WHAT!? Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 The Detroit Autorama is a pretty big deal in the Hot Rodding community. Especially if you are a fabricator looking to make a name for yourself. A good showing at the Detroit Autorama can find you flush with new business opportunities not to mention the honors and recognition bestowed upon you by your peers is a nice boost to the ego. The most coveted award you can hope to gain at this show is the Ridler Award. To be a challenger looking to claim this award your car must debut at the Detroit Autorama, never having been shown anywhere prior to its unveiling on the floor of Cobo Hall in Detroit, MI. Out of all of the challengers, only 8 vehicles will be permitted to openly compete for the winning trophy during the main showing. This attracts big names to return year after year to show off their skill set. Every now and then some new blood will come out of nowhere to knock the old guys down a peg. If you are someone who is into witnessing the end product produced by the absolute best fabricators and painters on the planet, you want to be at the Detroit Autorama. ...of course, there are still plenty of buckets there to be had as well.I'll put a few links in here from Hot Rod Magazine that explains the history of the show as well as chronicles the winners that have come and gone over the last 60 some odd years that this show has been held. Since the article cuts off at 2012 I'll also provide links to the 2013-2015 winners.The Icon of Automotive Awards: Ridler History50th Ridler Winner is a brand new builder 2013JF Launier wins the 2014 Ridler Award2015 Ridler Awarded to Chip Foose Built 1965 ImpalaNow that brings us to 2016. I thought this year I'd try and make this little pilgrimage of mine something I could try and share a little bit of here on the internets. I was at the show yesterday and I was able to checkout Farmtruck from the Discovery Channel's Street Outlaws TV show. He was there to do a burnout and sign autographs. I didn't get to a good spot in time to catch the holeshot, but I managed to get some video of him heading by the crowd to pull into Cobo. Hot Rod Magazine got a pic of the Holeshot at least...Farmtruck lights 'em up at the 2016 Detroit AutoramaIf your not familiar with the Farmtruck I suggest you check out some of his conquests on YouTube. It's some good sh*t.Down in the basement of the Detroit Autorama, you'll find Autorama Extreme. It's a show dedicated to Hot Rodding's past. Traditional Rockabilly music, traditional garage built rods & customs, pin up contests, car clubs, the whole deal. It's a show within a show and a culture within a culture. Sort of like Hot Rod Inception.Now that I've explained a bit about what's going on. I'll take the liberty of posting a few rides. These are my personal picks for "what's cool" at this years show. At the bottom of this post I'll leave links to imgur dumps from my cellphone and from Hot Rod Magazine as well. You guys can see the whole lot for yourself. Post some of your own "best of show" pics from the event! We can also open up discussion to shows and car kulture in your area. Whatevs. I tried to source as much as I could from professional photographers, but a lot of this is off of my phone... Well, I'll cut myself off here. I could keep going, but I'll let you guys do some digging. Like I said I put everything into Imgur galleries. Interested to see what everyone is into. Again, if you have stuff from your own shows, or projects of your own, feel free to add those to the pile. I'll update with award winners for the Detroit Autorama after they are announced on Sunday. (If people are interested).Ed's Cellphone PicsDetroit Autorama Main Show Image DumpDetroit Autorama Extreme (The Basement)Detroit Autorama Great 8 Ridler Award Contenders 2016 2016 Detroit Autorama Preservation Award Winner RussianCommie, owl-man, El Dildo and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottie Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Im going there today I have to get some pics when im there and i hope to find a sweet model car i can take home WHAT!? and Flachbau 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHAT!? Posted February 29, 2016 Author Share Posted February 29, 2016 (edited) Well for anyone that was interested, this 1939 Olds took the Ridler Award at this years Autorama. http://www.hotrod.com/events/coverage/1602-2016-detroit-autorama-ridler-winner-is-1939-olds-convertible/ Street Rodder has the rest of the show's highlights. http://www.hotrod.com/street-rodder-magazine/ Edited February 29, 2016 by WHAT!? El Dildo, owl-man, RussianCommie and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottie Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 (edited) Edit. Here are some photos I took while there In da spoiler Edited March 3, 2016 by Dottie epoxi, owl-man and WHAT!? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRC99 Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 Having heard it in person, NOBODY would ever fall for Farmtruck. Here's my album.... http://imgur.com/a/XGdJG WHAT!? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owl-man Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 (edited) Edit. Here are some photos I took while there What is that thing? It looks pleasingly futuristic. Edited March 13, 2016 by The Owl Man1999 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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