Vintage Roadside - News Bonanza!

Things have been jumping here at Vintage Roadside with traditional hot rod shows galore!

We were lucky enough to participate in the first Billetproof Northwest, had a blast at Tacoma's Hotrod-A-Rama, and are headed down this weekend to Ventura, California for the Sixth Annual West Coast Primer Nationals. We've wanted to see this show for quite awhile and are looking forward to a great weekend.


In other news, hot off the press this week is The Stirrup Room, a popular and very cool western-themed lounge once located in Portland, Oregon, circa 1955. The shirt looks fantastic and will be up on the Vintage Roadside website shortly.

A few more things that are currently under way and/or forthcoming:

• Work on the Tik Tok Drive In documentary film is going great. We've been lucky enough to meet and film several former employees and family members
• We've been busy expanding the "History" section behind several of our t-shirts. Look for updated histories over the next few weeks including more photos and memorabilia
• We'll be at the Rod Run to the End of the World up in Long Beach, Washington September 6th & 7th
• Down to Antioch, California on September 20th for Billetproof Nor-Cal
• We'll have a book review for Fading Nostalgia, a fantastic look at Route 66 through the lens of a Polaroid camera by Christopher Robleski
• Loads of new photos and vintage items for the Vintage Roadside Flickr page located here
• Final details on the next few Vintage Roadside t-shirt designs

So, that's pretty much a look at what's been going on here. We hope everyone is enjoying the tail end of their summer and we'll see some of you at the next few events!

Jeff & Kelly

Vintage Roadside hits Hotrod-A-Rama

This weekend should be a great time up in Tacoma as the 7th annual Hotrod-A-Rama rolls into town. We'll have the Vintage Roadside booth on hand so stop by and say hello. The event promises to be a goldmine of traditional hot rods, customs, and vintage drag cars. There will be plenty of great live music, interesting vendors, and good food. Friday night offers up a little something different in the form of the "Glam-O-Rama Burlesque Show" so if you're looking for a vintage evening of entertainment you'll want to plan for that.


When: Friday night and all day Saturday (August 1st & 2nd)

Where: 1904 South Jefferson (the Swiss Tavern) downtown Tacoma.

How much: Car show, free! Swiss Tavern does charge admission for music events but have not confirmed cover charge.

Vintage Roadside gives Billetproof NW a huge thumbs up!

When we here at Vintage Roadside heard there was going to be a Billetproof show up our way in 2008 the first thing we asked for was a vendor space and the second was when will it be? As it turned out the first annual Billetproof Northwest show was held on June 27th in Chehalis, Washington.

We've heard for years how great the show in Antioch is and couldn't wait to see how well that would translate up our way. I think the overwhelming consensus is that this was quite possibly one of the greatest hot rod shows to ever hit the NW! Alan and his crew did an amazing job. From the Friday night party in downtown Centralia to the quality of cars at the show, we're already planning for and looking forward to the 2009 show!

We had a great time, met tons of people, loved the cars, and appreciated all the kind words about our Vintage Roadside t-shirts. Thanks everybody!

Now on to some photos.

Friday night in downtown Centralia

Pinstripe artist El Robbo's machine

Heading out

Lots of great sleds

Loads of great hot rods down from Canada

There was plenty to look at Friday night

Rolf's Coupe

Just one of the 600+ great cars in town for the show

Next up for Vintage Roadside will be:

The Palmer Wirfs Antique show at the Portland Expo July 11th - 13th
The Tik Tok Drive In Reunion July 19th - Portland, Oregon
Hotrod-A-Rama August 1st & 2nd in Tacoma, Washington

If you're coming to any of these events stop by and say hello!