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Tend to overdo the roast turkey, stuffing, cranberry and pie at those family Thanksgiving feasts? You can head downtown and walk off a lot of those extra calories at the 60th annual Houston AutoRama, where you’ll feast your eyes on a bounty of fat-free hot rods, extreme trucks, hardcore 4x4s, low-riders, muscle cars and customized cars of every type and stripe.

The O’ReillyAuto Parts AutoRama opens at 3 p.m. Thanksgiving Day at the George R. Brown Convention Center and runs through Sunday, Dec. 1. It’s been an annual favorite of car enthusiasts for 60 years.

Brian Evans has been enjoying the AutoRama since the 1970s when he started going with his father and his dad’s friends to the show, then held at the Albert Thomas Convention Center. He caught a lifelong case of car fever and cops to owning — and racing — about 60 cars and trucks. This month will mark the 32nd time the Houston enthusiast has shown a vehicle.

“I used to be in it for the trophies, but now I like that we get to see friends,” said Evans, 56. “It’s a family thing. The show closes at 8 p.m. and afterward you go out to eat with family and friends and catch up.”

Slated for an AutoRama encore this time around is Evans’ silver 1999 Chevrolet Corvette, one of 11 Vettes he has owned.

Team Evans consists of Evans, his wife Kimberly, and their three children: Todd, Taylor and McKenzie. Evans said McKenzie has shown her Hot Rod Magazine 2010 Edition 1932 Ford roadster pedal car at AutoRama and it’s won best-in-class three times. The 18-year-old, named an AutoRama “rising star,” is saving for a car she’ll modify and show at a future Houston show.

Her dad, who has a thing for Corvettes with retractable headlights, picked up the…