The GRANDEST SHOW of ’em all!
It was late January 1950 when the very first National Roadster Show event took place at the Oakland Exposition Building in Oakland, California, started by the husband and wife team of Garland ‘Al’ Slonaker and his wife Mary. It was a big hit, with a great turnout of spectators arriving to see the flashy roadsters. Because Al Slonaker was a public relations and advertising man, he
