Pinewood Pride

Pinewood Pride

It’s the winter of 1999 and I’m sitting in the pew of an old church in metro Detroit on a Wednesday night. It’s dark out, and I’m half-listening… continue reading »

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Mystery Movie of the Week: Oakland Roadster Show

Mystery Movie of the Week: Oakland Roadster Show

Ok, I’ve got a challenge for you: Watch this old Newsreel from the Oakland Roadster Show, and see how many of the cars you can positively identify. The… continue reading »

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Project X

Project X

Somewhere in the greasy twilight of the late 1960s, a little rag called Popular Hot Rodding found itself in need of a mechanical martyr—a sacrificial beast they could… continue reading »

Film of the Week: Los Angeles in the 1930s

Film of the Week: Los Angeles in the 1930s

L.A. California, circa 1936: The height of the Art Deco era and Streamline design in America. It was a time of ultimate optimism as the Recession was fading… continue reading »

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Wu Tang & Whitewalls

Wu Tang & Whitewalls

Right, so this article was supposed to go live early this morning. That was the plan. That was the mission. But then a strange thing happened—Wu-Tang announced a… continue reading »

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In the Street

In the Street

You know that feeling when you’ve been working on something for a long time—months, or even years—and you finally roll it out of the garage? That time when… continue reading »

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R.I.P. Brian Wilson

R.I.P. Brian Wilson

By early 1960s, hot rodding had moved from just the drag strips and speed shops, into mainstream teen culture in America. Television shows like The Nelsons, The Munsters,… continue reading »

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Three Pages, Three Picks…

Three Pages, Three Picks…

Today’s challenge is a simple one, but it scratches that old itch—the same one I had as a kid flipping through the Thrifty Nickel, circling cars I’d never… continue reading »

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