Once a year at the H.A.M.B. Drags, I get to hang out with two of my favorite people on earth – Brad and Jeff. Sure, they both have last names… but who needs em? I certainly don’t… But I certainly do look forward to my time with each every year. Something about their presence makes [...]
Jeff Yocum: Turd Polisher
Posted on September 17th, 2008 by Ryan
Filed under: Folks
Filed under: Folks
Detroit Again
I’ve been thinking about Detroit a lot lately. I guess it all started with the news of the Packard building a while back. From there, I began touring the “Ruins of Detroit” through websites like this one and this one. That, of course, lead to lots of reading on the history of the town and [...]
The Original Golden Rod
Todd found some images of an old streamliner in his father’s photography stash. After posting them and asking a few questions, he gets more than he bargained for – History unfolds, former crew members speak up, and things just get really damn cool. Only on the H.A.M.B. could something like this happen. Check it out.
The Coachcraft ’40 Ford
This car has always interested me… Although originally built for someone else in 1940, the little roadster is mostly known as the James Wong Howe car. Wong Howe was an two-time Academy Award winning cinematographer that is still known as one of the best his craft has ever seen. This success lead to many toys [...]
Revisited…
I got a pal in town and we are off to explore the Hill Country this morning. As such, I’m going to leave you fellas to ponder a post of the past… About 6 months ago, Marcie and I were in Phoenix to catch the Fiesta Bowl. While in town, we ran across an incredible [...]
More on Kenz & Leslie…
I’ve posted a ton on Kenz & Leslie in the past (here, here, and here), but I had never seen the video below and thought I would post it up for your viewing pleasure. These guys did a whole lot of firsts… Not only were they responsible for the first American hot rod to hit [...]
Asleep At The Wheel
I don’t have anything of any real substance to write about today, so I thought I would break out one of my favorite images. It was taken on April 4, 1924 and features a lethargic Tommy Milton in the last and fastest Miller 183 ever built. The site was none other than the Muroc dry [...]
A Fast Delivery
“One of these days you may be casting about for a new and lucrative business to get into. Thinking it out, you decide that the Chinese hand laundry is a natural to bring in lots of bread, so you make the scene. It’s a natural – hardly nobody is in it anymore and for executive-type [...]
The OKC Eliminators In Motion!
Chris LeGrange comes from a hot rod family. His father, John LeGrange, was a member of the Oklahoma City Eliminators – a crew of guys that lived for hot rods and going fast. Apparently, one of them was pretty damn good with a video camera too… Chris got a hold of some of this footage, [...]
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 >>