2000

 

Sunday afternoon--Awards & Trophies
30 April 2000

Above: A deserving Henry Caroselli being awarded 1st Place--Street Rods trophy for his resoundingly popular "Rodster" ('40 Ford / fat-fendered conversion package for the S-10 Chevy pickup). Henry was also presented the AHA's first Good Manufacturing Practices Award in the new millenium.

This is only a small sampling of the awards & trophies presented. A complete roster of trophy recipients for this year's AHA/KBF show will be provided for you at the bottom of this page, when we receive the show specs from the AHA.

1st Place
Class 3, Grand Touring
Armando Montijo

for his yellow Manta.

Hot-linked photo.

1st Place
Class 2
Late Sports Roadster
David James
Las Vegas, Nevada

for his gorgeous, dark-blue Sebring (Austin Healey 3000 replica) roadster.

Hot-linked photo.

   

1st Place
Class 11, Street Rods
Bob Schild
Connecticut

for his dazzling maroon & gray Growler.

Hot-linked photo.

 

3rd Place
Class V
$15k and over Neoclassic
Barry Grant

for his specially-constructed '36 Cadillac-based handcrafted motorcar.

Hot-linked photo.

KCI "Editor's Choice"
presented by Mike Blake, Editor
Kit Car Illustrated magazine

to Bill Cahill of Portland, Oregon, for his handcrafted (wooden!!) reproduction of a 1939 Morgan 3-wheeler. Cahill was also presented with the 1st Place--3-Wheeler Award.

 
 

Vern Hance
of the NCKCC
over the course of the two-day event, once again videotaped the concourse and the entire awards presentation. You can order yourself a copy of Vern's VHS videotape of the KBF show by mailing your check for $12 to Vern (covers both the VHS tape and shipping) to:

VMH Services
3317 Ellesmere Ct.
Walnut Creek, California 94598
(925) 938-1442

For the record, Vern's magnificent white 1934 Mercedes 500K also took 1st Place--Mercedes replicas.

 

1st Place
Class 14, Cobra under $25k
Harout & Becky Markarian
Hesperia, California

for their ASPP 427 Cobra roadster.

Hot-linked photo.

1st Place
Class: 427 Cobra
Rich Anderson
Shell Valley Motors
Platte Center, Nebraska

for his silver & bronze Shell Valley Motors 427 Cobra replica. That same drivin' machine also took the "Best Paint" and "Best Interior" trophies.

Hot-linked photo.

   

Directors Award
Luis Yanez
El Paso, Texas

for his terrific F355 replica. Luis went home with two AHA trophies.

Hot-linked photo.

   

2nd Place
Class 11, Street Rods
Jim Trencher
(accepted by Steve Newmark, in photo)
Ft. Worth, Texas

for Jim's Lone Star '32 Ford roadster.

Hot-linked photo.

 

1st Place
Class 4
Neoclassic under $15k
Will Miles

for his yellow 810 Cord replica.

Hot-linked photo.

 

1st Place
Class 22: GT
Mike Mullen/Ultima Cars USA
Costa Mesa, California

for his beautiful silver Ultima GT.

Hot-linked photo.

2nd Place
Class 4
Neoclassic under $15K
Pete Seville

for his white "Marlene" roadster (based upon 1936 Mercedes 500K roadster)

Hot-linked photo.

 

3rd Place
Class 3, Grand Touring
Doug Bronowski

for his red Manta.

Hot-linked photo.

 

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