by HoTWire
28. April 2009 04:27
Belgium... Now I could make a quip about chocolate here, or the EU, or Bruge.. but I'm not. Instead I'm going to remind everyone that the good people of Belgium know how to build some very cool cars, they are well know in the more modern European scene for turning out some very clean cars. In fact we covered that aspect of their
car lifestyle once before.
It was with great interest that we discovered another side to their modified car culture, the hot rod. I guess it shouldn't come as a surprise, where there are cars, there are hot rods, but it is is a nice alternative side of the Belgium scene to see. SINS 2009, or SINS 3 to give its proper name, is run by the
Scrapers car club and takes the form of a weekend indoor show, being Belgium there is of course an afterparty to enjoy too! The show has cars, bikes and other hot rod ephemera to enjoy. Being in Belgium means it attracts enthusiasts from the surrounding countries as well as from this side of the channel. The main style of the show seems to be traditional rods, rather than street rods, but that is perhaps more a reflection of the nature of European hot rodding at the moment more than some kind of hard and fast rules for the show.
We've done a bit of leg work for you so you can jump in with both feet and get some photos for your viewing pleasure. First stop is Flickr which has come up with a great selection of photographs, there are
284 photos in this set from Carlito421, a further
48 shots from madfrankiefoto and finally
chevyrodders brings us 56 photos from the event, three of which we've used here.
A little further afield we have
some photos courtesy of VW Shows.com and
Oldskoolchoppers in the Netherlands.
I think it will be worth keeping an eye on the
Scrapers website and saving for a ferry trip to Belgium for next year.
Like these guys on the NSRA forum did this year.
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