Street Rod Nats East -SUNDAY

[Lyle Willits]

This is the last year for the traditional 1949 cut off year. Beginning in 2010, cars from 1980 and older will be admitted to all NSRA events.

LOTS of pics,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

http://public.fotki.com/mamaprez/car-shows...t-rod-nats-eas/

[Daniel Peterson]

Lyle and I seem to take the same photos of the same things when we are at the same event...but I can guarantee this classic wasn't on his disc. He had quite a bit of hitch in his gidddyup this early in the day, but like everyone else, slowed down a little a few hundred photographs later.

Heck, somebody's got to watch him...

And here's a link to my photos, many of which should be eerily familiar to you after you've checked out Lyle's.

[Lyle Willits]

Who's the bubble-belly, white-haired guy,,,,,,,,,,,,,,oh,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,it's me.

For a second there, I thought I was still 30 and could walk around the entire Fairgrounds for 8 hours without stopping.

Edited June 7, 2009 by Lyle Willits

[Daniel Peterson]

Great pics as usual Lyle,I can't wait to go back for the Nationals in Louisville this year.I do have one gripe though and that is what their doing allowing '80 or older in 2010.I don't think of any 1980 automobile as a street rod,I think they need to go back and think this one some more or your going to lose registration's in the future.Just my 2 cents.

An unscientific survey on my opart revealed mixed feelings. The inclusion of later models will have a potentially positive impact on the vendor side, and attendance by spectators and participants might be increased by expanding the years, but everybody seemed to think the jump to 1980 was too much. Sure, you might draw a lot of chevy tri-fives and other 50-s and 60's rides, but I personally don't want to see ANYTHING from the mid- to late seventies at a street rod show. They might not refer to them as street rods, but I still feel anything later than '48 is out of place. Of course I'm not running the show, and when anything gets this big, you have to approach it like a business...keep the vendors happy and increase attendance...but I dont' have to like it. Will that stop me frpm going next year? Uh...no.

[TomA]

Thanks for the pics guys. Really enjoyed looking!