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 [...]
Feature Articles
Bonneville… Part 2
A Day In The Life… Part II
You remember part one, right? My life is quite a bit different now. A lot has happened since then. I guess the biggest change is that I now have a son and my mornings are more euphoric and clear than they have ever been. Typically, I spend them in bed with my two kids and [...]
Pat Ganahl’s 1932 Roadster
It was August 4, 1963 and the Yanks had just lost the first game in a doubleheader with Baltimore. To make matters worse, they found themselves down 10-9 in the bottom of the seventh of the night cap. With one out, Steve Hamilton was due up for New York but the Yankee skipper made a [...]
The Shifters – Part 2
Part 1 of the Shifters article was an exploration of the club from my own point of view and a look into how they effected my growth into the traditional hot rod world. Even though the club is based over 1500 miles away in Southern California, there is no doubting the fact that they made [...]
The Shifters – Part 1
I watched the television with full attention – something I rarely do. I sat on the sofa with my elbows on my knees and my hands on my chin to support my head as if my melon was so busy comprehending the action on the TV that it couldn’t possibly hold its own weight. The [...]
Safety Second
I think it was 1995. Junebug and I decided to attend the Street Rod Nationals in Oklahoma City. He drove his Merc in from Reno and the plan was to sell our t-shirts out of the trunk. Who needs a vendor spot and the fees that accompany them? Not us.
Junebug was a bit of hermit [...]
Ed Binggeli’s F/GAS Willys
Think “Willys Gasser” and what image comes to mind? Probably the old Stone, Woods, & Cook car, or K.S. Pitman’s little butt kicker, right? Well, if you haunted the Northern California drag racing scene in the early ’60s that image could just as likely be a yellow ‘41 coupe powered with an unlikely Ford flatmotor. [...]
Dean Lowe and his ‘29 Roadster PU
I had noticed Dean Lowe’s posts for some time and quickly recognized that he was a man with considerable history. You can always tell the guys that lived during the golden era and mingled amongst the heroes by the way they converse. Dean is a passionate car guy for sure, but he takes on a [...]
1938 Ford Roadster Pick Up
I’ve always heard tales about Argentina and rare Ford stuff. A few years ago, there were all kinds of rumors floating around about a warehouse that was discovered housing crates of NOS Ardun heads. Before that, it was a rumor about 1000 replacement flathead blocks located in a similar fashion. And then, of course, there [...]
All Lettered Up
In all of my time, one-shot has never so much as touched a car I’ve owned. I’ve just never had an occasion or car that I felt was appropriate for lettering or striping. The Tardel-Cochran coupe was the last car I ever thought I would be breaking my one-shot virginity with, but it just sort-of [...]
