{"id":16521,"date":"2024-09-08T06:00:59","date_gmt":"2024-09-08T10:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/?p=16521"},"modified":"2024-09-08T06:08:09","modified_gmt":"2024-09-08T10:08:09","slug":"cars-galore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/cars-galore\/","title":{"rendered":"Cars Galore"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I attended the Pap’s Rod Shop Labor Day Bash on Monday but I still don’t know much about it. At least not much about its organizers or venue although both are obviously quite interesting. The venue was the Evans Family Ranch<\/a> which appears to be a thriving operation offering a variety of products and services. The results of a search for Paps Rod Shop are not so clear cut. Most hits point to a Facebook group or to announcements of or reports on the bash. One of the administrators of the 6K+ member Paps Rods n Kustoms<\/a> Facebook group claims Pap’s Rod Shop as a workplace. Following that clue led to this video report<\/a> about that administrator and a not quite public shop near Springfield, Ohio. Good stuff, for sure.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>The word “rod” in the title, made me think of cars like these, and pre-1940s coupes and roadsters stuffed with modern V8s were certainly well-represented at the bash.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>Of course, there are also some later-model vehicles with upgraded (to say the least) power plants on display. <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>There was a time when engine upgrades were not required to make a car a hotrod. In those days, Mopars with toilet-bowl-sized carburetors<\/a> and supercharged<\/a> Studebakers came straight from the factory.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>Posters for the bash spoke of more than 600 cars on display and I’m guessing that could be right. Among them were some decidedly non-rod and non-hot vehicles. That group is represented here by this personal memory jogger. My very first car<\/a> was a 4-door 2-tone 1953 Chevy. Mine was a top-of-the-line Bel Air and green instead of blue and it had a 3-speed stick rather than a 2-speed Powerglide. I also believe mine had more rust but other aspects of this example, such as the engine compartment you could pretty much climb into, look very familiar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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