More than 800 cars packed Cobo Center for the 65th annual Detroit Autorama in 2017, one of the most significant gatherings in the hot rod and custom car world. The Ridler Award, reserved for cars debuting for the very first time in public, went to a scratch-built 1933 Ford Roadster running a 427 big block. What else was hiding among 800 cars competing for the hobby’s biggest stage?
The doors are still closed to the outside world but you have a great chance to see what’s going on behind closed doors here at the 2017 Annual 65th Meguiar’s Detroit Autorama held at Cobo Hall in downtown Michigan. It’s Detroit the home of Chrysler, GM and Ford so it’s a sure bet we will see plenty of underhood horsepower from the Big Three.
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Cobo Center does not usually host more than 800 cars under one roof, but that is exactly what happened when the Meguiar’s Detroit Autorama celebrated its 65th anniversary in 2017. This was not just another car show; it was one of the most important annual gatherings in the entire hot rod and custom car hobby, drawing builders and fans from across the country. Somewhere among the rows of chrome and candy paint sat a handful of cars competing for a prize so exclusive that most of them had never been shown in public before. Which one would walk away with it?
The Prize Every Builder Wants
Autorama’s top honor, the Ridler Award, went in 2017 to Renaissance Roadster, a scratch-built 1933 Ford powered by a GM big-block 427 crate engine. Qualifying for Ridler consideration requires a car to debut at Autorama without having been shown publicly before, which turns the competition into a genuine unveiling every single year rather than a rerun of cars fans have already seen on the show circuit.
Beyond the Ridler Contenders
The show floor stretched well past the award contenders. Custom builder Larry ‘VooDoo’ Grobe brought Voodoo Sahara, a heavily reworked 1954 Kaiser Manhattan with roughly ninety percent hand-built bodywork, while the Mariani Roadster, a Rad Rides By Troy build that had debuted the previous year at SEMA, held court near the main entrance in the form of a chopped, dropped 1930 Ford Model A sedan. With boats and motorcycles mixed in among the muscle cars and hot rods, the 2017 Autorama offered something for nearly every corner of the hobby.
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