Bill Story's '32 roadster, from Mission Viejo, CA, wouldn't be confused with any other, especially with that rare and unusual power plant. Or is it?

Who wouldn't like an all steel '34 5-window with a 383 stroker & 700R? Call Gene, on 760 505-5452, and have your $49.5k (OBO) ready to deal.

The Lakes Modified genre is gaining in popularity, as Jack Barnard's '26 T illustrates.

Bob Anderson, from Huntington Beach, owns this bright red '28 roadster pickup highboy, on '32 rails. But wait, what sort of motor is that?

All the way from Scottsdale, AZ, Mike Patty could be excused for not driving his blown 502 BBC powered '41 Willys over.

There is an old saying about flatheads being the easiest to make presentable - the flatty in Vergil Dawson's chopped '31 coupe proves that point.

Don Bickel's arrow straight '40 Ford Deluxe is also a station wagon, or a woodie, to use the vernacular.

It could have been in a scene from the pits at the Fuel & Gas champs at Bakersfield, but Mike McGills '31 A roadster is a street rod, not a drag car.

 
Now there is a motor not normally associated with the traditional look, the erstwhile Chevy rat motor. Woody Downing also added a tri-carb setup to make it honk.

A '31 Vicky is normally classy enough, but Dennis & Donna Ahern's version uses a Kugel IFS and IRS, plus an injected late SBC & 700R tranny.

Ouch! This '48 Chevy coupe is so bright that it smarts. Brian & Beth Medlen hail from Belmont, CA, and love it.

The workmanship is superb - check the fit & finish of the metalwork, including the belly pan, the door etc.

Well, its damned unusual, Weber carbed, has  just 4 cylinders, and has powered this car for 25 years of reliable road travel.

An interesting variation on a theme, Jeff Harris' deuce hiboy uses lakes style headers, steelies and wide whites.

As if a '26 T wasn't skinny enough, Mike Moore's modified roadster has been narrowed. Check the Watts linkage, drilled x-member & nerf bar on the quick change.

Steve & Debbie Kaney entered this immaculate '33 roadster. The bright red interior matches the pin stripe perfectly.

These 'traditional' rods sure do represent a style that used to be common, when an A roadster could be bought for $10. The big weenies belong to another era, a point not lost on Duane Jones, the new owner of the Kiwi Konnection, a rod shop located right in Bakersfield. They make some great frames.

Break out the sunglasses, Calvin's luminescent '37 Cabriolet has rocked in from San Jose.

Another car from the Mission Viejo community, Doug Foran's '36 Cabriolet uses steelies & wide whites to great effect.

'48 Plymouth convertibles were available in a heavily wooded version, as Rick Stapleton's model shows.

Quarter elliptic springs on the front axle, and friction shocks, are references to the speed-way heritage of lakers.

The diff also screams speedway, as does the sign-writing on the hungry boards. Its an Offy, just as the licence plate says.

I have a soft spot for '34 Vicky's - I had one for the bridal car, at my first wedding. Gary Hansen's red model would be Ok for the next one.

A 383 in a car the size of this little modified should be fun. There are more nerf bars up front, and a drilled tube axle - that is unusual.

The mildly chopped, mono-toned sedan is still a favourite, while lotsa louvres add to the appeal, not to mention that whistling sound at speed.

Its just a concidence, but here is another '31 Model A, with a pretty little flatmotor. Dick Stark owns this one, does Dick.