In 1971, three men lined up in Terror Canyon with an eye towards figuring a grudge only to get interrupted by the fuzz. The result was costly… deadly even… and Terror Canyon has NEVER been the same. Amazingly, it was all caught on film: This film was created by Pete Dawson, Ben Woollen, Dan Inglis, [...]
Death Sprint In Terror Canyon
Finally…
It’s about damned time – 2013 Alliance tags are finally here. I will be spending much of the rest of the week in front of my stamping machine and getting these things out. A big thanks goes out to all of you that have been patient in waiting for these. I appreciate it more than [...]
2013 RCCRC
Every year, my brothers in Australia put on a killer reliability run. I went last year and its hard to describe how natural the whole affair really is. After a while, the funny accents went away, the cars began to drive on the right side of the road, and I forgot I was in Australia. [...]
Knock Out
How hard do you have to hit a man with the butt of your .38 to make him crumble to the floor in silence like they do in the movies? As it turns out, pretty damned hard… and multiple times to boot. I must have hit that man seven or eight times before he finally [...]
My Visit To The Quonset Hut Of Speed
I’d love to own a mirror straight and jet black ’65 Riviera, but I’ve always been afraid that such a car would own me instead. So, I’ve gone about my Verde Green example very casually. From my first conversation with Jamie at Atlas Speed & Custom, I made it clear that I wasn’t interested in [...]
One Step Forward and Two Steps Back: The ’39 Merc.
You know that old saying, right? And it really applies to customizing cars. I had a perfectly fine and dandy ’39 Mercury convertible, but just couldn’t leave well enough alone. After nearly 10 years of making subtle mods and rebuilding the broken stuff, I finally got the bug to have the convertible top chopped last [...]
Driving Me Crazy… Kids…
So a friend of mine… a friend of ours… a friend of yours… just found out that he is about to be a dad. He doesn’t own a late model car, drives an old car every day, and emailed me looking for advice. As the father of three (7, 4, 8-months), I consider myself a [...]
Junkyard Memories
Some of you can probably relate to this story, as I grew up in the late 70s and early 80s suburbia going to ‘real’ car junkyards as a kid. They used to be those dirty old places on the “other side of the tracks” where dogs roamed the streets and nobody decent wanted to go. [...]
At A Snail’s Pace – News From the Desk…
Hey fellas – I’m on a long and lonely stretch of highway in West Texas today. As such, I haven’t had the means for a post of any kind. I did, however, want to drop some news that has been lingering and pestering me for weeks. So, consider this a current affairs article of sorts. [...]
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 >>