The 1961 show's last day also broke the event attendance record by drawing a crowd of approximately 35,000 people. That year featured a new-record 230 cars competing, and filled all 10,000 sq ft (930 m 2) of Cobo's lower-level basement. The 9th Annual Detroit Autorama was the first to be held at the new Cobo Hall. The following year, the Michigan Hot Rod Association (MHRA) created a "best in show" award for Autorama, named after the man who made the biggest impact in the show's first eleven years, and thus the Ridler Award was born. Ridler served as the show's first true promoter until his death in 1963. For the fourth event in 1956, the Michigan Hot Rod Association (MHRA) hired local band and sporting-event promoter Don Ridler to help the show reach a broader audience. The Michigan State Fairgrounds Coliseum was home to Autorama from 1954 until the event was moved to Cobo Hall in 1961.įor the second show, activities were moved to the Michigan State Fairgrounds Colosseum, where it was held from 1954 to 1960. Eventually, the MHRA grew to also include clubs from the customizing and hot rodding scene, such as the Motor City Modified, Bearing Burners and Spark Plugs, who combined efforts to pull-off the first event, along with other Detroit Car Clubs such as The Road Kings, Shifters, and Milwinders.
It featured only 40 cars, and was hosted by members of the Michigan Hot Rod Association (MHRA), which was created only a year before to "organize small local clubs into one unified body that could raise the money needed to pull drag racing off the streets and into a safe environment". The first Detroit Autorama was held at the University of Detroit Memorial Building on January 31 and February 1, 1953. The Detroit Autorama is best known as home to the Don Ridler Memorial Award, which is presented to the "best in show" at each year's event, and has been won by many well-known car designers and builders, such as Chip Foose, Jerry Pennington, Troy Trepanier, and Bobby Alloway. It is promoted by Championship Auto Shows Incorporated (CASI) and hosted by Michigan Hot Rod Association (MHRA), part of the International Show Car Association (ISCA) schedule for the Summit Racing Equipment Show Car Series, which includes other prestigious show car events such as the Chicago World of Wheels and Houston Autorama.
The Detroit Autorama, also known as America's Greatest Hot Rod Show, is a showcase of custom cars and hot rods held each year at TCF Center in Detroit, Michigan, in either late February or early March. Meguiars M205 with Meguiars DA thin foam finishing disc.64th Annual Meguiar's Autorama, presented By O'Reilly Auto Parts, February 26–28, 2016, at the Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan. Meguiars M101,M100 with Meguiars MF cutting discs. Meguiars unigrit sanding discs 1500 sanding, 1500 foam finishing and 3000 foam finishing. Notice the bottle Mike Stoops is holding, M105 if i recall correctly (another KBM), to remove scratches on those one off custom built Foose rims and finished with Meguiars Finish Metal Polish and the DynaconeĪll said and done this is one amazing piece of art. Now on to the top surfaces with Jason in the foreground with the New Meguiars MT300 and Kevin with his world renowned "Popeye" forearms. No project like this can be finished properly without some custom made toys from Kevin Brown "Buff Daddy"Īnd of course don't forget your hand made sanding blocks from Jason Kilmer. Once we finished the engine compartment it was time for the undercarriage. Just to give you perspective, the car was being assembled as were sanding and buffing. Next Jason Rose and I did the same process to the engine compartment. The objective was to remove all orange peal and sand marks from all the surfaces top and bottom. The two pieces you see behind me on the table are the cross members for the engine and the transmission. What an incredible experience it was to work on a project of this magnitude with these guys not to mention Chip Foose. I had the amazing opportunity to be involved in the the sanding, polishing and finishing of the "Imposter" to compete for the 2015 Ridler Award, over 200 man hours start to finish with the help of some of the best there is. Let me start by saying thank you to all the people that had a part in making this happen, Kevin Brown, Jason Rose, Mike Stoops, Jason Kilmer, and Mike Pennington, this wouldn't have been possible without all your support.
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