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Drive Time

Hot rods from across the nation have already begun descending on South Congress for this weekend's Lonestar Rod & Kustom Round Up, and several of the musicians playing (see www.lonestarroundup.com for a full schedule) have their own souped-up tales to tell. Jesse Dayton, who fell in love with hot rods watching ZZ Top videos, pilots a 1950 Ford two-door sedan. "It's lowered and Frenched, which means the taillights have been redone," says Dayton, who plays 12:30am Saturday at Trophy's. "It's also shaved, which means there's no handles or gas tank on it." Rockabilly cats the Jungle Rockers play 6pm Friday at Jo's Hot Coffee, and singer Jason Leonard gets to gigs in a 1962 Cadillac convertible. "The trunk holds two full-size amps, and I can fit the whole band's equipment or nine passengers," he says. "It's a great car to have when you're in a group." And Southern Culture on the Skids singer/guitarist Rick Miller, whose Carolina roots-rockers headline the Continental Club through Saturday, drives a 1969 El Camino. "It's got a 350 in it, but I've gotta say, it's not a real hot rod," he says. "I take my garbage to the dump in it." However, Miller's relatives back in Michigan regularly compete in tractor pulls. "It's so cold up there they just sit in their garage all winter long and dream up shit they can do with the engine," he says. This weekend's rainy forecast caused organizers to move Saturday's main car show from Festival Beach to the Travis Co. Expo Center.