2022 DETROIT AUTORAMA

Photography by Jimmy B

Article & Feature Layout by Jimmy B

When gearheads hear the words Detroit Autorama, the

majority of the time they immediately think about the RIDLER Award. They think of this with good reason as its one of only a couple PREMIER awards handed out in the show car world each year.

When the doors open to the show each day, gearheads flock to the front of the show and all the gleaming, chrome plated , slick pant craftsman built cars, hot rod s and trucks. They want to check out all those rides going after the BIG trophy.

When gearheads hear the words Detroit Autorama, the

majority of the time they immediately think about the RIDLER Award. They think of this with good reason as its one of only a couple PREMIER awards handed out in the show car world each year.

When the doors open to the show each day, gearheads flock to the front of the show and all the gleaming, chrome plated , slick pant craftsman built cars, hot rod s and trucks. They want to check out all

Then there are the rest of the showgoers...gearheads, hot rodders, muscle car and truck lovers and of course the kustoms with a K lovers! While they too dig the whole Ridler thing, they are really there for the WHOLE show and what a sow it is! Upstairs, downstairs, and in every corner of COBO hall (yea its got a new name but it will always be Cobo to us), these die hard lovers of cool cars fan out to see the whole show.

Some of the show goer’s start heading for the very back corner of the main floor. It’s there they get on the escalator to head to “THE BASEMENT” in Cobo Hall and one of the coolest events all year long….The Autorama Extreme.

If you have never been to this show,,.then you have never experienced the magic and energy that is DEE-TROIT. Gearheads who have attended at least one or many years of the Detroit Autorama understand the feeling when you enter the exhibition hall. If you just stand back and watch, you see it on their

faces….smiling...staring and enjoying the hard work by so many car owners and builders

Detroit is where the traditional style hot rods, customs, drag cars, historical cars and SO MUCH MORE hang out all weekend long. This is where the party is at, all weekend long.

Add in hundreds of vendors who are integral to our hobby, automotive artists from across the USA, a Pin-Up Girl contest ( not trashy but very classy) live rock -a-billy bands and legendary car builders hanging out the whole weekend.

Check out just a small fraction of everything that is the Detroit Autorama on the next few pages and then make plans to check out the 2023 Autorama Extreme in Detroit ...and we’ll see you there!.