SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- A reality television star is visiting Central New York this weekend. Ryan Evans, from History Channel's Counting Cars, will be signing autographs at the Syracuse Auto Expo.

Evans is the head painter at Count's Kustoms. He is responsible for airbrushing and designing car graphics. Coming from Las Vegas, he says the Central New York cold definitely shocked him. But he was more worried about the salt on the roads.

"Driving from the airport here, I'm looking at the cars and I'm thinking oh my god that would be all over our paint. How do you do it with all of the salt and the brine and everything? That would blow me away. Truth be told, seeing it first hand, you guys are my new heroes," Evans said.

Evans will be at the Auto Expo at the Oncenter from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday.