. . . Used Dirt . . .: Last show for this season

It’s fall, rains are here and season ends. Last possibility to go to a big indoor car show until winter comes! Next big shows are being arranged during spring-time, after a half year from now.

So, I packed my wife, our son, and few of our friends and headed to Helsinki. There was being held X-treme Car Show which now is combined to Petrol Circus motorcycle show. Yes, I know, this car show has possibly worst name of any show ever… but this year cars were great! Since it’s beginning, it has been show for newer plastic-cars, and that is the reason I hadn’t ever been there before. They’ve changed their direction to more older cars and –referring to advertising- seemed to have interesting cars on display. Ofcourse we had to see what they had to offer…

There were few things that I really wanted to see, like this Futurliner.

Yes, it’s pile of rusty pieces, but how often do you get possibility to buy a Futurliner..? That must have been thought of the owner also.

In case that you didn’t know, The GM Futurliners were a group of stylized buses designed in the 1940s by Harley Earl for General Motors. They were used in GM's Parade of Progress, which traveled the United States exhibiting new cars and technology. The Futurliners were used from 1940 to 1941 and again from 1953 to 1956. A total of 12 were built, and 9 were still known to exist as of 2007. This one is # 8.

It will be rebuilt in it's original condition.

Syndicate of Wastarannan Kiiski and Old Soul Collective had their own area where they had most of their motorcycles on display.

World's happiest uncle!

Panda says hello. This is my friend Jake’s motorcycle, did some electrical work with this bike last winter.

Sinners, Sweden

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Best stand of the show, IMO.

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Last winter Tomi built this show-car called El Choco. It has visited all big indoor shows in Finland during this season, few in Sweden, and will be on display in Oslo next month. In my opinion, this might be most beautiful hot rod built in Finland, ever!

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Some Swedish school has some teacher who teaches his/hers students just the right things! Metalshaping for hot rods! It seems that they have Lazze's book where is being taught how to create sheetmetal for '33-'34 Ford from flat sheet.

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