Inline Tube - At the Detroit Autorama -09 1970 Cutlass W-31 Show Car

Inline Tube 2009 Detroit Autorama - Customer cars

Every year the Autorama show car series comes to town and while there are many different types of cars that inline tube makes products for we are usually associated with the stock restored muscle cars. The series has many divisions that eventually break down in the finals to Street Rod Car, Street Rod Truck, Modified Motor Cycle and the Restored Division. The restored division covers all types of cars and trucks and many classics just like your local show. To be invited to Autorama and go through the entrance procedure is proof enough that you have risen above most of the street cars. To place in the class an get a trophy means your car is better than most the cars at the show and is a great honor. Once you place first in your class you are now eligible for special awards - such as; best paint - outstanding engine - best restored and display awards. It is one of the most prestigious awards you can win and one of the best crafted trophies in the country. It always features the last years winners and the best of the best.

Every year Inline tube prepares to go for the gold and this year we have our own 70 Cutlass W-31 that is part of the traveling show car series. We have earned first in class and best restored of show in 5 other cities and Detroit is one of the most difficult on the schedule. This is the largest indoor hot rod show in the USA and the cars come from all corners of the county. There are over 800 entries, that include anything with wheels and a few with out. There are even classes for boats, bikes, pedal cars and Vans.

Car Owner James Kryta of Inline Tube 70-72 Restored 1st Place Class Award, Best Restored Award, Outstanding Display Award

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Inline tube has traveled to Grand Rapids, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, Louisville, Detroit and the final show will be in Cleveland. So far the car has earned 1st place Class Trophy and Best Restored Award in every city. This car features all inline tube products. Nyle at Wings auto art did an incredible job on the body and paint www.wingsautoart.com

We display the car with one side open and the other closed. The car will be displayed with the wheels off to show all the detail we can. The other side will be closed to show how good the body gaps are. It has taken sever hours to get the car set up and the display put together.

Ric's Bump & Paint Restored Convertible, 1st Place Class Award, Outstanding Restored Award.

This is a ultra rare 1970 Judge Convertible with Ram Air 4 engine and 4 speed manual trans. This car has 3 PHS sheets and a mount of paperwork. This frame off restoration started two years ago and was finished weeks before the show.

Scott Tieman from Super Car Specialties built the RA 4 engine and Ric from Ric's bump and paint restored the car. www.ricsrestorations.com Inline tube provided many of the detail items for this car. The car has inline tubes, parking brake cables, clips, hoses, shocks, and many detail items.

56 Ford Crown Victoria 49-57 Restored - 1st Place Class Award, Outstanding Interior Award

Russ Van Camp from Coleman MI did most of this car himself. He set out to restore a driver and ended up with a show car. He also earned 1st place at the Grand Rapids autorama a few months back. This car features inline tube brake & fuel lines, parking brake cables and some engine lines. Great Job Russ.

64 Pontiac Grand Prix 58-65 Restored - 1st Place Class Award

Scott Tieman from Super Car Specialties who is well know for his Pontiac restorations brought this low mile restored GP to the show. This car is a 4 speed with 421 cid and 370 HP. Scott uses inline tube product on all his restorations. This car has inline tube brake and fuel lines, parking brake cables and all the clips that hold them in place.

65 Oldsmobile 442 58-65 Restored - 2nd Place Class Award

Jason Ramsey did a nice job on the 442, this is the second year it has been shown at the Detroit autorama, it also got a 2nd place in 08. This car has inline tube brake and fuel lines, parking brake cables and all the clips that hold them in place.

65 Impala 58-65 Restored - 3rd Place Class Award

This was a hard class with many cars . This car has inline tube brake and fuel lines, parking brake cables and all the clips that hold them in place.

67 Chevelle 66-67 Restored - 1st Place Class Award

Greg Finch and his dad from Westland restored this beautiful 67 Chevelle. The car had been apart for many years before they bought it and put it back together. Greg's dad is well know around town and does plastic chrome plating on classic dash parts. First Place award in class - Inline Tube provided all the brake and fuel lines, parking brake cables, clips, gas tank and other detail underbody items.

