Frankensteiners Ball 8 - Part 1
The weather sucked but there was still a decent turnout at Frankensteiners Ball 8 at the Anoka County Fairgrounds. It was cold and wet with occasional snow & sleet but about 500 cars and a very small handful of bikes showed up at the event (I drove). I've attended a few times and the event is usually a lot bigger when the weather cooperates. If you like hot rods and rat rods, this event is for you.
I've got about 70 photos to share over 5 posts and I'm just going to kick it off with something I've never seen before... monster-rat-rod-truck-tractors. I really don't know what to call these things but they were massive, loud, and awesome. I'm going to go with "monster rats" unless someone corrects me.
Here you can see a few views of the crowd that braved the crappy weather. Lots of people were in costume too.
While I'm partial to rat rods (and you will see a lot of photos of rat rods), there were lots of different vehicles there.
Classics:
Cars with nice paint:
Hurses:
Modern cars like this Dodge Challenger:
... and cars with ridiculous sound systems like this one that made water "dance" on the roof with his bass.
The motorcycles are up next.
I've got about 70 photos to share over 5 posts and I'm just going to kick it off with something I've never seen before... monster-rat-rod-truck-tractors. I really don't know what to call these things but they were massive, loud, and awesome. I'm going to go with "monster rats" unless someone corrects me.
Here you can see a few views of the crowd that braved the crappy weather. Lots of people were in costume too.
While I'm partial to rat rods (and you will see a lot of photos of rat rods), there were lots of different vehicles there.
Classics:
Cars with nice paint:
Hurses:
Modern cars like this Dodge Challenger:
... and cars with ridiculous sound systems like this one that made water "dance" on the roof with his bass.
The motorcycles are up next.