Alright fellas… We’ve had one hell of a tech week and now it’s time to figure out who’s gonna take home the super bad ass die cast from GMP. The folks from GMP had a top secret meeting with our tech editors just last night. They met in an unmarked warehouse located on the bad side [...]
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Designing the ‘53 Fords…
In continuing with my “Ford at Fifty” series, I scanned a number of pages about Ford’s design and engineering process for the 1953 Ford. I was in awe of the number of drawings, clay sculpts and painted models they went through in coming up with the perfect car. Unlike computer design where you might change [...]
Holdin’ Cups
A few years ago, I was at the Hot Rod Cinematic and found myself studying a very well done ‘32 3w. It was a casual hot rod, but a lot of time and energy was spent on the details. You know the trade – innovative wire looms, brilliant brackets, clocked hardware, etc… One of the [...]
Sports Car Racing – 1963
Lately, I’ve been obsessing on late 50’s and early 60’s road race cars. I’ve always thought it would be pretty incredible to own and drive one of these cars on the street. My dream varies… Sometimes I’m driving a ‘63 (or maybe earlier) Vette coupe all done up proper to brake hard and tear ass [...]
Birth of a Flathead…
Can you imagine seeing an endless stream of brand new flathead motors rolling down the assembly line all day long? Up to eighty fresh engine blocks every hour? When I think of the sweat equity that was literally poured into each engine part at the Ford River Rouge foundry, it gives me a little more [...]
Building a car in 87 minutes
I just had to share this wonderful illustration Ford made in recognition of their 50th anniversary in 1953. The simplified floor plan was meant to show customers how quickly and efficiently their new Ford cars were build. The longest process- the actual body & floor pan build up- took just under 9 hours to come [...]
Surprise… It’s TECH WEEK!
I bet you didn’t see this one coming – did ya? And, it’s a special one too… GMP came to me a while back looking to support the joint and after some discussion it was decided that a tech week was the perfect opportunity. See, GMP recently released a new model in their “Real Art [...]
Les Dragsters!
Mr. John Drummond sent over this link last week and I figured I had better share it… They say French is the international language of love and that might very well be the case, but I’d also argue that drag racing is the international language of hoodlums. I mean I don’t know French for shit, [...]
The 60 Year Wait…
Mark Murray’s grandfather was a hot rodder and, lucky for us, an amateur photographer. In 1950, he made the trek to the Bonneville Salt Flats and brought along with him his trusty camera stuffed full of black and white film. He must have clicked away all week as he ran into notable cars such as [...]
Through the years we’ve had some pretty amazing articles pop up here on The Jalopy Journal. The following is just a few of them:
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Tom Cobbs
The story of Tom Cobbs, his legacy, and his hot rod roadster. Read: Part 1, Part 2, or Part 3.
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The Bob Roddick Story
The story of a set of lost photos that literally take us all back into time. Read: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, or Part 4.
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The Ferrari Shoot
Comparing and contrasting three very different cars with three very different purposes in life. Read It >>
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Inspiration
This post is actually a continuation of two other posts that were written in 2006 (Part 1 & 2). The stuff you guys came up with is breathtaking.
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Gary Howard
Gary is one of my heroes and after interviewing him, I got to check off an item from my dream list. Read It >>