{"id":15528,"date":"2011-05-04T21:27:02","date_gmt":"2011-05-05T04:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/best-of-viva-car-show-unusual-customs\/"},"modified":"2013-02-17T18:06:27","modified_gmt":"2013-02-18T01:06:27","slug":"best-of-viva-car-show-unusual-customs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/best-of-viva-car-show-unusual-customs\/","title":{"rendered":"#1 &#8211; Best of Viva Las Vegas 14 &#8211; The Unusual Customs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fbest-of-viva-car-show-unusual-customs%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F04%2F2011-viva-las-vegas-car-show15.jpg&amp;description=%231+%E2%80%93+Best+of+Viva+Las+Vegas+14+%E2%80%93+The+Unusual+Customs\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[15528]\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/best-of-viva-car-show-unusual-customs\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/best-of-viva-car-show-unusual-customs\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"#1 \u2013 Best of Viva Las Vegas 14 \u2013 The Unusual Customs\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/best-of-viva-car-show-unusual-customs\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=#1 \u2013 Best of Viva Las Vegas 14 \u2013 The Unusual Customs&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/best-of-viva-car-show-unusual-customs\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/best-of-viva-car-show-unusual-customs\/\" data-text=\"#1 \u2013 Best of Viva Las Vegas 14 \u2013 The Unusual Customs\" data-desc=\"2011 Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Car Show At any car show, you'll always have your favorites. Of course this is true with Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender where the car show, \"officially\" only runs for Saturday, but there's tons of smooth kustoms and nostalgic hot rods to see starting from\" data-image=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/2011-viva-las-vegas-car-show15.jpg\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><h3><strong>2011 Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Car Show<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>At any car show, you&#8217;ll always have your favorites. Of course this is true with Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender where the car show, &#8220;officially&#8221; only runs for Saturday, but there&#8217;s tons of smooth kustoms and nostalgic hot rods to see starting from Thursday. While you&#8217;re there, grab a beer, say hi to just about anyone you see cause chances are they&#8217;re there to have a good time and most car people like to talk about their rides. Or bring beer with you and you&#8217;ll suddenly have tons of new friends!<\/p>\n<p>So here&#8217;s an overview of the cars I like best.<strong> If you agree or not, let me know. <\/strong>If you&#8217;re the owner and I didn&#8217;t get a chance to say hi, please leave a comment and more info about your ride. If you can, say why, &#8220;My Ride is Me&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s start with the unusual! (or you could say the coolest 1961 Plymouth Fury I&#8217;ve ever seen!)<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/2011-viva-las-vegas-car-show15.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[15528]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15429\" title=\"2011 Viva Las Vegas Car Show - Fury\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/2011-viva-las-vegas-car-show15.jpg\" alt=\"Plymouth Fury Custom, custom car show, VLV14\" width=\"575\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/2011-viva-las-vegas-car-show15.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/2011-viva-las-vegas-car-show15-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/2011-viva-las-vegas-car-show15-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Through my near legendary Google&#8217;n skillz, I found out this is a 1961 Plymouth Fury hardtop coupe. The bright orange paint looked stunning in a sea of rust and black paint and who knew this body style could look so cool?!<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"1961 Plymouth Fury custom car\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/ShowPicture\/event-8131--2011-Viva\" alt=\"custom plymouth fury, metal flake and lace roof, 1961 Fury\" width=\"575\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The interior&#8217;s got a stylish mix of what could be near stock with a fur lined headliner. A must see!<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Custom furry interior on this 61 Plymouth Fury\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/ShowPicture\/event-8132--2011-Viva\" alt=\"viva las vegas car show pictures, 2011 viva las vegas car show\" width=\"575\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The roof had the same detail found inside&#8230; white with a medium flake then more orange over lace and some thin black pinstriping.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Flake and lace roof on 1961 Plymouth Fury\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/ShowPicture\/event-8157--2011-Viva\" alt=\"Viva Las Vegas Car Show pictures, 2011 Viva Las Vegas Car show, 1961 Plymouth Fury\" width=\"575\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Is this your 1961 Plymouth Fury?? Who owns this?<\/p>\n<p>Before closing the &#8220;Unusual Customs&#8221; theme, I gotta share one more ride I liked. This isn&#8217;t the first custom mail truck or ice cream truck or whatever kind of delivery this old ride might have been, but this one was cool in it&#8217;s original looking patina and custom pinstripes.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Custom ice cream truck at 2011 Viva\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/ShowPicture\/event-8147--2011-Viva\" alt=\"Custom ice cream truck, rat rod ice cream truck, viva las vegas car show\" width=\"575\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The interior featured some marijuana branded gunney sacks that fit right in&#8230; there&#8217;s a shot of the pinstriping too at the <a title=\"2011 Viva Las Vegas 14 \u2013 Pinstriping Styles\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/2011-viva-las-vegas-14-pinstriping-styles\/\" target=\"_blank\">Viva Las Vegas Pinstriping Gallery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Just the essentials inside\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/ShowPicture\/event-8148--2011-Viva\" alt=\"viva las vegas car show pictures, 2011 viva\" width=\"575\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So how&#8217;d I do? <strong>Were these 2 of your favorites from the Viva Las Vegas Car Show too?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To see what you might have missed from previous Viva Las Vegas Car Shows, here&#8217;s the <a title=\"Viva Las Vegas Car Show pictures\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/tag\/viva-las-vegas\/\" target=\"_blank\">Viva Las Vegas Car Show info<\/a> from the last 3 years.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fbest-of-viva-car-show-unusual-customs%2F&amp;media=&amp;description=%231+%E2%80%93+Best+of+Viva+Las+Vegas+14+%E2%80%93+The+Unusual+Customs\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/best-of-viva-car-show-unusual-customs\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/best-of-viva-car-show-unusual-customs\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"#1 \u2013 Best of Viva Las Vegas 14 \u2013 The Unusual Customs\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/best-of-viva-car-show-unusual-customs\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=#1 \u2013 Best of Viva Las Vegas 14 \u2013 The Unusual Customs&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/best-of-viva-car-show-unusual-customs\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/best-of-viva-car-show-unusual-customs\/\" data-text=\"#1 \u2013 Best of Viva Las Vegas 14 \u2013 The Unusual Customs\" data-desc=\"2011 Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Car Show At any car show, you'll always have your favorites. Of course this is true with Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender where the car show, \"officially\" only runs for Saturday, but there's tons of smooth kustoms and nostalgic hot rods to see starting from\" data-image=\"\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p>Email 2011 Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Car Show At any car show, you&#8217;ll always have your favorites. Of course this is true with Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender where the car show, &#8220;officially&#8221; only runs for Saturday, but there&#8217;s tons of smooth kustoms and nostalgic hot rods to see starting from Thursday. 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