Sins of Steel 2013

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Here’s a giant photo essay from this weekend’s fourth annual Sins of Steel traditional hot rod show in Davisburg, Michigan.

 

One of the Detroit area’s top events for the traditional rod crowd, Sins of Steel has its roots in the original Billetproof Motor City Mayhem show first held back in 2004. Eventually this one event spun off into two, with one organization backing the annual Billetproof Michigan show (covered here at Motor City Garage) and another group taking over the original venue at the Oakland County Fairgrounds in Davisburg, Michigan. This show is known as Sins of Steel, now in its fourth year.

The rustic fairground in Davisburg makes the perfect venue for a laid-back hot rod show. Activities at Sins of Steel include a swap meet, live musical acts, minibike races, a model car show, and a big display area with plenty of strictly traditional, pre-1965 rods and customs.

Now, due to the deliberately informal flavor at Sins of Steel, there were no ID cards in the windows of the vehicles. As a result, we haven’t included owner info in the gallery below. But if you’d like to see your name here, please drop us a line.

 

4 thoughts on “Sins of Steel 2013”

  2. While some of those are competition or fad rods I only saw numberplates on 3 of those vehicles. Either Detroit does not require front plates or not many of those are on the road.
    The blown Chevy Minor appeals, though unless fully fabricated is a fad rod.

    • hi Lee, thanks for weighing in from down under. Yes, here in the USA, plates are issued by the individual states and the requirements can vary. For example, in Michigan only a rear license plate is required, but right next door to the south, Ohio demands plates front and rear. The automakers deal with it by shipping the front license hardware in the trunk.

      I agree with you about the Minor — it’s cool but essentially a toy.

  3. Thanks for the report. I was in Detroit for car stuff on Saturday but never made it to Davisburg. It is a great setting for an event like this and plan on attending again some day. Love the shoebox-chero.

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