Charles Harper (1922- 2007) was an extremely gifted illustrator who drew his prime work from the late 40s throughout the 60s. If you have old copies of Ford Times from these years, you’ll see many of his charming wildlife bird and rural scene drawings throughout many issues. In 1955 he teamed up with famous author [...]
Charley Harper Illustrations- Tin Lizzie book
Posted on September 30th, 2011 by Jive-Bomber
Filed under: Art & Inspiration
Filed under: Art & Inspiration
The Nerf Bar
I’ve been thinking a lot about nerf bars lately. I’ve always had a certain fascination with them. When I was first building my ’38 coupe, I tried for weeks to fabricate a set similar to the bars found on the front of the McCoy ’40. I didn’t have the talent or the eye to pull [...]
Vintage Road Race Programs
Alright, maybe I’m getting kinda obscure here, but I really dig any vintage automotive racing illustration *if it’s done well*. Most of you are familiar with the classic Monaco GP posters of the 1930s, and just after the war, sports car racing began to really grow in popularity here in the States. (This was mainly [...]
Baileigh Tech Week Winner
Well damn… That was easy. We had the voting mechanism up for all of three hours before it became obvious who was gonna win. Neal gets to take home the $1000 in Baileigh bucks for his post detailing the installation of a jump seat in the bed of his RPU. Well deserved… But there is [...]
Kids…
To many in the older set, it has become almost fashionable to ridicule the young “greasers” of hot rodding. The old farts snicker at the cuff jeans, roll their eyes at the pompadours, and complain about their cars. They taste disgust and spit it out with vigor in between sips of their own self righteousness. [...]
The Art Of Taping…
Yet another film from our buddies at Fuel Tank TV. This one is less of a documentary and more like a musical of sorts. A young whipper snapper attacks an El Camino with a pencil, a blade, rolls of tape, and a whole lot of vigor. There is something incredibly relaxing about watching his hands [...]
Von Dutch did more than pinstripe…
And most of you know that. Dutch was a man of many talents, but first and foremost he like to create things completely by hand. Beyond his paintings, drawings, signs, and famous pinstripes, he did amazing metal work as well. Sculptures, toys, belt buckles, and elaborate guns were among the items he would weld, grind, [...]
HAM BONES
CARtoons seemed to always start and end with a column titled, “HAM BONES.” For obvious reasons, I’ve always paid extra attention to these book ends. The December, 1964 issue featured two of my favorites and having nothing else ready to post this morning, I figured I would let them rip. Enjoy:
The best Hot Rod magazine cover of the first decade?
That’s a really tough question to answer… And totally subjective. There have been so many clean, iconic covers from Hot Rod magazine that came out during that early golden era from 1948 to 1958. Most of you know the first issue came about in January of ’48 with Robert E. Petersen and Bob Lindsay handing [...]
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 >>