I just got home from a whirlwind car event trip of a lifetime. It started at the Concorso Italiano on Friday, the Monterey Motorsports Reunion on Saturday, Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance Sunday, then flying into Salt Lake for a few days watching racing at Bonneville. Man, I’m tired, but what a killer 6 day journey [...]
Folks
Right Place. Right Time.
The Raybestos RPU
I typically stay away from commercial posts here on The Jalopy Journal. This site started with a personal lean and despite what some of my detractors might say or think, I continue to work hard to keep it on a personal level. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been approached by big names [...]
The Bocar Stiletto by Bob Carnes
As a follow up to his successful XP series sports cars , Denver Colorado-based car builder Bob Carnes decided to take his same XP-6 front-mounted 471 blown SBC engine backed by a Borg-Warner T-10 transmission, and apply it to a purely evil race car for 1960 season. It was to be the ultimate track [...]
The USA In Your Model-A
So you drive your flathead powered ‘39 sedan to work every day. It’s a 25 mile round trip. You think you’re hardcore. You’re not… Or maybe you drive across country with some pals – riding cush on your radials while you listen to your stereo and rap away on your cell phone. Pussy.
Brian Bass is [...]
Goldie Gardner’s MG at Bonneville (1952)
Ryan’s Challenger I post got me all fired up about Bonneville and record-setting streamliners of the golden age. I was starting to write about another car when I stumbled on this AMAZING silent 8mm footage of Goldie’s Bonneville runs of 1952, including shots of the MG EX-135 damage after it broke loose and hit the [...]
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 [...]
Bogan Racers- A Family Tradition
I stumbled upon this great webpage by Bill Bogan, dedicated to his father Robert (Bob) Bogan who had an amazing open wheel racing career in Midgets, Indy and Sprint cars spanning four decades. He was primarily a builder, mechanic and team owner, but what really got me excited was the images of his kids with [...]
The Magnificent Stuart Hilborn
Stuart Hilborn first went to the dry lakes in 1938. He was shocked at the speeds seen and the experience changed him. At the time, he was working as a chemical engineer for a paint company. This pay check was enough to quickly put Stuart in a position to realize his new found dream, so [...]
Dad’s 56 Corvette
This is the final post from my “Dad’s old cars” series, and this last one is special. While in the Navy from ‘58- ‘61, my father wasn’t a typical drinking or gambling sailor- He was a car guy. This meant every weekend while many of his shipmates were burning through their paycheck, my dad was [...]
Unstable Anglia
I am still going through Dad’s old car photos, and lucked out with two images of his Ford Anglia Gasser from the late 60s. This car has a bit of a sordid past, and although some details are fuzzy, I’ll share with you what I know of it.
My dad bought the Anglia gasser already assembled, [...]
