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Ron Kilmer of Springfield, Mo., displayed his beautiful '36 Ford roadster known as "The Gangsta." The car features beautifully extended and peaked fenders, a stunning '40 Ford dash and an awe-inspiring 1957 Olds J2 V-8 engine topped with three deuces.

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Alan Pinaire's slick 1935 Ford half-ton pickup was super-slick in basic black with red wheels and whitewalls.

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The hot trend in paint schemes seemed to be orange. Bill and Karen Loveland's '38 Chevy business coupe was the perfect canvas for this glowing hue.

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Greg Smith's 1928 International Harvester 1-ton truck showed up wearing a vintage military box on the back and a unique oil recovery system (a tin can) under the front axle. And yes, it's got a Hemi in it (in the back, next to a bale of straw.

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Jerry Ryun chose an unusual power plant for his '23 T bucket. As the Valiant emblem on the radiator hints, this street rod is motivated by a Plymouth Slant 6.

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Larry Hall brought his '32 Deuce roadster in from Emporia and had one of the shadiest display spots at the show. The old-school hot rod is finished in high-gloss black, but has carefully created spots of faux red "patina" shining through in a few select places.

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Another bright spot in the street-side show was Randy Berndt's 1958 Edsel Pacer hardtop, in white-over-brilliant-yellow, complete with color-coordinated hubcaps.

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Perfect weather and a perfect backdrop showed off the plum-colored '37 Plymouth business coupe of Sonny Moss, who drove in from Augusta for the show.

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Primed, scalloped and channeled over the frame rails, Justin Oldfather's 1930 Ford coupe with chrome reverse wheels showed how it's done, old-school style.

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A crowd-pleaser all night long, Rick and Vicki Prather's super-straight '62 Divco delivery truck took the orange paint theme to new heights. That was a lot of sheet metal to get straight!

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Smooth as a bowl of vanilla ice cream, Jerry and Bobbi McMillen's '37 Ford featured a blue convertible top and a stylish multicolored "swoosh" down its flanks.

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They don't call 'em "Bug Eye" Sprites for nothing. Dave Auch's '59 Austin Healy Mk. I was looking race-ready in bright yellow with black racing stripes.

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Not everybody goes the hot-rod route, as Elliott Alvis' stock '36 Ford roadster wearing a cream-colored paint job demonstrated.

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An unusual car with an unusual paint scheme: Heidi and Jason Patrick chose suede black and gloss blue for their lowered '65 Rambler Marlin.

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You couldn't miss the vivid blue '51 Chevy Fleetline 4-door that Paul Froehlich parked proudly along one of the side streets. Note the vintage sunshade over the windshields.

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David and Patty Lewis simplified the looks of their '42 Chevy pickup by shaving the front bumper off, and then topped it off with a subtle two-tone blue paint scheme.

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Tim Cook's '72 VW Squareback illustrated that you don't have to overlook family-style economy cars to come up with a cool street car.

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Another "orange one," Darrell Greer's nifty '63 Nova hardtop brought back some nice memories for many showgoers.

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In case anyone forget how nice the lines of the '72 Opel Manta really were, S.T. Harris brought along this beautiful reminder of an import that rivaled American iron of the period in styling.

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Drag racing fans longing for the good old days enjoyed Fred Stewart's Dodge City-based 1964 Dragmaster front-engined drag car, powered by a smallblock Chevy V-8.

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Shoebox Ford fans had several of the '49-'51 models to check out, including this primed, lowered '49 Club Coupe brought up from Belle Plaine by Ron Sanger.

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