The 2025 Shiny Rust Hot Rod show took place over the weekend at the Oakland Expo Center in Waterford, Michigan. It focused on classic cars, and shiny or rusty, big or small, they had them all on display.

The cars, shown Nov. 8 and 9, appeared in classes such as classics, customs, dragsters, race cars, rat rods, street rods, trucks, uniques and even hearses. If you are a fan of old cars with a lot of custom paint jobs and modifications, then this show is for you.

Since we are in the middle of fall and winter will soon be here, having an outdoor car show is less than ideal.

The Shiny Rust Hot Rod Show was indoors in a 100,000 square foot complex filled with hundreds of cars. Vehicles were either driven into the complex, pushed from behind or towed with a golf cart. Each vehicle had an inf

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