The Jalopy Journal

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 [...]

Every year, my brothers in Australia put on a killer reliability run. I went last year and its hard to describe how natural the whole affair really is. After a while, the funny accents went away, the cars began to drive on the right side of the road, and I forgot I was in Australia. [...]

I’ve become pen pals with a classic Porsche loon in England. He couldn’t give two-shits about traditional hot rods. Nope. His head is too buried under German dirt shoveled by Ferdinand. And while he hasn’t said so directly, I’m pretty sure he sees the flathead Ford as some kind of unsophisticated brute compared to the [...]

Church Eight is out. By this point, I’m sure most of you are familiar with the little book that is the creative genius of our own Coby Gewertz. Essentially, it’s six inches by six inches of pure photographic passion. It’s tactile. It’s lovable. It’s Church. And my car is in it! Anyway, Coby sent me [...]

Everytime I’m Burbank for work (about once a month it seems), I try to swing by Autobooks to check out the latest magazine and book titles on hot rods and customs. This place is a car guy’s dream, and it’s pretty darn hard to walk in that place without dropping some serious coin on the [...]

Why can’t the bartender get it right? You’ve been parking your ass on the same stool at the same bar for over ten years and in all that time, this joker still can’t pour a consistent Colorado Bulldog. It makes ya wonder about life… about goals… about priorities… How in the hell can this cat [...]

I had a crazy weekend and didn’t have much time to put together a post for this morning. So instead of filling you with hot rod and custom goodness, I figured I’d pitch the latest swag to hit the TJJ store. I know… I know… Shameless. But what the hell? First up is our new [...]

Jerry and Lorraine Eisert were engaged in 1951 and scheduled to be married in the spring of 1952. Lorraine wanted the perfect wedding with the right colors, the right people, the right church, etc… It was her day and it was to be calculated to perfection. Of course, Jerry had ideas to. The wedding was [...]

You sit there sipping a Mai Tai and enjoying the view as the North shore waves crash on the sandy beach just forward of where you chose to park your ass for the day. In the distance and off to the side, you can hear some poor sap talking up a native chick with perfect [...]