Grand National Roadster Show 2008 - Doin' It Big At The Grand Nats

You know you're crazy about customizing when you make a show vehicle out of a classic milk truck.

Check out the bizarre and cool trophies made by some of the car clubs for the winners at the Suede Palace. Much better than the standard plastic trophies.

These unibody Fords are rare, and Steve Owens turned his into a radical hot rod with an amazingly powerful engine.

How's this for a wild mod? Instead of implanting a big domestic motor under the hood, the owner of this chopped-down '34 Ford dropped a 2,366cc Porsche engine into the bed.

Since the show was at the Fairplex, we were able to cruise by the on-site NHRA museum to check out the George Barris exhibit. Many of Barris's early customs, like this Rod & Custom Dream Truck, were on display. This truck started as a '50 Chevy pickup that our sister magazine, Rod & Custom, turned into the first publicized project build back in '53.

Wouldn't it be nice to pack this much power into your truck?

Just imagine being able to transport your truck to a show with this fully customized '38 Ford COE. This truck is equipped with a 5.9L Cummins diesel engine, a four-speed Allison transmission, two 100-gallon fuel tanks, and an airbagged suspension. That's plenty of truck to get you to any show in style.

This Chevy built by Starlite Rod & Kustom proves that trucks can be roadsters too.

The Pinstriper's Reunion
Some of the many pieces of art donated by pinstripers to help raise money for the Progeria Research Foundation.

Barton was laying down some mad stripes and selling off his work at decent prices.

Dave of California Designs putting some last-minute touches on his custom bowling pin for the fundraiser.

If you think well-conditioned classic Chevy pickups are hard to find, try getting a hold of one of these GMCs. John Hanser is lucky enough to own this one and was able to go all out on it.

Celebrating its 40th anniversary, Hot Wheels displayed two fullsize versions of popular die-cast cars.

Street Beat Customs brought out its puke-green, suede-painted '69 Chevy C10 that is airbagged over a one-off set of smoothie wheels with '55 Chevy centers.