Tiresmoke from a long-time MSRA member and incurable gearhead!
A look back at some older events…
In previous posts I've made here, I may have casually mentioned some comparisons between the days of limited exposures from a film camera, and the current monstrous cell phone and tablet cameras that can hold thousands of images. And although those big batches of photos from one event might lean toward sensory overload, we really …
During the month of June, car folks from across the country pack the Minnesota State Fairgrounds for the Minnesota Street Rod Association's legendary "Back to the Fifties" weekend. It's an event like no other. And this year, the 48th annual, a good share of those folks (in other words just about anybody who can carry …
It was May of 1973. My dad and I were in Newport News Virginia visiting my sister and her family. And.... one of the "tourist trap" stops we made just happened to put us right next door to what I presume was the host hotel for the Tidewater Street Rod Association's Colonial Williamsburg Rod Run. …
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Although it no longer exists online, the previously hosted version of Terrysgarage.com had a photo page that displayed some of my past four-wheeled frustrations. I figured that was a good way to explain how my system got soaked with 40-weight... sort of like the garage floors those cars were parked on over the years! I …
It started, innocently enough, as an excuse to drive. Four decades later, who would have thought that a bunch of road-hungry hotrodders would still be doing it? Well, the "Chicken Chase" might have something to do with food . And bench rodding. And driving. And fall scenery. And fun behind the wheel. It's a fairly …
One of the unpleasant details of living in this part of the globe is winter. But inventive rodders that we are, we find ways to occupy our time in the dark days… not the least of which is the indoor car show. As it happens, the Toppers Car Club holds its annual shindig every spring, …
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(As published in the June 2013 MSRA "Linechaser") Kudos to everyone who’s taken the time to relate stories in the [Minnesota Street Rod Association Linechaser] "MSRA Then & Now" column; it’s been great reading. During a phone conversation with Gary Magner quite some time ago, he told me that the history related there has generated a ton …
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