Continuing with the Mullin Museum’s race car collection, I stumbled upon the weirdest one of them all down at the end of isle. I hope this one provides some inspiration for hot rod cues. I dig the dash panel, massive shift linkage, and huge disk wheels. I’m also thinking they beat Chrysler to the square [...]
1923 Voisin C6
Out Sick…
I’m out sick today fellas. Got me a nasty case of strep throat or something along those lines. Even so, I couldn’t bare the thought of not having some kind of a post today. So, I fired up iPhoto and browsed around for some random photography. I’m not sure why I chose these specific images, [...]
Lewistown, Montana… Drag Racing in 1959.
I’ve been through Lewistown, Montana before. It’s a tiny little town with a tiny population and if not for the well cared-for buildings that spec the streets, it could easily be mistaken for a ghost town. There just doesn’t seem to be a ton going on there and it’s hard to imagine that there ever [...]
1927 Miller Indy Car
Another gem from the Mullin Museum Collection was this 1927 Earl Cooper and Harry Miller Special, Chassis #2. The car was originally built and campaigned by Cooper (one year before his retirement) & Miller under the sponsorship of the Buick Motorcar Company. In 1927 she was debuted by racer Peter Kreis as car #9, until [...]
The Jalopy Races
The following video was sent to me by Dave Hallberg of Scottville, Michigan. Dave is passionate about Jalopy Racing in a way that I can’t explain. Along with this video, he sent a number of old photos as well as a three page hand-written letter that explains the details of the video he made. Together, [...]
1960′s Show Rod Postcards
I’ve never felt an allegiance to the 1960′s era show rods. Sure there are one or two that I can appreciate, but for the most part they just aren’t my thing. I’m a “function creates form” kind of guy and feel like the opposite approach leads to cliche – form leads to theme which leads [...]
Talbot Lago T26C Grand Prix Racer
As promised, I wanted to share a few of the amazing Mullin Museum cars, just for design and style inspiration. This French Blue beauty is one of the fabled T26C Factory Works Team racer that placed in the Grand Prix of Europe 1950, and the German, Albi and Belgium GP’s in 1951. In her final [...]
So Long Larry…
A few years ago I was at the Grand National Roadster Show with my good pal Rod Powell. As a guest of his, I attended the Hall of Fame Luncheon at the event’s host hotel. It was exactly as you would expect it to be – a bunch of old farts telling stories and trying [...]
Michelin Challenge Design
It was exciting enough to receive a personal invitation to the Michelin Challenge Design reception, right along with key Automotive Designers from the major SoCal design studios. Then I found out it was going to be hosted at the Mullin Automotive Museum. Formerly Otis Chandler’s museum, the Mullin has been completely (and beautifully) redesigned to [...]
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 >>