The 1970s brought on unique cars to wn the Ridler. Jerry Pennington's rear-engine Corvette ("Scorpion") and hand-built custom street rod ("Devilfish") featured many of the era's trends, including shag carpeting, velvet seating, and sharp edges. 1974's event was a first for Autorama, as Wimauma, Florida's Don Campbell and his '27 Ford became the first out-of-state entry to capture the Ridler Award. The decade was then capped-off with a series of six Ford T-bucket Ridler winners, including three '23s ('76, '78, '79), two '27s ('74 & '75), and one '26 ('77). The Ford roadster trend continued throughout the 1980s as well, with two '34s ('81 & '82), a '28 ('80), a '29 ('83), a '33 ('85) and a '35 ('84). The first non-roadster to win the Ridler since 1973 was Dale Hunt's late-model Pro Stock Pontiac Grand Am at the 34th annual Detroit Autorama in 1986. Hunt's Grand Am remains one of only two Pro Stock cars to have won the Ridler (the other being Bob Rizzoli's '92 Mercedes 560 SEC).