It felt good to be back The Last Detail with the 10th annual Fuelfed Parts & Memorabilia event. 32 vendors and over 600 attendees made it through Saturday morning. So good to see everyone after a few months of winter dullness. Lots of wheeling and dealing happened and we’re seeing a change in what sells and what doesn’t. Each year we tweak our recommendations to our vendors so everyone is happy. As always these large events would not be possible with out the great support of our volunteers who put their time in to do what ever it takes to get tasks done. Thank you to all of them.
We are just a week out from our 10th annual Fuelfed Parts & Petroliana Event.
We are very excited for this years’ vendors. From Automodello and their insane model cars to Liverpool Motorworks and coming all the way from Pennsylvania with their high-end vintage tool tools and rally lighting. Four slots of Ferrari literature, parts, etc. Tons of Porsche signage and 911 parts to vintage posters and tools.
Motorcultura will be there with Three Pedal Bourbon, Canaffeine coffee, Motorivet driving gloves, aluminum signs and Fuelfed t-shirts.
Least we not forget what Tom and The Last Detail have on display.
Any father who knows the difference between a box & cresent wrench will be at the Fuelfed OPEN this Sunday. Vintage European cars with children as passengers get preferred parking to celebrate dads on their special day.
We ask drivers to download windshield display cards and fill out their car’s vitals. This will allow the rest of us to appreciate the classic even if the driver isn’t nearby to chat. Click on image below to enlarge and fill in your data, then print it out.
In this new Fuelfed category called Vintage Motor Culture, we’re paying homage to the roots of motor culture. We’ll be posting weekly vintage shots from eras that helped define the Fuelfed spirit.
All the below shots are by Danny Lyon in Chicago 1964.
The Outlaws Motorcycle Club was established in 1935 at Matilda’s Bar on old Route 66 in McCook, Illinois, just outside of Chicago.
By the 1960’s the club had established the Outlaw Nation, growing new chapters in several surrounding states. Today, the Outlaws are one of the biggest motorcycles clubs in the world with Chicago as the Mother Chapter.
A good friend of my father and famous editorial photographer, Joe Sterling, passed this Sunday at 74 years young. Joe has known me since the day I was born.
In recent years, Joe came back into my life for various reasons. He was an early pioneer at capturing the youth culture in Chicago back in the early 1960’s. Today his works have permanent places in MOMA and Getty.
Joe may not have been a car guy, but he definitely had the Fuelfed spirit and certainly knew how to capture it.
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