60th Annual Portland Roadster Show

"camaroboy68ss" (camaroboy68ss)
03/22/2016 at 22:52 • Filed to: Car Show, Portland, Oregon, cars, photos

(repost for the day crowd) This last weekend was the 60th Annual Portland Roadster Show help at the Expo Center in Portland Oregon. I have been going to the show pretty much my entire life and I can safely say this was by far the best show that has been held here. There was all kinds of amazing show cars on display from past Ridler and AMBR winners to historic car to fresh builds. My full album of the show can be found !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Below is just a small taste of the awesome things from the show. Results for my families and I participation as follows:

- My 2014 Camaro SS/RS took 2nd in Contemporary Hardtop, The 68 Camaro didnt place (was in a very tough class)

- My club (Columbia River Camaro Club) took Best Club Display

- Miss Taboo (My grandpas 56 Chevy custom) took 2nd in Full Hardtop, and an Outstanding Individual Display award.

- Miss Taboo was also Inducted into the Portland Roadster Show Hall of Fame! This is the pinnacle achievement you can earn at the show.

DISCUSSION (21)

blacktruck18 > camaroboy68ss
03/22/2016 at 23:10

Congrats on your trophy.

Miss Taboo is gorgeous, I love that car.

slipperysallylikespenguins > camaroboy68ss
03/22/2016 at 23:16

Do you know if some of these cars will be at the NW Rodarama this weekend?

camaroboy68ss > slipperysallylikespenguins
03/22/2016 at 23:39

The Copper Caddy I know for sure, other than that I don't know

slipperysallylikespenguins > camaroboy68ss
03/22/2016 at 23:52

Thanks, I’ll probably check it out if they have some high caliber cars there, would love to see that mid engine ‘32

slipperysallylikespenguins > camaroboy68ss
03/22/2016 at 23:56

Also I am fairly new to the NW, is there any shows that you would recommend as must-see?

camaroboy68ss > slipperysallylikespenguins
03/23/2016 at 00:10

if your up near Puyallup for the Rodarama then you need to hit the goodguys show at the same place in July, over 3000 classic cars crusing those fairgrounds over a weekend. Ill be heading up there for the show this year. End of the World rod run is another great event as well.

slipperysallylikespenguins > camaroboy68ss
03/23/2016 at 00:17

Thanks. I’m about 20 minutes from the fairgrounds and have gone there for swap meets a couple of times. I’ll be going to the Goodguys for sure as I’ve seen their shows in Phoenix and Denver and they are always fantastic. Will look into the World Rod Run as I had not heard of that one.

camaroboy68ss > slipperysallylikespenguins
03/23/2016 at 01:15

Yeah goodguys in puyallup is really good, they have their own drag racing at SIR on Friday of the event I highly recommend as well. The End of The World rod run is usually held around Labor Day and is also a weekend event. It's held in Long Beach Washington.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > camaroboy68ss
03/23/2016 at 12:36

Is that first orange thing a Brit Ford Ten? Looks like it.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > camaroboy68ss
03/23/2016 at 12:38

The Elco Twin heads are apparently crazy rare. That’s quite a setup.

RallyWrench > camaroboy68ss
03/23/2016 at 12:41

I’m loving the chop on that ‘62 Impala, and the green Deuce is perfect. Great shots, thanks for sharing and congrats on the solid results!

JGrabowMSt > camaroboy68ss
03/23/2016 at 12:45

Ooh, a lowered Magnum!

camaroboy68ss > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
03/23/2016 at 13:36

It was a Thames Panel, I just thought Anglia. I'm not too sure on the British Fords

camaroboy68ss > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
03/23/2016 at 13:38

I heard it running when he drove in, sounded really cool but it also had a 3/4 race cam stuffed in it.

camaroboy68ss > RallyWrench
03/23/2016 at 13:39

I really liked that duece. Just has the right proportions for a traditional rod, plus it was a 4 speed rod.

camaroboy68ss > JGrabowMSt
03/23/2016 at 13:41

It actually had quite a bit of body work done. All the door handles shaved, a full louvered hood and some other things.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > camaroboy68ss
03/23/2016 at 13:42

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_7W

Panel version of that. Incredibly tiny engine. At first glance I thought it might be a Ford Popular/Anglia, but the Popular has a different grill from being a facelift of a facelift of that. Same car, basically, the orange one is just a pre-war earlier version.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > camaroboy68ss
03/23/2016 at 13:44

From what I was seeing, one of the more popular ways to run those heads is with two dizzys, mixing early and late version Flathead timing cover stuff - but there’s also a dizzy off some straight eight with twin ignition that gets used.

JGrabowMSt > camaroboy68ss
03/23/2016 at 13:52

Was it a V8? Some of the things listed on it’s board didn’t impress me much. Just the exhaust and sway bars make me think it was a V6. Not that that’s wrong or not cool, but I’m just surprised they put so much work into it. I would have gone a different direction with the V6.

But hey, I DD a Magnum RT, so I can’t really talk, now can I?

camaroboy68ss > JGrabowMSt
03/23/2016 at 15:01

I can't remember what it had, I think it was a V8 though.

camaroboy68ss > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
03/23/2016 at 15:04

It has twin distributors running the heads. The guy had it running good when he drove it in. Also had a Columbia two speed rear end