Considering this was the 2nd annual Rockabillaque event, color me very impressed.

Nothing else like a black 55 Chevy, especially with this under the hood.

Walking from our parking space to the event area, I just couldn’t resist snapping a picture of the artwork on this building.

 

The bike show portion was kind of small but there was really some quality iron on display. Since they had a rat class I decided to take the Assault Scrambler and even managed to talk this very lovely & gracious young lady into letting me take her picture next to it.

 

Good old fashioned Ironhead chopper.

some rats lined up

A lot of fine detail on this rigid Evo.

I love the placement of his lithium battery, the fender struts and of course the red wheels with wide whitewalls. Classy!

A shout out to Low Country Harley for sponsoring the show and thanks for the gift certificate I won.

No respectable motorcycle show would be complete without at least one Triumph.

some pretty shiny motorcycles lined up

This Bratstyle KZ440 actually won the rat class. Cool little bike.

Great music was available from different bands on different stages throughout the day.

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Had lunch at the Barbeque Joint, one of the events sponsors, great food.

The Mrs. & I took nearly a hundred pictures around the event and in this next section let’s look at some highlights from the car show.

Let’s start with a pair of evil looking Volkswagens!

 

Things were always cool, and this one looks like it’s literally been driven to hell and back, making it that much cooler!

Rat Hole Garage brought a cool old truck,

and even cooler a matching bicycle!

Ford Falcons were always a favorite of mine, ( I’ve owned a couple)  and this sharp convertible is da bomb.

Details, details, details…

 

In addition to the usual assortment of fine hot rods,  muscle cars, and rats there were also a couple of sweet British sports cars one being this nice white Jaguar,

and the other was this very sharp looking Lotus 7 replica.

As much as I love the whole “ratrod” scene it was great to see a traditional, painted with flames, polished & shiny hot rod like this ’32 Tudor.

How about a full on Pro Modified race car? Better still it’s a Henry J, with a blower and “Hillborn style” fuel injection.

The outside of this particular Dodge van was nothing special but when you swung open the side doors the interior was pure disco era rolling sin bin.

 

And last but definitely not least the world infamous Trash Nova shown here cruising the not so mean streets of North Charleston. Hey it was given the peoples choice trophy for best of show!

The show had several great sponsors, here I am posing with the display for Guilty Pleasures. Hey you gotta love their business motto!

Some how the gentlemen at the Holy City Beard & Mustache Society talked me into entering the partial beard division of the beard & ‘stache event. It was great fun and after a bit of hairy competition I shaved out a 4th place finished and the fellows with the really gnarly beards took the top 3.

There were all kinds of things going on including, a puppet show, 50’s era fashion show, & a tattoo contest. Some of these were happening simultaneously so I was unable to get pictures from everything, but trust me this weekend if liked great music, wild tattoos,cool bikes, wicked cars, cool dudes, & hot ladies, Park Circle in North Charleston, South Carolina was the place to be.

Now I have saved the best part for last despite only taking my pocket camera and standing at the back of the crowd I was able to get at least one decent picture each of the Miss Rockabiilaque Pinup contestants. I was a bad reporter and I didn’t get their names or anything, I forgot to take a notebook and the crowd was fairly noisy cheering them on so I didn’t hear all the names anyway. For a larger view click on the pictures below.

My advice to you is to look for this event next year and try to attend, we had a great time & I am sure you will too!

Peace Y’all!