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Grand National Roadster Show

Clay Sheffrey of Glendale looks over a 1932 Ford chopped three-window highboy coupe owned by Bill Lindig of Houston at the 64th Grand National Roadster Show on Friday. So-Cal Speed Shop of Pomona performed the car's final assembly and finish. The car features a unique and rare flathead Ardun overhead conversion engine. Lindig's other car on display, a 1927 Ford Roadster, won the 2012 Most Beautiful Roadster Award at the show.

Clay Sheffrey of Glendale looks over a 1932 Ford chopped three-window highboy coupe owned by Bill Lindig of Houston at the 64th Grand National Roadster Show on Friday. So-Cal Speed Shop of Pomona performed the car’s final assembly and finish. The car features a unique and rare flathead Ardun overhead conversion engine. Lindig’s other car on display, a 1927 Ford Roadster, won the 2012 Most Beautiful Roadster Award at the show.   (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

The 64th Grand National Roadster Show, a three-day beauty pageant of hot rods, takes place at the Pomona’s Fairplex. The show will have more than 500 autos on display and will end on Sunday when America’s Most Beautiful Roadster is named.

Highboy

Albert Lugo, left, of Manhattan Beach, Mike Kusulandich of San Juan Capistrano and Anthonly Lugo of Vista, admire a bare-metal 1932 Ford Roadster highboy replica built by Pinkee’s Rod Shop of Windsor, Colo.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Woodies and Wagons

People tour the Woodies, Wagons & the Spirit of Aloha exhibit during the 64th Grand National Roadster Show at the Pomona Fairplex. The woody was introduced in 1910. The wood panels replaced steel, which became a scarcer commodity during World War I, helping fuel the woody’s popularity.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Memorialize fallen U.S. Marines

Boots and flags memorialize fallen U.S. Marines, including Lance Cpl. Steven Stevens II and Cpl. Alex Martinez, in a display with a 1948 Ford woody owned by Mickey Christiason of Cerritos.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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1941 Dodge Hawaiian Sampan

A man admires a 1941 Dodge Hawaiian Sampan owned by Mick Carolan of Garden Grove in the Woodies, Wagons & the Spirit of Aloha exhibit at the 64th Grand National Roadster Show.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

1946 Ford Woody

A detail of a modified hood ornament on a 1946 Ford woody built by George Young of Sebastopol, Calif., at the Grand National Roadster Show.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

1930 Ford Model A altered street coupe

The interior of Jordan Quintal’s 1930 Ford Model A altered street coupe gleams at the 64th Grand National Roadster Show.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

1940 Mercury

Marco Galdames of Vancouver, Canada, checks out a 1940 Mercury owned by Mike Bello of Chula Vista on display at the 64th Grand National Roadster Show at the Pomona Fairplex.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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