Well gentlemen, that will go down as the first time in over a decade that the H.A.M.B. has been down for longer than 10 hours. It was a hell hotter than South Padre Island, TX in August and I’m not confident that we are completely through it yet. The servers aren’t quite as stable as [...]
Born To Lose, Destined To Fail…
Posted on August 5th, 2011 by Ryan
Filed under: News
Filed under: News
1937 Orphan Coupe: If you had to take one…
Quite a few folks chimed in on my Million Dollar Question: “Which ’32 Ford?” post, so I thought I’d mix it up a bit. If you had to take one of these ‘Orphan Make’ coupes from 1937, which one would it be? A Hudson Essex Terraplane, a Studebaker Dictator, or a Nash Lafayette? Same rules- [...]
The Drags Are On!!!!
I went at it today gentlemen… I got all of the 2011 H.A.M.B. Drag Registration packets sent out. If you are registered, you should be getting your packet within the next 7 days or so. Thank god that’s done. In any case, the event is shaping up to be a good one. We’ve got folks [...]
Happy 148th Birthday, Henry Ford!
It’s hard to really fathom the full impact Henry Ford helped make happen on 20th century transportation. His 148th birthday would have been back on Saturday, July 30th, and it’s worth remembering the founder and builder of the iconic car company, the automobile assembly line, aircraft, tanks, tractors, and so on. Sure, he wasn’t the [...]
The Good Side Of Racing
I don’t know anything about the photograph attached to this post. I found it while working at an Ad Agency in Kansas City, MO about a decade ago. It was one of those days when I found myself uninspired to work and without anything better to do, I cruised the Getty Archive on my employer’s [...]
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 >>