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Rick Nuckolls announces the Best of Show award, which went to this super sanitary Pearl White 1929 Ford Model A Coupe owned by Marlin Decker of El Dorado.

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Colorful Corvettes stretch almost as far as the eye can see. The host South Winds Corvette Club, along with a contingent from the Air Capital Corvette Club, put more than 70 of their sporty rides on display.

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This shot captures two Wheels page alums, Meridith Dale's Trixie T roadster, reflected in the highly polished aluminum side of Doug and Becky Stukey's handbuilt teardrop travel trailer.

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A new event at this year's show was a "Cacklefest" featuring hopped up vehicles with wide-open exhausts. Jim Freund, one of the competitors, reacts to the sonic blast coming from Frank Graham's supercharged 1983 S-10 pickup.

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Adding a touch of automotive luxury was Ted Davis and his excellent black Rolls Royce, which he drove up from Wellington for the Wichita On Wheels Reunion portion of the show.

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Best Engine honors went to Gary Khristler of Mulvane for the fully detailed, supercharged motor in his hot red '32 Ford coupe. Handing over the hardware is Jerry McKenzie, president of South Winds Corvette Club.

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Another new competitive attraction was Iran Wheeler's "Wichita Inertia Raceway," a gravity-powered race track where show-goers could pit racers made out of valve covers against each other.

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George and Jane Huenergardt's blue-flamed pearl orange '37 Ford Coupe rolled away with "Best Paint" honors.

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Jim McMillen drove his slick silver '65 Corvette all the way from Bella Vista, Ark., to snag the Best Corvette trophy, here being presented by Rick Nuckolls.

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A rare Detroit Electric with Wichitan Robert Giesen at the steering tiller glided home with a well-deserved "Best Interior" award from the car show judges. The stately car's interior looked more like a well-appointed Victorian parlor than a passenger compartment in a wheeled vehicle.

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