
Sins of Steel Car Show 2017
When we lived in Alameda, we had some friends that were part of the “Billetproof” car club bunch mostly from the East Bay. When we moved here in ’04, we ran into some of the same guys at Autorama that we met from the Hayward (California) club. They drove their cars out. From California. Ratrods. From California. They drove them to Detroit in late February/Early March. Ratrods don’t really have heaters. Or windows. Or roofs for the most part. I’ve made this drive in a modern car, with heat and air, and it was pretty fatiguing. In a Ratrod? Goddamn, color me impressed.
Well sometime that year, they also established a Billetproof chapter here. They also had a meet, called the Billetproof Motor City Mayhem in Davisburg, which to my amazement is very close to where I now live. Well things change as they always do, and the original organizer of “Billetproof” sold the event to another promoter and moved on. There were four car clubs that stepped up to organize and run the show locally in conjunction with the new promoter: The Poor Boys, The Peckerheads, The Detroit Road Devils, and The Nightmares. The show continued to run through 2009, when the new promoter pulled the plug on the Davisburg show, and moved to another location.
Well, the Poor Boys, Peckerheads, Detroit Road Devils, and Nightmares C.C. didn’t give up on the show and have named the show Sins of Steel, and it’s been going strong ever since.
Our friend Amy Bird of Vanity Vixens invites us to come out every year, and this year we actually made it. For some reason, I thought this was up in Flint, or Burton or something, but when I mapped it–holy hell it’s right near my house! We got there around noon, which was more than enough time. The Mini-bike race was on and fun to watch. I want one of the fat tire ones.
We made it through all the cars and hung out for a while and I finally got to meet Ray Smith II, while we waited for the pinup contest to begin, but that’s another post…
- Check the headlights
- They were pretty bunched up at the start
- They kicked up a lot of dust
- Glad he brought a full face helmet.
- Tiny bike makes rider look Yuge
- I like the fat tired Baja
- HAY WAIT FOR ME GUISE
- Walking away from the minibike race, we saw this guy
- Seems like a sensible contraption
- Indian Scout
- Indian Scout
- Lots of Triumphs
- Nice early Shovel
- Time machine
- Nice Sporty
- Oh for chrissakes.
- Ten carbs? What the hell?
- Lots of carbs.
- I don’t have any idea….
- I had this exact same canteen when I was a kid.
- Oh Nothing, just riding around in my flaming coffin.
- Didn’t get a price, but this looks like a great project for a Ford guy.
- Didn’t get a price, but this looks like a great project for a Ford guy.
- Nice original Edsel.
- I wonder what Debbie is growing.
- Fifties Fords are Nifty
- This van is scary.
- It’s like a rolling bunch of parts
- Love rods with sixes
- Whitewalls.
- Pre-Fin Caddy
- Willy’s Overland
- So close and yet so far.
- Missed it by this >< much.
- The plastic bumper is a negative.
- Un…
- I’ve had a couple of these, mine were five-window.
- Low County Rat Patrol
- It’s a patrol truck
- Genuine British Cab.
- Pair of deuces on a Nailhead.
- Old Skool
- Fintastic.
- Windshield guys are freaking out.
- I’ve seen this guy at Woodward I think.
- That’s a lot of polishing
- A really nice Triumph Bonneville.
- A really nice Triumph Bonneville.
- My favorite muffler
- My favorite shot of this show. Orange is my favorite color though.
- Skinnies
- There are not enough street rods with inline sixes.
- A really nice Triumph Bonneville.
- A really nice Triumph Bonneville.
- Brittany (Ginger) Frost and a really nice Triumph Bonneville.
- Willy’s Overland
- Willy’s Overland