We had a long trip to Louisville�. About 2000 miles.  We  saw  a  lot of beautiful country  that we had never seen,  so it was a great trip.  We knew  we had arrived though, when we  saw  our first Street Rod as we got close to Louisville.  That's when we got excited !

Welcome To Louisville.  The bridges over the Ohio River are a wonderful welcome to a beautiful city.   I  know  this isn't a car  picture�.      But it was such a great  welcoming  view  that  we  just couldn't     resist   including it in our  tour photos.

We Set Up Our  Booth the day before the show  opened�.  We  were ready !

Then the "Rodders"  arrived�.   and we had non-stop "surfing"    of our website throughout the show.   We met so many nice people,  including many of  those who have been visiting our website.    We had a visit from a member of the Carolina Cruisers,  our  friend Pat Nixon from NC,  Charlie Roberts who has sold  several cars on our site, and many, many new "surfers" who were excited to see our website.

Once the Show Began on Thursday , (Aug 5),  there were cars as  far as the eye could see. It was quite a mind-boggling sight.  We were told that there were 9700 cars pre-registered  two weeks before the show and as many as 12,000 expected �. That's a lot of Street Rods !

There were cars stashed everywhere�.. Once the grass area was filled they  parked in every empty space around the buildings.   Of course,  we had to  find all the cars with Flames !   We're trying to get up the nerve to "flame"  our black  '34  3-Window so we have to check out all the flame jobs !

More Flames at the Ford Booth inside the exhibit building !   It  seems that Ford  is  getting in on the Street Rod bandwagon.  They had an impressive booth with their high performance engines.  Guess they're trying to lure all you Chevy guys Into putting Ford equipment into your Ford cars.

Treasures !   What's a car show without Rust ?   There were quite a few swap meet vendors with   a lot of "Good Stuff".   Hope you don't see  anything you really need in these photos !

There were over 200 vendors exhibiting at the show.  We got to see a lot of good folks working hard to provide you with all of the parts you need to put your rod together.  Our friends at Gennie Shifter now have their entire product line available from our website.  Look for them and many other fine vendors in our Vendor Directory and placed throughout our site.   It's the convenient way to find the parts and services you need.  www.hotrodhotline.com/gennie

Like all of our trips to meet our fellow rodders at shows and meets around the   country,  this trip to NSRA Nationals in Louisville was really GREAT !   We look   forward to seeing you  there next year �..     Thanks for all of your kind words   and expressions of support for our Website.    We appreciate it !