Welcome to the Ranchero and the Blue Q
Showcasing Classic Car Show Photography
Grand National Roaster Classic Car Show Photos are in the Gallery
Getting Ready for a Classic Car Show
They get up early, taking to the road to show off their rides, engines revved up, waiting for a turn to move into the allotted space, the neighborhood park, or an empty parking lot. They pull out their tools for the car show trade, chamois cloths, fine bristle brushes, and special cleaners to prepare the car for the car show. Like a dance they have done before, the car sparkles in the morning sunlight.
It is a party, greeting old friends and car club members as they collect their bags full of car show treats, car show advertisements, and this year's tee shirt. Some shows serve breakfast and have raffles or toy drives.
Others line the city streets so vendors can enjoy the car show. The true homage is to the ride, roadsters, Fords, mopars, and cruisin' classics; no matter the theme, the car rules from dropped, chopped, cropped, paneled, pinstriped, rusted, burnished, low and slow, all showcasing history.
The car show,
Catch one if you can.
Catch a Car Show and enjoy the rides!
Ford Falcon Classics
Ford Falcons
The Ranchero Collection
The Ranchero Emblem
Ranchero Signatures
Ford Falcons
Falcon Signatures
The Original Classic Line-Up
Finding the Classic Notes
In the Lounge
Get into the Garage with all the shops and contributors that keep this daily drive on road.
Check out a few of our favorite sourcing car show spots.
The Van Tiki Get-a-Way.
Shooting Digital
There are a lot of different car shows. Professional venues, street shows, park shows, car runs, poker runs, exotic, pre 70’, mopars, fabulous fords, roadsters, lowriders, trucks, vans, kustom.
Shooting a classic car show is an adventure. When we first started The Ranchero and the Blue Q it was just about taking photos of cars for the fun of it. Taking photographs at car shows is not easy especially because car shows come with a lot of challenges, so here are a few things we have learned about shooting a car show from a truly amateur point of view.