1951- This mid-30's Bonneville coupe was entered by Harold Casaurank and Vern Hurst.
The Judge was CHP Officer Ezra Ehrhart.

From its humble beginnings as a two day hot rod show in November of 1950, the Sacramento Autorama stands as the premier showcase of the radical custom and exotic show cars, and Sacramento has evolved to be known as "The Custom Car Capitol of the World". Each year, thousands of spectators make the annual trek to California's capitol city to view the latest in chopped, channeled, sectioned and chromed cars as well as hot rods, pickups, motorcycles, muscle cars and competition machines.

The inaugural Autorama was the brainchild of Sacramento businessman Harold "Baggy" Bagdasarian. In 1950, while serving as president of the Capitol City Auto Club Thunderbolts, he talked the members into having a show to settle friendly arguments over the outstanding merits of their personal customized cars...

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