Ric's Bump & Paint 68-69 Restored - 1st Place Class Award

This 1969 CR Judge with a Ram Air III and 4 speed trans is another Ric's Bump & Paint restoration that was just finished for the show - Inline tube provided all the under body detail items - including; brake and fuel lines, parking brake cables, brake & fuel clips, flex rubber brake hoses, gas tank and all the other details associated with the brakes and suspension.

69 Impala SS 68-69 Restored - 2 nd Place Class Award

Bob Kessler of Sterling Heights MI is the guy that bought this car brand new and held on to it. He restored it a couple of years ago and he has been winning trophies ever since. The car is driven to the summer shows and can be seen all around town and at woodward. Yo do not see many of these big block ss impala's and the option was deleted for the 70 model year. Inline tube provided all the brake and fuel lines, parking brake cables, clips, and other detail underbody items. Bob provided the fuel return line for our pattern library since it is a rare one to find

68 Impala SS 68-69 Restored - 3 rd Place Class Award

Chuck & Debbie Woolery and the guys at Run Rite Classics built this customer car and got it done just days before the show. www.runriteclassics.com Chuck does unique custom work to the GTO's he restores and this is one of the stock restored versions. You will see his excellent work at the GTO nationals and other shows in the area. Inline tube provided the disc brake conversion and all the brake and fuel lines, parking brake cables, clips, and other detail underbody items. Give them a call

1970 Cutlass W-31 ( Pictured Above - Best Restored) 70-72 Restored - 1 st Place Class Award

1970 Nova 70-72 Restored - 2 nd Place Class Award

Ric from Ric's bump and paint restored this car ar few years ago. www.ricsrestorations.com Inline tube provided many of the detail items for this car. The car has inline tubes, parking brake cables, clips, hoses, shocks, and many detail items. This is the third time this car has been part of the show.

1970 Challenger R/T 70-72 Restored - 3 rd Place Class Award

This six pack challenger is a original restored master piece. Ever detail was duplicated and it had an outstanding display. This car has inline tubes, parking brake cables, clips, hoses, and many detail items.

1970 GTX 70-72 Restored - 4th Place Class Award

Excellent restored 70 GTX. This car has inline tubes, parking brake cables, clips, hoses, and many detail items.

1970 Challenger TA 70-72 Restored - 5th Place Class Award

Michael Ribaudo bought this six pack challenger in boxes and put back to its glory. He lives right around the corner from the inline tube shop and pick his product up from the service department. This car has inline tubes, parking brake cables, clips, hoses, and many detail items.

70 Judge RA IV pictured above Restored Convertible - 1st Place Class Award and Outstanding Restored

69 Chevelle SS Restored Convertible - 2nd Place Class Award

First Place Award in class in 08 and this year it gets a 2nd place - Ken form Classic Enterprises built this 69 Chevelle SS Conv. for a customer. Inline tube provided all the brake and fuel lines, parking brake cables, clips, gas tank and other detail underbody items.

1969 GTO Judge Altered Restored - 1st Place Class Award

First Place Award in class for Mark Bradshaw with this awesome 69 Judge Ram Air III, 4 speed with AC. This car features all inline tube products. Nyle at Wings auto art did an incredible job on the body and paint www.wingsautoart.com . Mark has been working on this car for 10 years and never gave up on the dream. Today it is done and one of the nicest in the country. We hope to see Mark At the GTO nationals in OH this year.

The next cars are other than restored classes that feature inline tube products

1965 Tri Power - GTO Custom Convertible - 1st Place Class Award

Chuck & Debbie Woolery and the guys at Run Rite Classics built this customer car and have been taking it around the bordering states to several indoor shows. They have placed first in Grand Rapids and also Chicago. www.runriteclassics.com Chuck does unique custom work to the GTO's he restores and this is one of modified cars. He cleans it up and makes the engine look like a piece of candy. You will see his excellent work at the GTO nationals and other shows in the area. Inline tube provided the disc brake conversion and all the brake and fuel lines, parking brake cables, clips, and other detail underbody items. Give them a call

1955 Chevy Truck Conservative Pickup - 1st Place Class Award

First Place Award in class - Ken from Classic Enterprises built this 55 truck for a customer. Don did all the paint work and while it looks like a simple truck every surface got paint. The interior, the firewall, the bed and all under the bottom. Don told me he is blind from painting white and his gun arm still hurts. Inline tube provided all the brake and fuel lines, parking brake cables, clips, and other detail underbody items.

