Dean Jeffries was a lot of great things in the car world: Racer, designer, fabricator and builder. But his biggest impact by far would be his custom painting and pinstriping. In the late 50s, if you wanted the very best of the best in hand striping on your car, there were only two guys to [...]
Folks
Five Favorite Jeffries Stripe Jobs
Posted on May 9th, 2013 by Jive-Bomber
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The Dean Jeffries Photo Thread
About five or six years ago, Rod Powell invited me to go to the Hall Of Fame banquet at the Grand National Roadster Show. It was one of those deals where you sit down to a table cloaked with a white tablecloth and topped with cold chicken and watered down tea and mentally prepare yourself [...]
Five Favorite Hot Rod Photographers
We look at them everyday right here on the Journal. Most we see are decent quality, but plenty more could be described as just fair: Images of cars snapped on a digital camera or mobile phone. But what makes a truly great automotive picture? Not just in terms of quality or composition. The kind of [...]
Hero
Through the years, I’ve watched the H.A.M.B. make many a hero – some deserving and some… well, maybe some haven’t been as deserving. There’s no picking and choosing as to whom the masses will relate with, support, and follow with their admiration and, on occasion, even obsession. And I’m not certain there’s any formula that [...]
The Spirits of St. Louis
A few years ago, some dumb ass kid posted on the H.A.M.B. asking for advice about the most efficient path to automotive journalism fame and fortune. I giggled, snorted, and then replied – basically telling him that the Automotive journalism field was reserved for dirty whores, bums, and miscreants of the kind he would never [...]
A Tribute to the Edelbrocks…
I don’t know how I missed this tribute to Vic Edelbrock Sr. and Junior, considering that that it was made back in 2005. Obviously it was shot at least that long ago, as a number of the amazing legends of hot rodding being interviewed have now passed away themselves: Robert “Pete” Petersen, Bobby Meeks, Bob [...]
Do You Know this Man?
You probably don’t recognize him, but I spent many Sundays with this guy as a kid, and he taught me just about everything I know about identifying old cars. I learned about the obscure manufacturers like King Midget, Playboy and Davis, and how to spot the subtle differences in a certain model from year to [...]
Jeb… Again…
You got The Jalopy Journal #2, right? So, you read that feature we did on Jeb and you were probably blown away by the photography from Tim Sutton that highlighted quite a bit of his work. Put shortly, dude is a damned genius… And while we don’t cover bikes here at The Jalopy Journal, I [...]
Bruce Meyer’s “Used Cars”…
Back in October, I headed down to LA for a fund-raising event at the Petersen Auto Museum. Southern California is full of so many awe-inspiring car places and great people, but I always try to connect with Bruce Meyer whenever I’m down that way. He is the consummate car guy in every sense of the [...]
