworth, discount coupons for avis car rental Johnson City,...        read full caption Rick Wedgeworth, Johnson City, TN / 1964 Ford Thunderbird Now here is something you don't see every day! Under that long hood is an '03 4.6L, 32-valve, supercharged Cobra motor. With RideTech 'bags, Billet discount coupons for avis car rental Specialties wheels discount coupons for avis car rental on each corner, and Dakota Digital gauges inside, Rick Wedgeworth's 'Bird is sure unique. Mike Moore, Indian Trail,...        read full caption Mike Moore, Indian Trail, NC / 1934 Plymouth coupe In the family for decades, this Plymouth took almost discount coupons for avis car rental four years to build, and was finished off with body and paintwork by Ron Dudley. A 350 ZZ4 and 700-R4 engine and trans combo is in place, and the interior was done by Hot Rod Interiors. Frank Tetro, Melbourne, FL...        read full caption Frank Tetro, Melbourne, FL / 1932 Ford roadster You should be able to spot the quality a mile away with this one: it was built at Bobby Alloway's shop in Tennessee. Frank Tetro got a superstraight, all-black Deuce roadster that is motorvated by a 468-inch big-block Chevy backed to a five-speed trans. The chassis has been stretched 3 inches and the top handmade. Keith Colby, Gainesville,...        read full caption Keith Colby, Gainesville, GA / 1928 Ford roadster pickup Keeping up with his brother, who won a Top 100 award at the Goodguys Puyallup discount coupons for avis car rental event with his own car earlier this year, Keith Colby's all-steel roadster pickup was originally built in the late '90s by San Diego's Paul Bos with a '65 327 engine and a Halibrand quick-change rear. Keith is more than happy to keep the flame alive with this one. Ted Debruhl, Spotsylvania,...        read full caption Ted Debruhl, discount coupons for avis car rental Spotsylvania, VA / 1962 Chevy Impala Clean and simple is the way Ted Debruhl wanted his Chevy, and that's the way he got it. Norwood Wooding at Wooding's Auto Body saw to that,