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The 56th Grand National Roadster ShowTo Feature The Hot Rods Of HollywoodDue to the huge success of its Grand National Roadster Show following last year's move to the L.A. County Fairplex facility in Pomona, California, Dan Cyr Enterprises announced that it will continue to expand in 2005 with the addition of a custom motorcycle show. The granddaddy of all hot rod shows will fill two additional buildings at the Fairplex with radical rides, including a "Hot Rods & Hollywood" display of celebrity and movie cars.
The theme of the January 21-23, 2005, weekend event is "Hot Rods & Hollywood, Where the Stars are the Cars" and will feature a display including past and present celebrity and movie vehicles. Additionally, for the first time in its 56-year history, the Grand National Roadster Show will host a competition open to U.S.-made and manufactured motorcycles. Like the show's well-respected America's Most Beautiful Roadster award, there will now be a similar honor for America's Most Beautiful Motorcycle. The new award carries a total of $5,000 in prize money and the winner will receive their name on a perpetual trophy, along with a mantle trophy and a check for $3,000. The first runner-up receives $1,000 and five additional runners-up will each receive $200.
The 2005 event will also honor the renowned SO-CAL Speed Shop as its "Builder of the Year." A number of SO-CAL Speed Shop special vehicles, covering nearly 60 years of custom racers, will be featured in a special display area at this year's event. The Grand National Roadster Show itself is a hot rodding extravaganza that features hundreds of the country's most spectacular, innovative and radical street rods, classic customs, kit and replicars, as well as many parts and accessory vendors.
Hotrodshows.com, a production of DCE, produces four premier indoor rod and custom events on the West Coast, including the 56th Grand National Roadster Show, the 55th Sacramento Autorama (February 4-6), the 7th Portland Rod & Custom Show (February 18-20), and the 6th Seattle Roadster Show (March 4-6). It also produces six events for the Import Tuners, called "Import Motion" and three of these are held at the Sacramento, California; Portland, Oregon; and Seattle, Washington, venues mentioned above. For additional information about Dan Cyr Enterprises, visit the company Web site at www.hotrodshows.com or contact the company world headquarters at (877) 236-0632.
Financing Dreams
Finance the Dream! Downs Manufacturing, manufacturers of many 'glass car bodies, including the '58-60 Vette, '37 and '40 Ford pickups, a '37 Ford hardtop coupe, and a variety of '32 Ford bodies, is now making financing available to customers. The introductory rate is 2.9 percent for six months, with a contract rate of 8.9 percent annual percentage rate after the introductory rate expires. The card has no annual fee and there is no processing fee, and they offer up to 100 percent financing, unsecured, so the customer keeps the title.
The application process is simple to complete, and available by calling Downs Manufacturing at (269) 624-4081. Once the application is complete, they will have a response within half an hour. With the quick approval process, and seven different body styles in stock at the manufacturing facility, Downs Manufacturing, located at 715 N. Main St., Dept. KC, Lawton, MI 49065, is helping you fulfill your dream of owning your own street rod. See more about Downs on their Web site at www.downsmfg.com.