Thread: Nsra 2010

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I actually like V8 vegas. I'd rather see a V8 vega than a run of the mill camaro or mustang. I just don't want to see them at a show that has a long history of being pre-49.

I've owned my fair share of street machines. In the late 80's and early 90's I had a back-halfed, big block 1970 Camaro and used to go to the Street Machine Nationals in DuQoin. I had a ball.

...and then I discovered street rods.

Since then, I have been a fairly faithful member of the street rod community. I currently go to a dozen or so shows a year, half of which are larger shows. Our family vacations are planned around the shows.

Oh yeah, I'm 41 years old and I consider myself a first generation street rodder. I actually got my dad into street rods ...not the other way around.

It has been mentioned before, building a 30 year old car is not the cheap way out. To build a late model to the same fit and finish as a street rod takes $$$.

And yes it is quite expensive to attend shows. I do it because I love pre-49 car shows.

The only Good Guys show I go to is the one in Bowling Green...because it has the Nostalgia Drag Racing. I do not go to the one in Nashville, TN (only 40 miles from my house)...because I don't care for the late model stuff.

Based on the current registrations for the NSRA Nationals, I'm not the only one that is unhappy.

Verbally expressing our opinions didn't accomplish anything.

As street rod owners, there is only one way to express our opinion in a manner that will result in change....to vote with our pocketbooks.