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Reader Favorites From 2010 Car d'Lane

Mr. Chuckles sent in these photos for us to share with you of some of his favorite cars at the 2010 Car d'Lane. Chuck said he has always admired Ron Prior's '32. Ron's had the car since he was a kid! What a treasure.Chuckles was star struck by this beautiful all-steel-body '32 roadster. Word around town was this car was once owned by one of the Beach Boys. It looks like a big shot's car. Gorgeous!!

Corvair pickup. Love it!! Makes you smile. Suddenly The Skirt is craving a hard lemonade.

Impeccable '50 Woodie with surf board on top. Now I am craving a hard lemonade and white sandy beaches.

'34 or is it '35 Ford. Very cool.

Thanks Chuck for the pictures. Anymore out there? Here's the blog entry from the guys at Classic Nation.

Good Time in Coeur d'Alene This Weekend

Car d' lane cruise tonight!
Are you going? The Swartley's just stopped by the shop on their way. Here's a picture they sent us of last year's show. Hope everyone has a great time. Send us your pictures. We would love to post them on Monday. We have to finish our home improvement project before company arrives on Monday.

It Was a Very Good Summer

The 2009 Inland Northwest car show season is coming to a close. We'll remember it as being a pretty nice summer for cruising around in our cars, taking in the sights and sounds of small town America, visiting with folks, sitting in the shade of the old walnut tree. Sweet memories of summer will have to hold us through till spring.

Pictured above are cars of RBI customer's, Tim Pomerinke and Chuck McVey. Congratulations gentlemen on your win at the Palouse Days Show and Shine last weekend.

Driving the '41 to Slippery Gulch Parade

On June 20th The Skirt road along with Chuck McVey in his '41 Ford to Slippery Gulch Days parade and car show in Tekoa, (Tee-co) Wa. Here's a snippet of the scenic 39 mile drive along Washington State Hwy 27.The two lane highway rolls through a variety of topography in a very short distance. Notice the pea fields. Riding in the '41 was a treat. The car performed beautifully. Chuck even passed a gal in her Camery. He had to be going around 65-70 m.p.h. I was gripping the side of the car seat, so there's no video.

Lined up for the parade.

I'll post video of the parade later this week.

Car D' Lane Cruise This Weekend

The "Best Cruise in the Northwest" is this Friday night in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Show starts at 6 PM, but you better get there early. People start filling the sidewalk cafes around four o'clock.

If you can get way from work or chores you really should go.

It's good, clean fun for the whole family.

God Bless America and our cars!

Customer Cathy Anderson was not about to miss Car D'Lane this year. Last week she had RBI re-build the tranny in her '64 Fairlane. Hope you have a great time Cathy!

Great Day In Sandpoint - Lost in the 50's

The Skirt tagged along with Chuck McVey who took his '41 Business Coupe up to Sandpoint, Idaho for their 24Th annual "Lost in the 50's" car show this past Saturday. Beautiful weather, over 400 cars, a big appreciative crowd, friendly shopkeepers and restaurateurs and good company made for an all around superb outing.

Here's a recap of our day.

You would have to be at the show pretty early to catch Paul Wingfield and Jack White waxing Paul's new Mercury - it's one low and sexy car.

Congratulations to Don and Nancy Wilbur.

Their '32 sedan took the top award in the Street Rod class.

It was nice visiting with the Ed & Mel, last years top winner in the Sports Car class with their home-built Cobra. Not sure what happened this year. They were unfortunately placed in the wrong class. Winning isn't everything to Ed and Mel, though the skirt thinks this is the first time they have lost. Now for Chuck McVey ......

He hasn't gone home empty-handed yet. Chuck McVey won 1st runner-up in Custom Rods.

Dozens of '41 devotees came up to Chuck's car for a closer look. Chuck was more than happy to answer all their questions.

Lots of great cars and people. Here are a few more things that caught our eye.

Chopped Merc - OO-LA-LA!
Sharp looking sedan. Pretty sure it took home a trophy. '27 Ford '33 Ford

"Lizzie"

a Model A with a great story and a black lab in the back seat.

'Course there was so much more, but you can't show it all.

Until next time.

