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05-14-2006, 06:11 PM
Hot rods heat up Centennial Hall
Famous pin striper demonstrates auto painting technique
By ERIC MORRISON
JUNEAU EMPIRE
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Michael Penn / Juneau Empire
Polished: Jim Nelson applies silver leaf to Steve Allwine's Plymouth Prowler during the 6th Annual Classic Custom and Antique Auto & Cycle Show at Centennial Hall
The sixth annual Classic Custom and Antique Auto & Cycle Show is in high gear this weekend at Centennial Hall.
The three-day event sponsored by the Juneau Dipsticks auto club concludes today. Admission is $5, with the doors are open from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
A diverse selection of vehicles are the true stars of the show - from old-time cruisers to contemporary speed machines.
"We always support and encourage trying to get a variety of vehicles," Juneau Dipsticks Treasurer Dale Staley said. "We've got something here for everyone."
From Porsche to Buick, Corvette to Dodge, there are some vehicles that command attention.
"This is a car club that is not a model-specific club. It's everybody," Juneau Dipsticks President Kelly Peres said. "We've got guys that specialize in the old hot rods of the '40s and '50s era. We have guys that are into the latest and greatest and everything in between."
Staley said he enjoys the old and the new cars alike.
"I like all of them, I really do," he said. "We're finding a lot of new technology that can be applied to old cars, and some of the old tricks that have been around for years on performance and handling is being applied to new cars."
Cars aren't the only vehicles turning heads at the show. Multiple custom motorcycles and even a bar-stool scooter were creating chatter Saturday.
Gary Judkins has his massive 2003 Dodge Ram 350 Duely on display. Used to pull his 35-foot fifth-wheel RV, Judkins said it is the first vehicle he's customized.
Judkins rattled off a list of upgrades he has made to his truck, but to a car novice they might be as easy to decipher as Sanskrit.
"It costs a lot of money," he said laughing.
But Judkins said the satisfaction is worth the expense.
"It's something I've always wanted to do," he said.
Judkins has included all sorts of upgrades to the Dodge, from engine work to cosmetics. He says he might even do more work on the vehicle, possibly adding a propane injection system to help save fuel and bump up the horsepower from 435 to 470. The truck came from the dealer with 305 horsepower.
Auto enthusiasts at the show on Saturday got the rare opportunity to watch a celebrated pin striper custom paint lavender lines on a purple Plymouth Prowler.
"It's kind of an art that people see and have heard about it and that kind of thing, but they rarely ever see someone work," said Jim "Jr." Nelson of Tacoma, Wash., billed as being a member of the pin striping hall of fame.
Pin stripes are custom painted lines between about3Ú16 and1Ú4 of an inch, Nelson said.
"Beyond that it's not really called pin striping anymore," he said.
Nelson said he became fascinated by the detailed pin striping on hot rods he saw in magazines as a kid and has been working for over 40 years to perfect his craft.
"Like playing a guitar, you've kind of got to want to do it and practice," he said. "If you don't practice, you don't get good."
Nelson said it is an art that he continues to work at to be the best he can be.
"I have four P's that I use in my pin striping world - practice, patience, pressure, and palleting," he said.
"There's also 'pay me,'" he quipped.
Peres said the annual event is not only about having a good time - it's also a way to help out the community.
"It is a fundraiser. In fact, it's a completely self-liquidating fundraiser," he said. "Every penny the club accumulates from the car show goes to Juneau-Douglas High School programs or into a scholarship fund."
The admission fees from the last five years have generated more than $30,000, Peres said.
Peres said the people who don't get a chance to see the auto show at Centennial Hall may get a glimpse of it on the streets of Juneau this summer.
"Very often folks around town will see us on nice-weather Friday nights when we go out for cruises," he said. "There's no fundraiser involved there. It's just a bunch of guys and gals who are into cars getting together and going for a cruise."
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Famous pin striper demonstrates auto painting technique
By ERIC MORRISON
JUNEAU EMPIRE
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Michael Penn / Juneau Empire
Polished: Jim Nelson applies silver leaf to Steve Allwine's Plymouth Prowler during the 6th Annual Classic Custom and Antique Auto & Cycle Show at Centennial Hall
The sixth annual Classic Custom and Antique Auto & Cycle Show is in high gear this weekend at Centennial Hall.
The three-day event sponsored by the Juneau Dipsticks auto club concludes today. Admission is $5, with the doors are open from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
A diverse selection of vehicles are the true stars of the show - from old-time cruisers to contemporary speed machines.
"We always support and encourage trying to get a variety of vehicles," Juneau Dipsticks Treasurer Dale Staley said. "We've got something here for everyone."
From Porsche to Buick, Corvette to Dodge, there are some vehicles that command attention.
"This is a car club that is not a model-specific club. It's everybody," Juneau Dipsticks President Kelly Peres said. "We've got guys that specialize in the old hot rods of the '40s and '50s era. We have guys that are into the latest and greatest and everything in between."
Staley said he enjoys the old and the new cars alike.
"I like all of them, I really do," he said. "We're finding a lot of new technology that can be applied to old cars, and some of the old tricks that have been around for years on performance and handling is being applied to new cars."
Cars aren't the only vehicles turning heads at the show. Multiple custom motorcycles and even a bar-stool scooter were creating chatter Saturday.
Gary Judkins has his massive 2003 Dodge Ram 350 Duely on display. Used to pull his 35-foot fifth-wheel RV, Judkins said it is the first vehicle he's customized.
Judkins rattled off a list of upgrades he has made to his truck, but to a car novice they might be as easy to decipher as Sanskrit.
"It costs a lot of money," he said laughing.
But Judkins said the satisfaction is worth the expense.
"It's something I've always wanted to do," he said.
Judkins has included all sorts of upgrades to the Dodge, from engine work to cosmetics. He says he might even do more work on the vehicle, possibly adding a propane injection system to help save fuel and bump up the horsepower from 435 to 470. The truck came from the dealer with 305 horsepower.
Auto enthusiasts at the show on Saturday got the rare opportunity to watch a celebrated pin striper custom paint lavender lines on a purple Plymouth Prowler.
"It's kind of an art that people see and have heard about it and that kind of thing, but they rarely ever see someone work," said Jim "Jr." Nelson of Tacoma, Wash., billed as being a member of the pin striping hall of fame.
Pin stripes are custom painted lines between about3Ú16 and1Ú4 of an inch, Nelson said.
"Beyond that it's not really called pin striping anymore," he said.
Nelson said he became fascinated by the detailed pin striping on hot rods he saw in magazines as a kid and has been working for over 40 years to perfect his craft.
"Like playing a guitar, you've kind of got to want to do it and practice," he said. "If you don't practice, you don't get good."
Nelson said it is an art that he continues to work at to be the best he can be.
"I have four P's that I use in my pin striping world - practice, patience, pressure, and palleting," he said.
"There's also 'pay me,'" he quipped.
Peres said the annual event is not only about having a good time - it's also a way to help out the community.
"It is a fundraiser. In fact, it's a completely self-liquidating fundraiser," he said. "Every penny the club accumulates from the car show goes to Juneau-Douglas High School programs or into a scholarship fund."
The admission fees from the last five years have generated more than $30,000, Peres said.
Peres said the people who don't get a chance to see the auto show at Centennial Hall may get a glimpse of it on the streets of Juneau this summer.
"Very often folks around town will see us on nice-weather Friday nights when we go out for cruises," he said. "There's no fundraiser involved there. It's just a bunch of guys and gals who are into cars getting together and going for a cruise."
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