A few years ago, some dumb ass kid posted on the H.A.M.B. asking for advice about the most efficient path to automotive journalism fame and fortune. I giggled, snorted, and then replied – basically telling him that the Automotive journalism field was reserved for dirty whores, bums, and miscreants of the kind he would never [...]
Hot Rods
The Spirits of St. Louis
Project 38: Blower Top
When I first started building my ’38 coupe, the original intention was to go racing. In fact, I was pretty far along building a race car when I decided to transition the build into a street car. So far along, that once the car was finished it still had a race car DNA – namely, [...]
Kent Fuller’s Quest
For as long as I can remember, Kent Fuller has been working steadily towards realizing a land speed dream. Hell, I can remember being in my early 20′s and hanging out at Tardel’s while the Fuller streamliner lurked in the background. Almost literally, Kent’s been working on the car forever. The last update I got [...]
Keeping it Forever, part 4
I just came across another video that relates very well to the ‘keeping a car in the family’ stories I’ve shared recently. Of course with my luck, this video has already been posted on the HAMB, but when I saw this, it was too good to not share again. It’s the complete story of a [...]
Queen City Roadsters Birth & Rebirth
I love the genuine passion of New Zealand Hot Rodders. When it comes to restoring, building, or racing old American cars, Kiwi’s go all the way. If you really think about it, from this seemingly tiny nation (less than a 1/5th the population of Texas!!) comes so many great hot rods, 50s style customs, and [...]
The Jet-Zoomatic
The boys on his block had no love for Eddie’s hand-me-down Packard. They teased him brutally… relentlessly… and in the same way they teased him about his “stupid hat” years ago when they were in middle-school. They were bullies. And I can’t tell you what it must have been like for Eddie to endure such [...]
Driving Me Crazy… Kids…
So a friend of mine… a friend of ours… a friend of yours… just found out that he is about to be a dad. He doesn’t own a late model car, drives an old car every day, and emailed me looking for advice. As the father of three (7, 4, 8-months), I consider myself a [...]
Wanted: Original 11.00-16 Firestone Dirt Tracker
Some top secret shit is going down at Coker Research & Development. For the love of god, don’t tell anyone… BUT, they are interested in developing an 11.00-16 Firestone Dirt Tracker. To do so, however, they need an original NOS tire to study. We’ve search high and wide and have come up blank and beaten. [...]
The Ingalls Special
I’m lucky enough to work within walking distance of a place called Fantasy Junction. No, it’s not the adult bookstore that you might be imagining, but rather an understated brick building that contains the nicest folks and most amazing sports cars in the world. You may remember their Kurtis 500KK that I reported on back [...]
