Old men sat on it’s porch while the women went in to purchased their flour or perhaps hard candies for the children. Walking by, I seemed to smell the pipe tobacco and feel the heat coming from the old cast iron stove on a cool morning. The Brighton, MO General Store and Mercantile now wastes away, just a shell of it’s once vibrant focal point of Brighton.
Kind of an eerie, creepy feel… this place felt damp, wet and yet warm and cozy in Greene County. Probably Grandmothers home where Thanksgiving dinners or Christmas parties were shared so it was left to rekindle memories I’m guessing. I liked the setting though. I had been by this pace many times as a kid. It’s close to a place we called Foleyville where my Great Uncle and his family lived. To the west of this house was a man-made pond and when I mean man-made it had hand poured concrete retaining walls. Most hidden from the road it always sparked my imagination of giant bass just waiting for me to catch.
Images from the past few years of covering car shows for Street Machine Nationals and some regional independant shows. Including the cars, people and events.
A celebration on Historic Route 66 designed to remember the role Springfield played in the history of Route 66.
Officially recognized as the birthplace of U.S. Route 66, it was in Springfield, Missouri on April 30, 1926 that officials first proposed the name of the new Chicago-to-Los Angeles highway. A placard in Park Central Square was dedicated to the city by the Route 66 Association of Missouri, and traces of the “Mother Road” are still visible in downtown Springfield along Kearney Street, Glenstone Avenue, College and St. Louis streets and on Missouri 266 to Halltown, Missouri.
This festival is put together by volunteers from The West Central Neighborhood Alliance. The West Central Neighborhood Alliance aims to promote pride and awareness in the residents of our downtown community. We encourage the ideals of an affordable, desirable and diverse neighborhood for everyone to live, work and play. We recognize the area’s great potential. If you yearn for the days of front porches and friendly neighbors, we encourage you to join The West Central Neighborhood Alliance by living and investing in West Central.
We set sail with the Earthmonster booth on it’s maiden voyage. Celeste and Rachel worked the booth for the day and many “Thanks” to them for making it happen. Great job girls! Below you’ll find some shots from the car show and if you visited the booth and purchased something…we appreciate you and your business.
The 2013 Street Machine Fall Nationals had a little bit of everything in regard to weather, from sunny and warm to rainy and cool. That didn’t dampen the turnout on Saturday, tons of great cars and trucks were on hand to shoot.
You couldn’t ask for a better day. The trip to Branson this morning was incredible, perfect weather. As I drove down 65 just South of Springfield I started seeing a few rods headed in that direction so I followed and watched the traffic literally stop to rubber neck. Checked in to the hotel and grabbed a “Rods & Relics “Hot Rod Basket” for $5.99. Cheeseburger, fries and more fries…they loaded me up with fries. Rick Lawson took me for a quick drive in his pickup, Thanks Rick!
With a chance of showers everyone hustled to get things sorted out and for the activities to begin. A poker run, assorted games and with live music on tap rain was not going to be a welcome sight. Luckily we only had rain later in the evening and for most of the day everyone had a chance to get pinstriping done, dance a little and just enjoy the company. Nothing like a few hundred hot rodders to get things going.
The inaugural Queen City Riot was kicked off at The Outland with an overwhelming response. As usual downtown traffic on a Friday night was packed. A Saturday Show at The VFW American Legion post 639 on South Scenic and a post party at Hooligans Ice House. Hard to beat for the car owner looking to have a good time.
Hosted by The Knuckle Dragger’s our first impression of the show was good. Weather was perfect, food was great, everything seemed to run smoothly. Although it looks good from the perspective of a participant we won’t know how the gate was until after the show. Sunday morning and the picture changes today with an 80% chance of thunderstorms in the morning and afternoon. On the bright side… Saturday was great!
Had a great weekend at the O’Reilly Auto Parts Hot Rod Super Nationals in Lincoln, NE. Family Events always puts on great shows that bring out the best cars, trucks, street rods, street machines and rat rods across the country. Make sure to visit Family Events website to find a show or event near you! Also want to give a Special Thanks to O’Reilly Auto Parts for giving me a sweet spot to shoot pics in front of their tents!
Just finished up the first renderings of Von Hot Rod’s logo. Still need to take it into Illustrator and do finals. Of course he’s known for his World Class pinstriping but there’s more to him than just laying down sweet stripes, he also has a line of custom jewelry, sunglasses and high heel shoes for the ladies..You can find him at hot rod shows across the country or on Facebook or Instagram and Twitter fans can find him @vonhotrod
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