Marcie and I have been working hard in an effort to bring you fellas more events in 2007. One of those events is getting close to being finalized. I’m not ready to give a full on green yet, but if you are on the west coast you better save May 12th… Clutch poppin’, gear slammin’, [...]
Save The Date
Posted on November 20th, 2006 by Ryan
Filed under: News
Filed under: News
Automotive Design
Every couple of years, I like to sit down and list my top-5 favorite American automotive designs of all time. It’s actually pretty interesting to go back and look at some of my previous selections to see how time changes thought. Here’s where I stand as of 10:12am this morning: 1. 1936 Ford (all of [...]
Military Interior Sans Bomber Seats
As common place as they have become, it is still hard not to love an honest set of bomber seats in a hot rod. “4ever4” felt the same way, but the wallet just didn’t agree so he sat out to find an alternative. While at his local Army surplus store he stumbled across an old [...]
1951 H.A.M.B. Calendars
I can hardly believe it is that time of the year again. As is tradition, the annual H.A.M.B. calendar is now available for pre-ordering. Get yours while you can, because these are limited and once they are gone, they are gone for good… Trust me, you’ll be happy as hell when this thing plops down [...]
The Stance
As I was preparing to move to Austin a little over a year ago, a friend of mine put me in contact with a local headhunter. I was told that he knew everybody in town and that getting to know him would put me on the fast track. I called and after the typical employment [...]
Westergard Custom
It’s no secret where I stand on the custom line. I miss the smooth subtleties and clean lines of the earliest customs built by the late Barris brother, Westergard, Bailon, etc… The custom world just seemed so much more elegant in the late 40′s and early 50′s. Building a custom car was less about being [...]
Custom Fabbed Badges…
I know, I know… We normally shave our badges, but I had never seen these guys and thought it was pretty cool. Essentially, you come up with the art and BadgeMaker will hook you up with a set of a badges for your hot rod or custom. I could see this easily getting out of [...]
Offy Killers
The early days of midget racing were splashed with ingenuity. You had guys with fat budgets, guys with medium budgets, and guys that barely had enough skratch to put food on the table racing each other every weekend. While the spendy fellas were sitting pretty with Offy powerplants, the lesser endowed were working on ways [...]
Mexican Blackbird
The toughest race in the world. Lemans doesn’t hold a candle. Mille Miglia doesn’t come close. Terrible maps, horrible roads, drivers with evil intentions, and government employees with empty pockets and children to feed. After the race, there were no real winners or losers – just dusty survivors. They were real road warriors.
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 >>