Here on the Middle Left Coast we’ve been hit with what’s known as the ‘Pineapple Express’ (not to be confused with the Stoner action-comedy movie) which is strong and persistent tropical storm that dumps copious amounts of rain for days on end. Due to a lack of extra garage space, my poor ’57 Pontiac Safari [...]
Event Coverage
Batten Down the Hatches!!!
Posted on December 5th, 2012 by Jive-Bomber
Filed under: Event Coverage
Filed under: Event Coverage
El Mirage Season Finale 2012…
The SCTA’s El Mirage November meet. It was the last one of the year, and a two day event at that. I moved some things around on my plate so I could attend for the first time in many years. The forecast promised fair skies and light winds for the weekend. I headed out Friday [...]
2012 Hot Rod Revolution
We learned early on in the planning of the 2012 Hot Rod Revolution that Major Davis was not a man to cross. He also let us know early that, for whatever misguided reasons, he approved of us as a group and our vision for this show. Even so, we treaded lightly and watched our steps [...]
Race Of Gentlemen
Car shows are pretty damned lame when you think about it. “Hey man, lets go park our cars at that giant convention center over there and then shoot the shit for two days while we spend our dough on over priced hot dogs and watered down beer.” Not exactly the ingredients for a good time, [...]
Sectioning A ’58 Chevrolet by Gene Winfield
Gene Winfield has been hosting popular “How To” courses for a number of years now. He is seemingly everywhere at once – one week he is hosting a class in Texas, another he is painting a car on the east coast, and yet another finds him out of the country at some car show. On [...]
The Revolution Is Coming
John boy was a simple factory worker that spent all of his days and most of his nights working along side a mighty print press. His hands, covered in grease, oil, and ink residue, had long gone shaky as the sound of the press had permanently shot his nerves. The effects of the continuous press-BANG [...]
Road Trip Revival: Part 5
Norm and I left Baltimore pretty early on Sunday morning. If you were in the area, you probably saw us. The smoke pouring from Norm’s exhaust was hard to miss, but we motored on anyway partly because I think Norm and I were in denial of sorts. “It’s not that bad. A little white smoke [...]
The Day Of The Drags
I had big plans this weekend. My wife was out of town and I had the three kids all to myself, which presented the perfect opportunity to expose them all to some good ole fashion Drag Racing. All I had to do was load them all in the truck, stop at Walmart for some ear [...]
Road Trip Revival: Part 4
Norm and I pulled into Baltimore late on Friday evening. Our trip through the ghetto had us on edge, but we managed to dodge the “12:00 Boys“ and make it to the host hotel in one piece. Our first taste of things to come was the parking garage. As we rolled up to floor 8, we [...]
