First Look: 2010 LA Roadster Show

Posted by pikesan on Jun 18, 2010 in Featured, Shows & Events | 1 comment

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Shiny and finished roadsters from 2011 LA Roadster Show

Line-up of LA’s finest roadsters in Pomona, CA

What to get the father who has everything and likes it? The LA Roadster show in Pomona, CA.

2010 LA Roadsters Show

Arriving at the Pomona Fairplex, we were row 7 of 8 waiting in lines almost a quarter mile long to get into one of the best swap meets you’ll find. Maybe not the biggest swap, but in terms of the hard to find and rare items, this swap’s got you covered. Expect to pay a fair price though, buyers come from all over the world to take part in the LA Roadster Show events.

Vintage gauges and gauge panels anyone? This swapper had several complete sets to choose from or finish your set with the extras he had on hand.

After you check out the swap, the vender area’s not disappointment. Brookville steel deuce body anyone?

I also found the steel roadster bodies made by our friends at American Speed Company.

A few years ago, their display had one car and 3 bodies on display. Now they have 3 extremely fine examples of cars built using the American Speed Roadster body.

The vendor area’s also got special interest cars like Don “The Snake” Purdhomme’s funny car brought in on it’s old time carrier is a look back in time. No 18 wheeler fleet back then. (what, no spare bullets in the other rig? Where’s your data acquisition system?!)

Then there’s the roadsters! The LA Roadsters club has been around 50+ years so this show draws the finest roadsters in the LA area, but also non-members from all over the world. Just make sure you’re bringing a finished, shiny paint car or you won’t get in.

Amongst the vendors but leading the roadster charge for years are cars built by South San Fransisco builder Roy Brizio. The color of this purple-perfect drop top can’t be described in words or this picture.

I’m pretty sure this blacked-out mag wheel with redlines was a Brizio car too. (I’ll confirm that when we’ve caught up on sleep!)

But when you make your rounds past the shiny painted beauties and start to circle back near the swap, you find the “show within the show”.

Some of these cars might fit the LA Roadster Show criteria but for whatever reason, don’t park over there. They park in the swap or near by and it makes for some great photos!

So this is just the start of the LA Roadsters weekend. Heck, officially, it hasn’t even started yet. So look for more posts about the Roadsters, the swap finds and our favorite rides and pictures from the So-Cal show too.

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