Another great show at IVY Tech in Richmond, Indiana

Well, the car show/cruise in season in "my neck of the woods" got off with a BANG today. My father, son, and I have made the short trip to Ivy Tech in Richmond, Indiana for several years now. The show has always been one of the first of the season in this area, and seems to grow bigger every year.

This year's show did NOT disappoint. The weather was incredible ( a little windy, but pushing near 80 degrees and sunny). And the cars were out in record number. This year's event actually was held in a little different location than previous years. Ivy Tech has a brand new building on campus (You can see it from Interstate 70) that has a nice, large parking lot.

I was a little disappointed in the fact that there where NO rat rods, and very few "home-built" traditional hot rods at the show. (Although a friend of mine's hubby drove his "Rat" to the show, he decided not to enter it....I did however take some pictures as I was leaving....you'll see it posted here on Suede and Chrome in a few days). There were however lots of kool vehicles.

Because this blog is dedicated to traditional hotrods. I don't plan to post ever picture I took at this weekend's show. However, I have already posted the entire collection in an album in my virtual garage at: http://www.hubgarage.com/mygarage/scruffy50chevy.

I absolutely LOVED this little bobber. I would love to have something similar to "tool" around on.

Ivy Tech Cruise In - Richmond, Indiana

Here is another set of pictures I took several years ago at a cruise-in we attended. We've tried to go to this annual event held at the Ivy Tech campus in Richmond, Indiana.

I can't remember the exact year I took this photos, but they have to be several years old. My father looks the same today as he did in these photos, but my three oldest children are all teenagers now.

These particiular photos were taken before the whole "rat rod" crazy began.

It is apparent through the pictures however that there were several great examples of hot rods and muscle cars present. The annual event attracts approximately 150 - 200 cars. Not a big show, but always a treat to attend.

One thing I remember about this event is there has always been a section of 20 or so "tuners" that they make park on the outlying parking lot.