The other great part of this display is the fact that this Frankenstein's Monster gets driven regularly, and has accumulated around 8,000 miles since the build was completed.

Part of that 8,000 mile total is the 530 mile trip to the Auto Fair.

Power for Dady Rat comes courtesy of a German-made Deutz 19.1L air cooled V12 diesel engine.

Originally, this engine powered a railroad maintenance locomotive.

According to the information displayed with the car, the engine has been dyno tested and makes around 1,000 hp and 1,950 ft-lbs of torque. Power is fed through an Allison 654 5-speed automatic transmission.

Boost is provided by four turbochargers, two by Kuhnle, Kopp & Kausch (KKK), and two by Borg Warner, of which KKK in now part of.

The cab is from an M923 military 6x6 truck,

The front axle is from a 1951 Chevrolet 2-ton truck. The rear axle is a Rockwell unit from a school bus.

The air horns are from a Union Pacific locomotive.

And finally, this 9,300 beast is supported by eight air bags. The Stauffer family's goal with Dady Rat was to build something drivable and functional that also causes people to do a double-take when they see it on the highway. Mission accomplished !

From the Best of the Best show cars, I headed to two displays that seemed to focus on another type of racing.

Speedycop and the Gang of Outlaws' 1976 Volkswagen Bus.

This Trippy Tippy Hippy Van is a car that competed in the annual 24 Hours of LeMons endurance race series in 2017. Originally founded in California in 2006, the event has since expanded to race tracks across the country.

Seeing the "24 Hours of LeMons" title applied to this race conjures images of the well known, similarly styled race held annually in LeMans, France. The difference here is that participants are not allowed to spend more than $500, including the price of the car. This price limit does not apply to standard racing safety equipment such as a rollcage, wheels and tires, brakes, and a competition driver's seat.

Jeff "Speedycop" Bloch had already made a name for himself in LeMons racing circles for his outrageous but extremely creative rides, (an Upside Down Camaro and a 1969 Bell OH-58 Kiowa helicopter come to mind). For the 2017 season, Bloch came up with the idea of racing a vehicle on its side and built it using two rusted out Volkswagens. Being able to see through the van while racing was provided by one-way vinyl covered Lexan and clear acrylic panels.

Speedycop and the Gang of Outlaws' AMC Pacer Fishbowl.

This is another Jeff "Speedycop" Bloch creation for the 24 Hours of LeMons racing series.

The styling of the AMC Pacer has long been compared to a fishbowl thanks to the shape of its passenger compartment. For the 2019 season, Bloch decided to expand on the fishbowl theme by welding the rear halves of two AMC Pacers together and mounting the result onto a Toyota MR2 chassis.

The result is the "Fishbowl" seen in the photos above and below.

Motivation is provided by a 1991 Toyota MR2 chassis.

The next two displays were from my childhood.

The Munsters' Koach.

I remember watching The Munsters tv show as a kid, and seeing the car the family used, the Munsters' Koach.

The Munster's Koach was created by George Barris and Barris Kustoms in a mere 21 days.

The Koach was created from three Ford Model T bodies mounted on top of a custom hand-made frame.

Power comes from a modified Ford 289 CID V8 that was enlarged to 425 cubes. A ten-stack induction system feeds air and fuel. Exhaust is routed through a set of Bobby Bar racing headers. All of this is connected to a 4-speed manual transmission.

The front fenders and radiator are also hand-made.

The car is autographed by the show's cast in several places.

The story of the Munsters' Koach originates from the fourth episode of the first season of the show. Lily Munster wanted to give her husband, Herman, a new car for his 114th birthday. She went to a used car lot and bought a T-Bucket roadster and a hearse with instructions to combine the two together. The resulting Munsters' Koach was said to have appeared in around 20 episodes of the show.

The Munsters' Drag-U-La.

Drag-U-La was added to the show later on in the first season when Herman bets the Munsters' Koach in a drag race, which he loses. Grandpa builds a car to win the Koach back, which he does.

Drag-U-La is also a Barris Kustoms creation for the show.

The body of Drag-U-La was built using an actual coffin. According to the Munsters website, it was illegal to sell a coffin without a death certificate. So the production crew made a deal with a local funeral home to pay for a coffin in cash and have it left outside of the back door of the funeral home where it would be picked up later.

A modified Ford 289 CID V8 was again used for power. The exhaust seen in the photo above was made from organ pipes.

The rear tires are Firestone 10 inch racing slicks. Judging by the dry rot seen in the photo above, they've been on the car for a long time.

Also set up in the Showcase Pavilion was Monster Truck legend Dennis Anderson.

Anderson was signing autographs and meeting fans.

He was also promoting his King Sling mud truck that was sitting outside.

King Sling is basically a Monster Truck with room for passengers.

According to Anderson's website, the Monster Truck Experience was designed to give fans the opportunity to ride along with Anderson as he drives King Sling around his track in North Carolina.

I headed into the other Showcase Pavilion, which I seemed to have missed in my previous Auto Fair visits. Contained therein was a large Roush display.

By this time, the skies had cleared, and the sun was returning. I headed back outside to see what I could see.