{"id":7688,"date":"2010-01-24T22:08:38","date_gmt":"2010-01-25T05:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=7688"},"modified":"2013-02-16T12:48:32","modified_gmt":"2013-02-16T19:48:32","slug":"cool-steel-in-steel-city-world-of-wheels-car-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/cool-steel-in-steel-city-world-of-wheels-car-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Cool Steel in Steel City World of Wheels Car Show"},"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%2Fcool-steel-in-steel-city-world-of-wheels-car-show%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F01%2F1964-Chevrolet-Corvette-Dean-Makricostas.jpg&amp;description=Cool+Steel+in+Steel+City+World+of+Wheels+Car+Show\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[7688]\"><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\/cool-steel-in-steel-city-world-of-wheels-car-show\/\"><\/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\/cool-steel-in-steel-city-world-of-wheels-car-show\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Cool Steel in Steel City World of Wheels Car Show\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/cool-steel-in-steel-city-world-of-wheels-car-show\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Cool Steel in Steel City World of Wheels Car Show&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/cool-steel-in-steel-city-world-of-wheels-car-show\/\" 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\/cool-steel-in-steel-city-world-of-wheels-car-show\/\" data-text=\"Cool Steel in Steel City World of Wheels Car Show\" data-desc=\"Getting your Hot Rod Fix at the Pittsburgh World of Wheels Another World of Wheels has come and gone in Pittsburgh, PA, AKA The Steel City, and it did not disappoint. Once again the wife and I hit the road to take in a car show, shoot some photos, and just enjoy being out of the house. After\" data-image=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1964-Chevrolet-Corvette-Dean-Makricostas.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><p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1964-Chevrolet-Corvette-Dean-Makricostas.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7688]\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-7706 \" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"1964 Chevrolet Corvette owned by Dean Makricostas on display at the World of Wheels\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1964-Chevrolet-Corvette-Dean-Makricostas.jpg\" alt=\"Getting your Hot Rod Fix at the Pittsburgh World of Wheels\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1964-Chevrolet-Corvette-Dean-Makricostas.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1964-Chevrolet-Corvette-Dean-Makricostas-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1964-Chevrolet-Corvette-Dean-Makricostas-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1964-Chevrolet-Corvette-Dean-Makricostas-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nGetting your Hot Rod Fix at the Pittsburgh World of Wheels<\/p>\n<p>Another World of Wheels has come and gone in Pittsburgh, PA, AKA The Steel City, and it did not disappoint. Once again the wife and I hit the road to take in a car show, shoot some photos, and just enjoy being out of the house. After scraping off the ice from the previous day\u2019s storm we were on our way for the 4 hour trip to the David Lawrence Convention Center in Downtown Pittsburgh. I actually find driving fairly relaxing so the trek went pretty quick.<\/p>\n<p>There was something for everyone. If you like high end customs there were over-the-top rods like John Mai\u2019s beautiful 1933 Willys Coupe.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1933-Willys-Coupe-John-Mai.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7688]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7689\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"1933 Willys Coupe by John-Mai\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1933-Willys-Coupe-John-Mai.jpg\" alt=\"1933-Willys-Coupe-John-Mai\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1933-Willys-Coupe-John-Mai.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1933-Willys-Coupe-John-Mai-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1933-Willys-Coupe-John-Mai-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1933-Willys-Coupe-John-Mai-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Into race cars? Drag City USA was on hand displaying several vintage dragsters like the 1967 Bounty Hunter that was driven by Connie Kalitta.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1967-Bounty-Hunter-Connie-Kalitta.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7688]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7690\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"1967 Bounty Hunter driven by Connie Kalitta\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1967-Bounty-Hunter-Connie-Kalitta.jpg\" alt=\"1967-Bounty-Hunter-Connie-Kalitta\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1967-Bounty-Hunter-Connie-Kalitta.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1967-Bounty-Hunter-Connie-Kalitta-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1967-Bounty-Hunter-Connie-Kalitta-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1967-Bounty-Hunter-Connie-Kalitta-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Want to learn something? A number of airbrush artists were on hand demonstrating their craft.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Airbrush-Artists.