Once inside the Fairgrounds, we walked the fairgrounds determined to locate traditional steel beauties, it was more than worth it. The collection of vehicles was spectacular with hundreds of immaculate cars and trucks on display. We were pleased to find quite a few ‘traditional style’ rods present. We’re not talking about the so-called ‘rat rods’, but cars that were actually built back in the heyday of hot-rodding or fresh builds that captured the style and feel of a car that was built decades ago.

While some people may balk at the occasional radial tires or the use of an alternator in place of a generator as not being “traditional”; real hot rods will always be a simplistic mix of form, performance and sometimes just the right blend of “what-ever-works-best”.