LEGENDARY HALL OF FAME MEMBER AND RIDLER AWARD WINNER, CHUCK MILLER, sat down with me at last year's KKOA Lead Sled Spectacular in Salina, Kansas, and filled me in on his involvement over the last fifteen years with the Legendary DETROIT AUTORAMA.
Chuck is responsible for some key sections of the Detroit Show...including the CAVALCADE OF CUSTOMS ! AND, this year, there'll be a Special Display of some of the coolest PICKUP' TRUCKS you'll EVER see !
PLUS, CHUCK was the "2010 DETROIT AUTORAMA BUILDER OF THE YEAR" ! So Chuck and I talked briefly about that and I surprised him when I presented him with a Special Custom-Burned, Gold CD, featuring the cover of my 1971 HOT ROD SHOW WORLD magazine burned on the disk !
This one-off CD contains "Chuck Miller's Lucky 7 Greatest Hits": 7 of the most popular stories by Chuck that we've had here on the Hall Of Fame Legends Series ! Here's the list:
CHUCK MILLER'S LUCKY 7 GREATEST HITS:
1. 2010 Detroit Autorama Builder of the Year
2. Creating the Hurst Olds
3. Linda Vaughan & The Rambler Scramblers
4. Hall of Fame Induction & Model King
5. Past & Future Cars
6. Winning the Ridler Award in 1968
7. Chuck's Favorite Cars
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AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, Chuck was the Detroit Autorama Ridler Award Winner in 1968 for his fantastic "Fire Truck", and he's also responsible for the "Red Baron" show car, the "Sonic Cuda", the very cool "Zingers", the "Bugs Buggy", the "Bunker Baron", and many other fantastic creations ! AND, they can all be seen in his biographical volume called:
TO SEE MY COMPLETE REVIEW OF CHUCK'S BOOK, JUST CLICK-ON HERE !
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If you attended the Autorama over the last few years, here are a couple pix of the cars that were there that were previewed on this Site first.. If you weren't able to attend, you'll still enjoy Chuck's info on one of the country's Premier Events in this Exclusive Hall Of Fame Legends Series Interview.
SPECIAL UPDATE: February 10, 2011...I just got off the phone with Chuck, and he is Super-Excited about the Show and the festivities for the 2011 AUTORAMA, and is looking forward to seeing all of you there ! My personal thanks to Chuck for inviting me to this year's Autorama. Unfortunately, due to my schedule, I'm not going to be able to be there, but, hey, it's the thought that counts ! JK
(Above: Chuck's amazing Ridler Award Winning "Fire Truck"; Chuck's "Red Baron" show car. )
(Above: Chuck and his Beamer-Isetta "Taxi", which rightfully claims the title of "The World's Smallest Taxi Cab !))
(Above: Jeff Myer's Award-Winning '57 Caddy Seville; Mike Shea's, Jeff Myers-Built, '50 Chopped Ford Coupe. Both were shown at the 2009 Detroit Autorama.)
TO HEAR CHUCK'S STORY ABOUT CREATING THE LEGENDARY PROTOTYPE FOR "HURST OLDS" JUST CLICK-ON HERE !
NOTE: Chuck's Harry Bentley Bradley designed "Sonic Cuda" as shown above on the cover of my 1971 Hot Rod Show World magazine. Jerry Pennington won the "Sonic Cuda" and later sold it. Where is it today ?? If you know, please send us an eMail. Just send it to : jking@thewwbc.net and I'll forward the info to Chuck.
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