Guest Coverage: Dropsicles Sideshow 2012

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Mike McConnell is an awesome event photographer, like myself he is the kind of guy who will do multiple passes of a show to make sure nothing gets missed and heĀ isnā€™t against revisiting the same car a few times in order capture those fine details.

His latest contribution is from theDropsicles Sideshow held in Lethbridge Alberta and while I had never heard of it before these photos have made it a show I am going to keep an eye on. Great variety and quality.

Maybe there is something to that cross Canada road trip Lyndsey wants to do after allā€¦

Cars

Judging from the photos it seems like Sideshow was more of a truck thing but the cars were pretty sick as well.

Insane airbrush work
I find I donā€™t see these nearly enough
It wouldnā€™t be a set of photos from Mike without a classic Bug
Pair of Caddyā€™s
Love the vitnage pinstriping
BMW wheels continue to make their rounds in the Japanese market
Proper looking Soarer
Did you know there is a fanpage dedicated to the hatred of SRT-4s? A bit much. I donā€™t mind them really.
Classic
One of the best application of these wheels I have seen
They suit this car very well
Big Caddys dropped are perfect
Another Caddy about tucking lug
Huge wires are huge
Awesome street rod
Just.. incredible
Riviera if I am not mistaken?
Another look at it

Trucks

I was previously unaware of the Alberta truck scene, looks pretty serious.

I was in one of these karts on the weekend, would have been infinitely cooler at this height
Sideshow is a show for all vehicles
You already know how I feel about slammed duallys
For some reason this immediatly made me think of brotocross.com (hilarious motocross blog)
JDM sport truck? Iā€™d love to see more trucks done like this
The cap is a little crazy but damn awesome otherwise
Both pretty awesome
A friend of mine has been telling me to pick one of these up for awhile, I didnā€™t see the appeal until now
S10 4runner bumperā€¦ I think this guy is or was on Blazinlow.com waaay back
I pretty much wrote off liking this generation F150 until now
Alberta uses sand right? Not salt? Is that why all these older trucks survive?
Seriously if that is the reason I need to start a petition against salting roads
Awesome Silverado, if this is original paint I will be amazed
Ranger laying flat out
Mazdawg
Love the painted roof, nice touch, fits the rest of the theme too
Itā€™s always kind of a shame that work like this often getā€™s hidden under beds and fenders
Hopefully photos of this Datsun finished cross my path one day
The low part is taken care of
Itā€™s always cool to see shows that go that extra mile with the trophies
Clean S10
This kind of looks like a Luv but I think its a 70s B series truckā€¦ also boost?
I think ā€˜neck breakā€™ is overused in regards to vehicles but it appears to be happening here if you look in the background
Low at any cost
This is a serious piece of work curious how high he has to raise it to drive
On my third of fourth look through Mikeā€™s photos I noticed the shifter in the truckā€¦ nice touch
Based purlely on the photos I saw this looks like the vehicle of the event in my eyes
Immaculate build front to back
As I said on the fanpageā€¦ pure automotive art in the bed
and absolutely stunning from the side

All of Mikeā€™s photos from this event can be found here on flickr.

Thanks again Mike!

4 COMMENTS

  1. I miss the car shows. My dime had the 4runner bumper swap when I got it. Someone did a poor job mounting and aligning itā€¦

  2. yes you are correct , to cold there for salt use , im surprised with everyone tree hugging way round here ( ONT ) that salt use is STILL permitted !!!

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