Old Skool and Kustom Show

Spokanites love cars, all kinds of cars. You get some nice weather like what we had Saturday and folks want to go for a drive. We took our '62 Mercury station wagon to the Country Place Tavern to met up with friends and have a beer.

Here's a little video of some of the stuff we saw.

Hot Rod and Kustom Party at the Country Place Tavern Saturday

If all goes according to plan we'll be driving our '62 Colony Park to the Country Place Tavern this Saturday for their Kustom Party. We're pressing the Reed's to meet us there in their chopped '40 Chevy.

Country Place Tavern is on N. Freya just south of Francis in Spokane, WA

Inland Emperors - Honor the American Hot Rod

Thee Inland Emperors car club wins this year's Rod Builders Best Traditional or Old School Hot Rod Award at the Spokane Auto Boat Speed Show.

Usually RBI gives this cash prize to an individual, which if we had been pressed to do so we would have to go with John Gunsaulis and his '32 Phaeton, but the soul of the American hot rodder is alive and well in all the Emperors and we felt the whole group deserved recognition. The club featured the following cars in their display:

John Gunsaulis' '32 Ford Phaeton (See Dec. 2008 issue of Goodguys Gazette for full story)
Chris Baker's '29 Ford

Devin Corbit's '36 Ford

Chris Swenson's Model A

Long live the Emperors. We look forward to their next project. We hear they may be planning their own car show in place of this year's Hotrod-A-Rama. P.S. Just to be clear, this photo and the one of the ladies is not of the Emperors. Unfortunately, The Skirt did not pay attention to the name of the photographer and so does not know whom to credit. Pretty sure no one reads this blog anyway.

Spokane's Speed Show - Sign of Spring

The four sure signs of spring in Spokane are 1) the slurred whistle of the red-winged Blackbird, 2) Gonzaga tournament basketball, 3) Mullet headed alcoholics riding their bicycles to the corner tavern and last but not least 4) Don Wilbur's Auto Boat Speed Show.

2009 Car Show Season Not Far Away

The Inland Northwest Car Club Council has released its 2009 car show calendar. You can pick up your copy at most any Spokane or Coeur d'Alene area auto parts store or hot rod shop. You can visit their web site at http://www.incarclubcouncil.org/

The Crown "Cruisn n' Groovin" at Pinehurst, ID

The Pomerinke's sent in this photo of Tim accepting a Best of Show trophy at the Comancheros Cruisn' n' Groovin car show on August 9th. For the first time in the show's four year history they had a three-way tie for Best of Show! Tim & Casey told us the Comancheros were gracious hosts and the club and citizenry of Pinehurst put on one of the most organized shows they have ever been to. The Skirt is not surprised to hear this praise as club president, Paul Wingfield and his team are first-rate individuals. Congrats Tim & Casey, the Comancheros and Pinehurst!

Long live the Crown!

Our Favorites From the Goodguys - Great Northwest Nationals

Tonja DiCenzo's '64 Falcon SprintDennis Akers' '34 Ford Les Boudwyn's '67 Chevelle Dan Rennick's '55 Pontiac (Took this picture at a party Friday Night)

Don & Nancy Wilbur's '32 Sedan (Took this picture at the same party. I think Bob is pointing at the tiny bit of fabrication RBI did.)
Dennis Kelly's '64 Cobra Daytona Coupe Repro Chuck McVey's '41 Deluxe Business CoupeLarry Olson's '33 Plymouth (For a look under the hood click here.

Dennis Hunter's Glass '34

Don't know who owns this, but it's cool.
and so is this. There were half a dozen more, but couldn't get a decent photo. Of course a few of the cars pictured above spent some time in our shop and if its wrong to love a car you've worked on, then our heart just won't let us be right.

Saturday at the Goodguys Show - Spokane

Spent Saturday morning at the Goodguys Great Northwest Nationals here in Spokane. Our friend Sara Peterson and her children enjoy dressing the part. Check out those tats! Sara and her husband Darrel own Gunner Productions hot rod shop in Post Falls, Idaho. We are dealing with record breaking heat this weekend in Eastern Washington, which may keep some folks away from the show. We'll see how it all shakes out. More blogging and our favorite cars on Monday. Bye