Godfather Customs Car Show - - - 1990 - - I was there

[quickdodge®]

I went to the Godfather's Truck Show back in 1990 and took these pics. I just found them a ew weeks ago and decided to scan them up. This was part of the show scene 2 decades ago, lolol. back then, Godfather's was a huge show in the Atlanta area. Mostly for truckers, though.

Here are some 20 year old pictures for you!

Later, QD.

[Scotsman]

nvm , this is why:screwy:

[quickdodge®]

More. Later, QD.

[quickdodge®]

Last set. Later, QD.

[PURP]

Love em... :goodjob:

[Revmaynard]

I like the outrageous mini-truck style back then more than today's scene. Nice post!

[BKgen®]

Damn. So this is what the car scene was like when I was watching Ninja Turtles...

[quickdodge®]

Damn. So this is what the car scene was like when I was watching Ninja Turtles...

You were 3 years old, lolol. I was 20, two children, married, graduating college. Later, QD.

[Dirty Octopus™]

awesomE! that red car got it!

[91ma70]

that civic looks hot

[D3UC3S]

I was 8 yrs old...Kick ass pics!

[Drummerboy]

...I was being born.

[90_ACCORD]

haha thats the year i was born. kinda cool to see what was goin on then. Nice pics

[Samhonda95]

bad thing is i'd rock that balck blazer with the iroc-z wheels on it right now:D

[Alan®]

lol i was 2

[Evil Goat]

ZOMG! i remember truck beds with hydraulics, and all those hideous colors...lol

[ep9716]

Damn. Badass..

[RutRoe]

Reversed deep dish hammers were the stuff man. Wow...

So funny to see that people had style that was so different, but so much the same. Body mods have evolved, but we still just try to make something look totally different.

I'd drive a bunch of those today and not mind that you guys laughed at me :)

[BITCHING]

bring back the old days of mini trucks .back then you did not have to have a body drop. to be in a magazine

[cactusEG]

Some ppls still do their cars that way.

[Black R]

a couple of those look cool as shit.

what college were you graduating from at the time?

[ueyedgr8tness]

the guy in that 1 pic reminds me of travis B

[5thgcelica]

awesome, thanks QD!!

[DB4LYFE ™]

thats cool.. advantages of having a little age on u brutha!


~DB4LYFE

[CHADbee]

man i used to go to the godfather shows with my dad all the time. i always had a good time at those shows.

[Arm&hammer]

They yellow truck is unreal.
That's crazy.

[TSiFTW]

Reversed deep dish hammers were the stuff man. Wow...

So funny to see that people had style that was so different, but so much the same. Body mods have evolved, but we still just try to make something look totally different.

I'd drive a bunch of those today and not mind that you guys laughed at me :)

You did not just say reversed deep dish hammers!!:lmfao::lmfao:OMFG I haven't heard anyone say that in 12-13 years. Reps for that:lmfao::lmfao:.

QD these are great. Godfather Custom shows in Mama's parking lot FTMFW!! Thank you for posting these. Brought back memories. I'm a few years behind you but this style was still popular when I started modding trucks.:cheers:

[RUFFIAN]

the honda is the shizzle. I know where that red s-10/ with the "Truckstarossa" kit is right now. that dude still drives it around.

[JITB]

oh my god look at covington highway...lol and trees!

[rbwdriven]

I remember seeing some of those trucks at stereo shows we competed at.

I think the black mini truck was a hi-fi buys truck. I can remember seeing at the hi-fi buys in roswell.

God I'm old.

[Formally...]

Cool pics. I remember going to these shows in the middle 90's. The "scene" was so much better back then when everyone got along and were just into cars and trucks because they wanted to, not to be "clean" or "sick" or whatever.

I like this pic because he has crazy offset wheels with "stretched" tires. Where are all the people that think this is just so "Sick". Your Honda with 9" wide rims with 205 tires was done 20yrs ago. WHO's COPING WHO? :D
http://www.importatlanta.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=197213&stc=1

[David88vert]

I definitely went to that show, but didn't save photos from it. I remember a couple of those trucks. We had a CVCC there back then, but it was all bass, not too good looking.

[1SICKLEX]

EPIC PICS!!!!!

[Tracy]

Looks like NOPI 2007 :D

[Fr33way]

http://lh6.ggpht.com/spinthecube/R1yVr0YOebI/AAAAAAAAAC8/BRUqgtMluh4/s288/respecknucklesma5.jpg

[Bigt8aford]

...I was being born.

... i wasn't even born

[mocha latte cupcake]

GODFATHER CUSTOMS SHOW---------1990------- I WAS 6. :lmfao:

[On_Her_Face]

I was one...

[Brian*]

old fart... I was 5! hahaha, good stuff man. I DO remember when stuff like that was cool lolol

[NewGen33]

Reminds me of House Party

[eg mike]

haha cool to see the pics man!

[AltimaCharlie]

i love this stuff. if i was rich i would go around buying old show cars/trucks and fixing them up. no telling how many multi-rear axle trucks are sitting in a garage somewhere. i love the minitruckin from the 70's and 80's also.

[VooDooXII]

Awesome. I've always wondered what the early car scene was like. Cool stuff man.

[SDBCIVIC]

I went to several godfather shows back then also, i was in high school and thought if i could only get some deep dish hammers or eagle 5's! wasn't much to choose from back then for custom rimz.

ill see if i can find some pics and scan them also.

[quickdodge®]

These days were the shit. People have mentioned (in this thread) that, for the most part in the mini-trucking scene, styles really haven't changed much. You're pretty much right. There's only so much you can do to a truck. But these pics were taken in a time when all this was brand new and innovative. The dump truck bed and then tilting it to the side was just coming into play around this time. The "truxterossa" kit was brand new as well. Later, QD.

