The Jalopy Journal
Hey guys, has anyone heard from loudbang. He has been conspicuous by his absence of late. I know that he and I have clashed a lot over the years...
My little brother has almost finished his 57 T'bird and plans to debut it at the CCR in a few weeks. He originally bought this car to replace the...
I guess that we will not have to worry about any posts relating to Country Classics, at least in the short term:...
It has been a while since I have posted any pictures from my neighbor Joe Kerr's shop but since early this year he has been building a 33 coupe...
Yesterday marked the first (and hopefully not last) Cars and Coffee event in the Indianapolis area. The product of Joe Kerr's fertile "let's drive...
Although some of their rules and regulations may seem oppressive at times the guys from the bottom side of the planet are very pro active on the...
Dave posted a couple of pix in his Chemical City Coupe build thread but here are a few more of the modified that Joe rolled out the door this...
With the temperature getting up to 60 degrees today the 10th Annual Blanket Run was a huge success. People started to gather at Godspeed at around...
I just got my first two (of 4 ordered so far) copies of the Jalopy Journal in the mail and I am very impressed. After hearing the horror stories...
I figured that seeing as most of the BG coverage here is oriented towards the rods and customs it might be worth putting up some race car related...
Last night a few of us from the Indianapolis area made the drive down I 74 to Cinncy for the annual car show and I took some pix so here are some...
This year my brother did not have anything HAMB friendly (66 Chevy wagon with 18's and 20's) for the HCP but we still drove over from Indy on...
On the Saturday night of the Goodguys weekend in Indy Jokerr Fabrication had an open house/cookout/drive in movie show in Brownsburg. Here are a...
I missed the inaugural event last year but today I went to the Road Kings Hot Rod drags at Indiana's Bunker Hill strip just north of Kokomo. Once...
Last night a number of HAMBers met in turn three at the Hoosier 100 as we have done for several years. The group included Harley Gene, Racer 5c,...
This morning Chassis Research Kid (Todd) and King Chassis (Brian) met at my shop to trade frames. Brian had Todd's new car on the open trailer...
Joe Kerr and I decided to leave Austin on the Sunday morning following the Lone Star Roundup. We really would have preferred to stay for Sunday's...
Late on Monday afternoon Joe Kerr rolled out of Brownsburg headed to Austin for the Roundup.I am lucky enough to be riding along with him in his...
I walked around the Indy WoW last night and took some pix of the HAMB friendly car there. Nothing artistic, just point and shoot. Most of the pix...
Joe Kerr's shop (Joker) is right across the parking lot from mine so I stay in touch with what he is building. With his nailhead powered Model A...
A few of us made a quick trip from Indy down to Cincinatti last night for the annual show and here are some of the more HAMB friendly cars...
I drove out to my brother's place (east of Danville, IN) at around lunchtime today and we headed over to Decatur in his 64 T'bird with Joe Kerr...
As I drive a front motor top fuel car (when we can afford to run it) I decided that I needed a '70's style retro looking helmet to go with the...
My younger brother got his 64 Thunderbird finished for this year's Road Rockets Rumble and its first road miles were to the event on Friday...
Blatant plug but it could be a good source of parts as evidently it is the biggest hard core racing parts swap meet in Nor-Cal. Racing and hot rod...
Just a few photos from Saturday night at Bakersfield. With 80 or so cars in the cacklefest it was impossible to get pix of them all. The HAMB's...
I have finally recovered enough to post some pix of our trip to Beatersville yesterday. The trip itself did not wear me out so much as being at...
As requested here are some pix from Friday night at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. I got there in time to see the last of the cars hot lapping and...
Yesterday I took the day off from my shop and had a "gearhead" day. The morning started with a trip to Indianapolis Raceway Park (I refuse to call...
Thanks to the HAMB I found out about the gathering of P-51 Mustangs at Rickenbacker Field in Ohio last weekend. Left Indy at O' dark 30 on Sunday...
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