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Luling Watermelon Thump Car Show
Luling, Texas
June 29, 2008
Pictures By Richard “Too Low” Haas
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“Too Low”

"Luling, Texas is a small town a little East of San Antonio that was once a vital part of the Texas oil boom. These days it is known for the Annual Luling Watermelon Thump where prizes are given for the biggest watermelon (the record is 82 pounds!) and for spitting a watermelon seed farther than anyone else ( the record is over 68feet!)

Along with the Watermelon Thump is the annual Car Show. This year there were over 80 entries from all over Central Texas, with a little something for everyone to check out. And then another benefit about going to the car show in Luling is stopping at one of the Great barbeque shops in the area on the way out of town"

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  The Grand Champion  Over 67 pounds (2)

 The Grand Champion Over 67 pounds

  This is where the ''Seed Spittin'' contest is held (2)

 This is where the ''Seed Spittin'' contest is held

 Right up there on the ''Two Low'' favorites list is Jack Smith's super clean Fifty Six (2)

 Right up there on the ''Two Low'' favorites list is Jack Smith's super clean Fifty Six

 A seldom seen '34 Plymouth sedan belongs to Robert Smith from Santa Fe Texas (2)

 A seldom seen '34 Plymouth sedan belongs to Robert Smith from Santa Fe Texas

 Don't look for ''bling'' in here--it's just plain functional and powerful (2)

 Don't look for ''bling'' in here--it's just plain functional and powerful

  Yellow is one of the ''acceptable'' colors for a '32 roadster and that's just what Larry Kruger's Deuce wears (2)

 Yellow is one of the ''acceptable'' colors for a '32 roadster and that's just what Larry Kruger's Deuce wears

  Larry's ''no top' roadster is looking fine from any angle (2)

 Larry's ''no top' roadster is looking fine from any angle

  Bill and Rachel Schmidt cruise in the '77 Ford pickup- (2)

 Bill and Rachel Schmidt cruise in the '77 Ford pickup-

Standing a little ''tall' for Too Low but lookin' real good anyway (2)

Standing a little ''tall' for Too Low but lookin' real good anyway

Kinda ''Old School'' is Frank Tresner's '55 Victoria (2)

Kinda ''Old School'' is Frank Tresner's '55 Victoria

Frank's Ford is looking fine inside (2)

Frank's Ford is looking fine inside

  Featuring a Budnik wheel Franks '55 is way sanitary (2)

 Featuring a Budnik wheel Franks '55 is way sanitary

 A clean '52  Chevy pickup owned by Rickie Kleen (2)

 A clean '52 Chevy pickup owned by Rickie Kleen

  No owner info on this Camaro Convertible (2)

 No owner info on this Camaro Convertible

 This is Ken Betts '62 Vette (2)

 This is Ken Betts '62 Vette

 A Deuce but a Buick model 90 belonging to Larry Puig (2)

 A Deuce but a Buick model 90 belonging to Larry Puig

 No clutter on this straight eight (2)

 No clutter on this straight eight

  There's room for a square dance in Larry's Buick (2)

 There's room for a square dance in Larry's Buick

 Larry Taylor's '73 'Cuda (2)

 Larry Taylor's '73 'Cuda

  Mrs Too Low's favorite was this '58 Nash Metropolitan owned by Allen Melroy (2)

 Mrs Too Low's favorite was this '58 Nash Metropolitan owned by Allen Melroy

 Randolph Cambell's '68 SS Camaro had the original sticker showing the price to be $3,159

 Randolph Cambell's '68 SS Camaro had the original sticker showing the price to be $3,159

 One good looking powerplant (2)

 One good looking powerplant

 This is a '28 Ford ''used to be coupe'' owned by Sam Saenc (2)

 This is a '28 Ford ''used to be coupe'' owned by Sam Saenc

 Talk about hot  This '69 SS 396 Camaro was the property of Robert Garner (2)

 Talk about hot This '69 SS 396 Camaro was the property of Robert Garner

John Brannan from Seguin showed off his  '67 GTO (2)

John Brannan from Seguin showed off his '67 GTO

  John's ''Goat'' had a little more Horsepower than stock (2)

 John's ''Goat'' had a little more Horsepower than stock

 Lee and Lynda Sherrod can make some tire smoke in their '72 'Cuda (2)

 Lee and Lynda Sherrod can make some tire smoke in their '72 'Cuda

  Felipe DelaPena had another one of the rides on Too Low's Pick list with this '28 Ford coupe (2)

 Felipe DelaPena had another one of the rides on Too Low's Pick list with this '28 Ford coupe

  The headers tell me that Felipe drives this one (2)

 The headers tell me that Felipe drives this one

The interior of Felipe's '29 Coupe (2)

The interior of Felipe's '29 Coupe

  Nice graphics on the dashboard of Felipe's '28 but I liked the AC more (2)

 Nice graphics on the dashboard of Felipe's '28 but I liked the AC more

 Nothing fancy  Just pure sanitary (2)

 Nothing fancy Just pure sanitary

  James Dietz had this '62 F-100 packed to the hilt with horses (2)

 James Dietz had this '62 F-100 packed to the hilt with horses

 We're running out of room here (2)

 We're running out of room here

 The interior of Jmes Dietz' F-100 was looking pretty good too (2)

 The interior of Jmes Dietz' F-100 was looking pretty good too

 This is Kent Christensen's '53 Mercury (2)

 This is Kent Christensen's '53 Mercury

  Steven Garcia stuffed a blower motor in this '92 Camaro (2)

 Steven Garcia stuffed a blower motor in this '92 Camaro

  ''I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow you off the line'' (2)

 ''I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow you off the line''

  This '67 Chevelle 'vert belongs to Bobby Calderon from Seguin (2)

 This '67 Chevelle 'vert belongs to Bobby Calderon from Seguin

 This one is purely functional and looks like fun to me (2)

 This one is purely functional and looks like fun to me

  I'm not too sure I'd trust that '40 Ford steering wheel (2)

 I'm not too sure I'd trust that '40 Ford steering wheel

 Lockhart is home to John Mendez and his '56 Mercury VCustom (2)

 Lockhart is home to John Mendez and his '56 Mercury VCustom

This '40 Ford pickup has been around a while and now belongs to Joe Hutcheson (2)

This '40 Ford pickup has been around a while and now belongs to Joe Hutcheson

  The interior of Joe's '40 Pickup is very sanitary with digital gauges and all (2)

 The interior of Joe's '40 Pickup is very sanitary with digital gauges and all

 If ya like candy apple red you'll love Roy Pacheco's '55 Bel Air (2)

 If ya like candy apple red you'll love Roy Pacheco's '55 Bel Air

 

 

 

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