Hot Rods at the Vancouver Art Gallery

[Richard Bartrop]

I've been browsing through all those back issues of Hot Rod Magazine, and in their January '69 issue, there's mention of a hot rod exhibition held in, of all places, the Vancouver Art Gallery.  This got my attention because the Vancouver area is my old stomping ground, and once in a while, our primary school class would be herded over to the VAG in the hope that we would absorb some Culture.  Alas, I never got to see this exhibition, and what info I could find online is pretty sparse.

I did find the cover to the program book for the exhibition.

The cover car was the creation of Vancouver local Bill Traquair, and I remember seeing at local car shows, and at the Pacific National Exhibition.

The car still exists today, though when I first saw it, it was finished in candy red.

 

Edited January 28, 2023 by Richard Bartrop

[Richard Bartrop]

A gentleman on Facebook shared this piece from The Province newspaper on the show.  It is written from the viewpoint of an art gallery person rather than a car person, but it does provide more info about the show.