The ominous truth of the matter is that the last 45 days or so have been the worst of my life. I’ve tried to write that sentence differently for over an hour now. I’ve tried to polish it into some kind of less dramatic or more smoothly ingested statement, but it’s just not happening. So [...]
Folks
Guilt
Posted on January 7th, 2013 by Ryan
Filed under: Folks
Filed under: Folks
Hub Caps For Ransom
This all went down many years ago, but to protect the guilty I don’t think I’ll use any real names here other than my own. I was in Paso. I was young, impressionable, and surrounded by people I’d only read about in magazines. Through social passing, I ended up with a Southern California lowrider club [...]
A Winfield Reminder…
We’ve been fielding questions for Gene Winfield for a couple of weeks now. The idea is to use these questions to kind of jump start Gene’s presence here on The Jalopy Journal and thus far I think the plan has worked – we’ve fielded a ton of questions. However, I’d like to field them for [...]
Hot Rod Rosie
I’m headed to the base today to set up for the Hot Rod Revolution, but thought I would leave you all with a bit of sad news. Good pal and hot rod man of choice, Ralph Whitworth, dropped me a line to tell me that Hot Rod Rosie recently passed away. She’ll be missed by [...]
Hello Mr. Winfield
His equals call him, “Gene.” His old friends call him, “Windy.” I call him, “Mr. Winfield.” Considering all he has done for the hot rod and custom world and recognizing just how far up I have to look to see that genuine smile of his, I don’t know if it would be appropriate to call [...]
Vern Tardel Shop Tour
I’m taking the day off to have a little procedure done on a bum shoulder, but before I run off to see the doc I thought I would leave you fellas with a quick film. It’s a crudely made shop tour of Vern and Keith’s legendary acreage… Something about it makes me home sick. I [...]
Norm Grabowski
Norm Grabowski died this morning. His outgoing wit and charm and his incredible talent for working with his hands will be missed, but his legacy lives with all of us. So long Norm… See you on the flip side.
Edsel Ford for President!
Let me preface this post by saying I really could give a rusty muffler about debating U.S. politics these days (so don’t bother PM’ing me about it). In my small opinion it comes down to picking the lesser of two crooked evils these days. However, there was a guy I definitely would have voted for [...]
Malcolm In The Middle
At the end of the day, the foundation of this little world of ours is based on what Marketing Men call the “Home Hobbyist.” The word “Hobby” has never been used more inappropriately… Because this is beyond that. The small garage, the minimum of tools, the lone man… No. This can’t be a hobby when [...]
