A few months ago, I told the story of my daily driven ‘39 Sedan. It was a story of risk really… See, I’m about as sharp as a marble in the shop. Driving an old car, keeping up with the maintenance, and just generally avoiding the pitfalls of my own idiocracy is an extreme challenge [...]
Feature Articles
The Daily Driver – An Update
Posted on August 30th, 2010 by Ryan
Filed under: Feature Articles
Filed under: Feature Articles
The Broyles ‘32
So Mr. Johnny Joyo pulls up in my driveway rolling a Ferrari F355. It was hard not to giggle like a little girl… I might have even chuckled a bit. The owner of the red Italian also owns a bitchin little ‘32 roadster and I wanted to do a follow up piece on my ”Ferrari Shoot” [...]
Independence Day
It was July 4, 2006. My wife and I were sitting on our front porch discussing life, The Jalopy Journal, my day job, and our futures. The two weeks prior had been spent putting together a program that, we hoped, would bring value to you guys and stability to our own lives. Launching this program [...]
Corvette Summer
I’ve mentioned my mental incapacities a number of times here on The Jalopy Journal (here and here). To put it simply and frankly, I’m a sick bastard and there just isn’t anyway around it. I thought I was getting a little better, but last night proved to be damn near fatal to my quest of [...]
April 25, 1948
We typically don’t run articles on the weekend, but this is a bit of a special occasion. See, it’s the 62nd anniversary of the Khougaz Roadster’s 123 mph run at El Mirage. A few of us got to spend some time with the Khougaz recently and I thought it would be appropriate to run an [...]
The Story Of Tommy Lee
The month of January, 2010 is a great place to start with a fellow that most of you have heard about – Thomas Lee, better known as Tommy Lee. At the age of 28 in 1934, Tommy inherited seven Cadillac dealerships (and a ton of other property) from his father – Don Lee. Don was [...]
The Destruction Of Perfection
It would be easy to blame this mess on George Barris. He just couldn’t stop himself. He couldn’t leave functionality well enough alone. In the name of promotion, money, and ego, he created on top of a creation that needed to be left alone. In a few lights of the torch and slaps of a [...]
Dean Batchelor: Part 2
After last month’s article about Dean’s B-17 adventure during WWII, I decided it might be appropriate to take a more in depth view of Dean as a hot rodder, streamliner builder, and driver. There’s a lot to Dean, so hang with me here and enjoy the ride. You will certainly be glad you did.
Dean’s good [...]
1945- 48 Road Runners Pics by Jim Ratledge…
HAMB Member Lightning is the son of Road Runners member Jim Ratledge who join in legendary SCTA club in 1947. I recently stumbled onto the documentation of Jim’s pics & timing slips from those early days by Jack (aka Lighning). Here’s the story in his own words:
“I found some old pictures that my dad had [...]
Bonneville… Part 2
Joyo and I got off the airplane in Salt Lake around noon. I had always imagined driving into Wendover in something a bit more rebellious than a rented Chevrolet Malibu, but we were both eager despite our wheels. Those late model aluminum rollers were, after all, wheels of fortune and the Bonneville Salt Flats were [...]
