rock'n'roll and rockin' cars

CHRISTOPHER MCKITTERICK

Greaserama 2009
Car Show Gallery

Greaserama 2009 front row, with great view of the drive-in movie screen

This gallery shows highlights from the 2009 Greaserama car show in Kansas City, Missouri, held on Labor Day weekend at the Boulevard Drive-In theater. One neat aspect of this venue is that they leave the speakers running all day, effectively creating a football-field-sized sound system. This year's Greaserama will be held over Labor Day weekend, too, September 4-5. Don't miss it!

Speaking of music, there's live music all day, vendors of all things funky & retro & cool, movies after dark, and of course awesome vintage rods of all description. It's the opposite of the Goodguys car show held across town during the same weekend: I suspect you could find a whole row of cars at a typical Goodguys show that cost as much to build as all of the vehicles at Greaserama, combined. It's home-brewed, fire-breathing madness!

Below are a bunch of photos I took at the car show. Of course, I didn't photograph every car, truck, motorcycle, scooter, bike, or other... thing, but here's a diverse gallery that gives the general feel of the show with some close-ups and examinations of detail work that ought to inspire every gearhead.

Click one of the images below to see a larger version of the image plus a little description, or just click here to start the show in a new window now.

Enjoy!

trailer-Hemi
Triumph-cafe-racer
two-ton-practice-panel2
two-ton-practice-panel
two-ton-practice-panel-front
two-ton-practice-panel-rear
Volksrod
yellow-Hemi-sedan
2009-Greaserama-frontrowshot2
2009-Greaserama-frontrowshot
2009-Greaserama-rowshot2
2009-Greaserama-rowshot
stiff-ride-hot-rods
supercharged-coupe
supercharged-coupe-closeup
sweet-sedan
sweet-sedan-interior
sweet-sedan-interior-close
The-Blade2
The-Blade
The-Blade-info2
The-Blade-info
Thrush-Ford
traditional-sedan
custom-pickup
Deutz-engine
Deutz-engine-badge
Deutz-rod2
Deutz-rod
devil-fenderskirt
Dodge-pickup-fusion
Essex-restored
ET-Fiat
flaming-web-roof
flathead-tripower
GMC-pickup
Greaserama2009-gasserflyerm
Gunslinger-raceboat
H-D-sedanrod
H-D-sedanrod-closeup
hearse-rod
hearse-rod-closeup
IH-rod-closeup
Joi-Krysztof
Joi-rod2
Joi-rod
Kenmore-custom
Kenmore-custom-closeup
Kenmore-custom-rear
lil-bastard-cycle
Lil-Black-Wagon
Mad-Max-replica
Mary-lowrider
MHMS
Moving-Violation2
Nomad-rod
NSU-rod
oil-lamp-aircleaner
oil-lamp-engine
oil-lamp-rod
old-Chevy-pickup
old-Chevy-pickup-closeup
Oliver-built2
Oliver-built
Oliver-built-closeup
Oliver-built-rear
patina-plus
pinstriping-sedan
pinstriping-sedan-close
poppin-exhaust
poppin-exhaust-closeup
rat-rod-garage-pickup
Altered-Anxiety1
Altered-Anxiety
Altered-Anxiety-front
Altered-Anxiety-rear
baby-Cafe-Racer2
baby-Cafe-Racer
bikes
brass-bike
Broadway-Cab
Broadway-Cab-action
Caprice-rose-interior
chopped-Chevy
chopped-Chevy-closeup
cool-bikes
cool-bikes-front
cool-interior
cool-rear
cool-runabout
cool-scoot
cool-truck
coupe-Hemi-yellow
cruisin
Cushman
custom-bikes
rocket-headers
rod-interior2
rod-interior
Schlitz-rod
scoot-rods
scoot-rods-rear
sexy-C10
sexy-C10-dash
sexy-sedan
simple-roadster
skull-intake
Spiderweb-Caddy
Spiderweb-Caddy-close
spoked-roadster
Sta-Lube-54
Sta-Lube-54-rear
stars-wheels
stars-wheels-closeup

Here is the list of bands that played in 2009 (check the Greaserama website to see this year's bands):

Friday Sept 4 Pre-Party at The Record Bar
10:00 PM Choke (KC OG Hardcore)
11:00 Ultraman (St. Louis Old School for real you FuckFace Hardcore)
12:00 Bloodfeast (KC kickass Misfits cover band)

Saturday Sept 5 Car Show at the Boulevard Drive-In
1:00 PM Peewee Moore and the awful dreadful snakes (Tennessee Country)
2:30 The Afterparty
4:00 Bloodfeast
5:30 The Nevermores (Edgar Allan Poe Garage Punk from St. Louis)
7:00 Mad Macka (Original front man from Australia’s The Onyas)

Sunday Sept 6 Car Show at the Boulevard Drive-In
1:00 PM Sister Mary Rotten Crotch
2:30 Bleach Bloodz (Authentic psychedelic garage rock from KC)
4:00 Mad Macka
5:30 Adam Lee & the Dead Horse Sound (Killer Twang from AZ. via KC

If you didn't get there this year, be sure to make it in 2010.

Okay, if you haven't looked at the cars yet, click here to start the show in a new window. Enjoy!

By the way, you can find the way-cool show's promotional poster - way cool, showing one of the club members' 1957 Chevy wagon gasser - below:

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Gasser Flyer for Greaserama 2009