The Jalopy Journal
Does anyone remember this '28/'29 Model A, probably from San Luis Obisbo, California? The guys in the photo are the surf band, The Sentinels. From...
In the late 1950s, Larry Watson painted scallops and flames on new car, factory fresh paint. Can this still be done on an old car painted with...
I need a width measurement of a '64 Mercury Comet grille, please. I am doing a photochop grille swap into my off-topic Zephyr wagon and want to...
I am doing a Photoshop rendering using a 1962 Chevy C10 grille in my Mercury wagon. Can anyone provide a measurement of its maximum height and...
The other day I drove 115 miles to check out a Craigslist ad for “1963 Fairlane 4-door Parts” From the ad photos I was pretty sure the parts were...
Just about every custom looks better with shaved door handles, but they can be a pain to live with. In the fifties, Packard integrated the...
The April 1961 issue of Rod & Custom ran an article on the former Tommy Ivo T, then owned by Bill Rolland. I love the wheel/tire combo on the...
Gene Winfield created a custom 1963 Falcon, The Franciscan, for The Ford Custom Car Caravan. I recently picked up a copy of Rod & Custom,...
I noticed the UK Kustoms web site hasn't been updated in two years. http://www.ukkustoms.co.uk/ They used to have some nice events for kustoms in...
I have been working on a photoshop design for a mild custom 1964 Chevy Belair 2-door post. Every photo I have seen of the model had painted...
At long last, my 1964 Corvair Monza has sold. A really nice couple from Hummelstown, PA spotted it here on the HAMB Classifieds. We did the deal,...
Funny how some cars stick in your mind. In 1990, the Kustom Kemps of America held the 10th anniversary Leadsled Spectacular in Holland, Michigan....
In the thread, The Shoebox Fords of Joe Bailon and George Gowland...Rikster posted this great photo of Joe and four of his cars....
Just received my copy of the KKOA mag, Trendsetter. Gone from the east for the last few years, KKOA Sled Scene is coming back. The Sled Scene...
This morning I reached into my collection of pocket-size custom magazines and pulled out the April 1958 issue of Rodding and Re-styling. The cover...
If you're like me, you get one or more neat calendars every year: cars, dogs, planes, boats, travel, etc. A few years ago I decided to keep the...
If you haven't tried it, Google Maps lets you created a route from A to B and then displays the street map. If you drag the little orange man icon...
I have been rummaging through my collection of Rod & Custom magazines looking for an issue which featured two really neat Model T's. I can't find...
This gave me a chuckle. Puzzled 10 year old to his Dad: "Whaddya mean 1977 isn't old?" Time flies!
This morning's Reading Eagle newspaper ran a story about a fiberglass car built in 1953 on a wrecked Henry J chassis. The car was built by local...
Many years ago I wrote to the Gulf Oil company requesting information on the Ford GT-40 they sponsored. Sometime long after, I received a packet...
Was perusing my local late-model junkyard when I came across a '47/'48 GM Aerosedan 2-door near the entrance. It wasn't there two weeks ago....
In the early nineties, Joe Bailon started recreating his long-lost custom, "Miss Elegance." He had the original dash and a few other pieces, I...
Just went to the KKOA website to look for info on this year's Sled Scene East. It was moved to Maryland last year. Looks like it's gone from the...
I have been a fan of John D'Agostino's cars since they started appearing in the old Classic & Custom magazine. I recently had a look at his...
At least ten years ago on a family vacation we drove through a city in central Pennsylvania (Danville, maybe?) with a small-car museum. It was...
I just finished watching the 1945 MGM musical, "Anchors Aweigh" with Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Katherine Grayson. In the middle of the...
Two years ago, I picked up a 1964 Corvair Monza 4-door out of a 33 year garage storage. The body was straight and almost rust-free. After...
I just picked up a set of Buick dig dish hubcaps for my 1964 Corvair custom which has 13" steel wheels. They have nice ribbing and I can add...
Three years ago I had a double abdominal hernia repair. It was a one day in-and-out laparoscopic sugery. They repair the damage by covering the...
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