[Echonova]

I'm pretty sure I was there. I remember the truck with the paint "splotches"... I thought it was ugly back then. I wanted a "Ratical" targa top conversion for my Nissan extended cab soooooo bad. But I couldn't afford it:(

[quickdodge®]

I'm pretty sure I was there.

I didn't see you so I doubt it. Later, QD.

[05IONREDLINE]

Wow, I was 9 yrs old. I still remember some those style mini trucks from when I live in Ohio.

[Dr.G35]

Damn. So this is what the car scene was like when I was watching Ninja Turtles...
lol, i know right:lmfao::lmfao:

[1439/2000]

LOL I was there too. I was a little kid but I remember walking around with the older kids in my neighborhood that all had mini trucks. I would help them sand their dashes after school. Rolled up in a lime green Mazda on bags and subs so loud I couldn't breathe hardly. This was before people would put cotton underneath the wheels at the show too. :D

If you see the "ROADWAY" truck trailor in the background you know where it is. Shit was there forever. Red hatch and the purple Toyota are still cool as hell even by todays standard.

Old school for sure. Thanks for dusting these off.

[Echonova]

I didn't see you so I doubt it. Later, QD.You might not have recognized me. I was skinny back then.
If you see the "ROADWAY" truck trailor in the background you know where it is. Shit was there forever. Red hatch and the purple Toyota are still cool as hell even by todays standard.Also did you notice the AMOCO station in the background? Best gas ever.

[Julio]

That civic is pretty dope...

I was 10 =]

[quickdodge®]

A little nostalgic bump for the newcomers. This is what was up when you folks were still surfing the wombs and all that jazz........

[Catnip]

That black blazer with the iroc wheels is the business.

[boostedb16]

I'm pretty sure I was there. I remember the truck with the paint "splotches"... I thought it was ugly back then. I wanted a "Ratical" targa top conversion for my Nissan extended cab soooooo bad. But I couldn't afford it:(haha i was a freshman in high school during that time. i always hung out with the older guys so i could ride around in trucks like this, well they all used me because i could draw really good and used to use paint markers and draw stuff all over there trucks. i can still to this day draw the "RATICAL" top rat with my eyes closed.

[boostedb16]

please post more, i could probably name some names of some owners.

[l Gizzy l]

Good lord, I wasnt even born yet xD

Black blazer I would drive today, and the red one in the last set. Thanks QD for the pics!

[Got Milk?]

I see one or two that I like, else is just pure rice.

[quickdodge®]

haha i was a freshman in high school during that time. i always hung out with the older guys so i could ride around in trucks like this, well they all used me because i could draw really good and used to use paint markers and draw stuff all over there trucks. i can still to this day draw the "RATICAL" top rat with my eyes closed.

It was a great time to be a car enthusiast. I just recently found out where an originally built (in 1991) trucksterosa is. And it's for sale.


Good lord, I wasnt even born yet xD

Black blazer I would drive today, and the red one in the last set. Thanks QD for the pics!

Haha. It's all about nostalgia for me.


else is just pure rice.

Correction. Everything else is pure originality.

[Got Milk?]

It was a great time to be a car enthusiast. I just recently found out where an originally built (in 1991) trucksterosa is. And it's for sale.



Haha. It's all about nostalgia for me.



Correction. Everything else is pure originality.

Originality does not change the meaning of "rice" in my book.

[quickdodge®]

Originality does not change the meaning of "rice" in my book.

Guess that just goes with "rice" having multiple meanings. I personally don't see where "rice" applies to a completely different time period and genre of modifying. And I'm quite sure I'm not alone.

But it's all good, my friend. We're all allowed our opinions...............

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even if yours is wrong, lolol.

[MeFryRice]

That was the style at the time. I'm sure people will look back at this hellaflush crap that is popular today and say that's rice as well.

[boostedb16]

Guess that just goes with "rice" having multiple meanings. I personally don't see where "rice" applies to a completely different time period and genre of modifying. And I'm quite sure I'm not alone.

But it's all good, my friend. We're all allowed our opinions...............

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even if yours is wrong, lolol.i am with you on this, also i thought the term "ricer" came from people calling any japan based car a "rice burner" so to me i dont care what your civic,integra,s2000,tsx or any other japan based car looks like. your all a "ricer".

[SHAUNvX]

I wouldnt call it rice but like QD said its just a different time of car and truck modding, What i call rice is what you would find in the WTF section and this isnt there.

[Gashbell4595]

Wow these are some crazy badass pics, its a shame I wasnt even born yet.

[SmackedInATL]

Remember the K-Mart meets back in the 90s at the Big Chicken!! Off the hook

[David88vert]

Remember the K-Mart meets back in the 90s at the Big Chicken!! Off the hook


Those were big, but we used to meet up at the Kmart on Canton Hwy long before that. Both of those were packed out back then.

[DeeAOne]

This is awesome. Love to see what the scene was like back in the day.

[eraser4g63]

When originality ruled!

[Axix23]

I liked the show when they moved it to The HorsePark in Conyers, GA..

[thetaste]

This makes me want to scan some of my old pics of the car shows in the area back then. Good times.

[Echonova]

Do it.

[KyleG]

Really cool pics!

Here is my truck at about that time, when my dad was fooling around with it. This is quite a few years before me lol
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/155550_3989781658771_1340220106_n.jpg

[JDMEK18]

love the testerosa trucks with wires and hydro's
great flash back