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7688]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7691\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Airbrush Artists demo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Airbrush-Artists.jpg\" alt=\"Airbrush-Artists\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Airbrush-Artists.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Airbrush-Artists-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Airbrush-Artists-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Airbrush-Artists-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Feeling charitable? You could have bid on some of the art that the pinstripers were creating all weekend.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Pin-Striping-for-Charity.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7688]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7692\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Pin Striping for Charity\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Pin-Striping-for-Charity.jpg\" alt=\"Pin-Striping-for-Charity\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Pin-Striping-for-Charity.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Pin-Striping-for-Charity-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Pin-Striping-for-Charity-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Pin-Striping-for-Charity-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Were there rat rods? Yup. There were many rats and kustoms including this 1930 Essex kustom by Jeff Shuman.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1930-Essex-Kustom-Jeff-Shuman.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7688]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7693\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"1930 Essex Kustom by Jeff-Shuman\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1930-Essex-Kustom-Jeff-Shuman.jpg\" alt=\"1930-Essex-Kustom-Jeff-Shuman\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1930-Essex-Kustom-Jeff-Shuman.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1930-Essex-Kustom-Jeff-Shuman-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1930-Essex-Kustom-Jeff-Shuman-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1930-Essex-Kustom-Jeff-Shuman-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And what would the World of Wheels be without stuff that just makes you scratch your head like Joe Bellisario\u2019s 1970 Chevrolet Corvette Wagon?<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1970-Corvette-Wagon-Joe-Bellisario.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7688]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7694\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"1970 Corvette Wagon by Joe-Bellisario\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1970-Corvette-Wagon-Joe-Bellisario.jpg\" alt=\"1970-Corvette-Wagon-Joe-Bellisario\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1970-Corvette-Wagon-Joe-Bellisario.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1970-Corvette-Wagon-Joe-Bellisario-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1970-Corvette-Wagon-Joe-Bellisario-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1970-Corvette-Wagon-Joe-Bellisario-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Were you there? How far have you ever driven just to attend a car show? Let us know and be sure to check out the rest of the photos in the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/ViewEventImages\/World%20of%20Wheels\/\" target=\"_self\">pictures gallery<\/a>.<\/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%2Fcool-steel-in-steel-city-world-of-wheels-car-show%2F&amp;media=&amp;description=Cool+Steel+in+Steel+City+World+of+Wheels+Car+Show\" 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\/cool-steel-in-steel-city-world-of-wheels-car-show\/\"><\/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\/cool-steel-in-steel-city-world-of-wheels-car-show\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Cool Steel in Steel City World of Wheels Car Show\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/cool-steel-in-steel-city-world-of-wheels-car-show\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Cool Steel in Steel City World of Wheels Car Show&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/cool-steel-in-steel-city-world-of-wheels-car-show\/\" 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\/cool-steel-in-steel-city-world-of-wheels-car-show\/\" data-text=\"Cool Steel in Steel City World of Wheels Car Show\" data-desc=\"Getting your Hot Rod Fix at the Pittsburgh World of Wheels Another World of Wheels has come and gone in Pittsburgh, PA, AKA The Steel City, and it did not disappoint. Once again the wife and I hit the road to take in a car show, shoot some photos, and just enjoy being out of the house. After\" 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 Getting your Hot Rod Fix at the Pittsburgh World of Wheels Another World of Wheels has come and gone in Pittsburgh, PA, AKA The Steel City, and it did not disappoint. Once again the wife and I hit the road to take in a car show, shoot some photos, and just enjoy being out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[378],"tags":[1450,1210],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7688"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7688"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21954,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7688\/revisions\/21954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}