1940 Ford Pickup Custom Rod Pickup - 1st Place Class Award

1940 Custom Rod Truck. Nyle Wing of Wings Auto Art - did all the fabrication, design and building of this truck. He built the engine and dyno tuned it. On the body he cut it , fitted it and welded it together. He also metal finished, primed and painted it. Nyle at Wings auto art did an incredible job on the body and paint www.wingsautoart.com . It is one of the best paint jobs in the show. Nyle had 4 of his works in the show. Doug Smith of Clinton Twp, MI is the owner.

Higher Education Custom Convertible Semi - 1st Place Class Award

This is the car that the students of Washtenaw Community College built using inline tube products.

1960 Catalina Special Interest - 1st Place Class Award

Ric from Ric's bump and paint www.ricsrestorations.com is in the process of this project and had the frame at the show. This was a low mile clean out west car to start with. Inline tube provided many of the detail items for this car. The car has inline tubes, parking brake cables, clips, hoses, and many detail items.

1965 GTO Custom Semi Convertible - 3rd Place Class Award, Street Achievement Award

Ric from Ric's bump and paint built this car. www.ricsrestorations.com Inline tube provided stainless tubing, fittings and street rod products to help in the fabrication of the plumbing products.

1970 Chevrolet Z28 hardtop - 1st Place Class Award

Inline tube provided many of the detail items for this car. The car has inline tubes, parking brake cables, clips, hoses, and many detail items.

1971 Dodge Charger non comp

1971 Dodge Hemi Super Bee. Inline tube provided many of the detail items for this car. The car has inline tubes, parking brake cables, clips, hoses, and many detail items.

Ford Cobra

Nyle Wing of Wings Auto Art - Nyle at Wings auto art did an incredible job on the body and paint www.wingsautoart.com .

69 Ford Shelby GT 500 Altered Restored - 2nd Place Class Award

Jon Skladanowski owns this 69 Ford Shelby GT 500. The car has inline tubes, clips, hoses, and detail items.

1970 Mercury Restored 70-72

Ron Kasperski from Plymouth MI brought this rare ford. The car has inline tubes, parking brake cables, clips, hoses, and detail items.

1970 Ford Mustang Restored 70-72

Mike Andrews from Taylor brought this 70 Boss 302 Mustang. The car has inline tubes, parking brake cables, clips, hoses, and detail items.

1970 GTO - Race Car

Milt Schornack from Royal Pontiac and then from Royal Automotive had this re-creation of one of his old race cars. The car has inline tubes, parking brake cables, clips, hoses, and detail items.

SE Racing BIKE Class - 1st & 3rd Place Class Awards

James from inline tube entered these old BMX bikes in the show.

Sources:

Inlinetube - Brake & Fuel Lines, Parking Brake Cables, Hoses, Valves, Brake & Fuel Clips, Disc Brakes

15066 Technology Drive
Shelby Twp, MI 48315
586 532 1338

www.Inlinetube.com

Wings Auto Art - Body, Paint, Assembly

Nyle Wing
Ionia, Michigan 48846
PH (989) 855-2577

www.wingsautoart.com

Run Rite Classics - Classic Auto Restorations

Chuck & Debbie Woolery
1409 Heightsview Drive
Houghton Lake, MI 48629
Ph 989 422 4747

www.runriteclassics.com

Ric's Bump and paint - Restoration & Repair

328467 Anchor Drive
Chesterfield, MI 48047
PH 586 949 9444

www.ricsrestorations.com

Classic Enterprises

Ken Siegfried - Pontiac MI
ksiegfried1965@aol.com

Super Car Specialties - Scott Tieman

11817 E. Grand River
Portland, MI 48875