We are back to cover the rest of the 2012 Grand National Roadster Show’s AMBR award. First up is my favourite entry for the award for America’s Most Beautiful Roadster. I am a huge fan of Roy Brizio’s work. To me, this 1932 Ford is poetic and graceful and it caught my eye from across [...]
The “America’s Most Beautiful Roadster” competition formed an important portion of the 2012 GNRS show. Dating back to 1950, the AMBR award is the ultimate title in the North American hot rodding scene and in the next two stories we are covering its 10 contestants and the winner. The contest is only for roadster hot [...]
Although I've been to many hot rod events, this was my first time at the Grand National Roadster show. What impressed me the most was the variety of cars there, and how pristine they were given their age. Of course, all of them have had some sort of restoration in one form or another. It [...]
Day one of the Grand National Roadster Show was unbelievable, seeing the Watson cars and The Rodfather’s ride were a big deal for me. So as day two started, Larry and I had our best insoles on to take on another photographic pass at this colossal show. It was a real task to try and [...]
At this time of the year most of North America are putting chains on their tires or scraping ice off their windshields. However the folks in California were rolling their most impressive rod and customs into the Pomona Fairgrounds for the 63rd annual Grand National Roadster show. The GNRS event, held on the last weekend [...]
One down, eleven to go. And as is customary here at Speedhunters, we’ll kick off a new month with a look at what’s in store. For February we’ve decided to focus on Game Changers; cars that sparked trends, rewrote the rulebook or rocked their sport. We’ll be taking a look through various car cultures to uncover [...]
