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Projects Fly in, Drive home in my late Dads car. Attempting 2000 miles
I flew From my home up north to Arizona a couple weeks ago to be with my dad, who was in the hospital. Sadly, he passed away. My dad was a car nut his whole life, who subscribed to Hot Rod... -
History I guess it finally happened, I have turned into my grandpa
I don't know when it happened but the older I get, the more I want simplistic, mechanical and repeatable stuff. I used to think the latest gadgetry was cool, but I have been shedding these types... -
Hot Rods The car I've been looking for my entire life! Well, 20+ years anyway. 1939 Deluxe Coupe
When I was in high school I fell in love with the 40 Ford pickup. There was one for sale in the next town over from mine for $2500 but try as I may I just couldn't raise the money in time and it... -
Hot Rods Finally got my coupe
After waiting many years and letting so many other things in life take priority, I finally bought myself a 39 Ford coupe. It's not strictly HAMB friendly, but with the wheel and tire change I... -
Folks Of Interest Bruce Lancaster
For those of you involved with old Fords, hearing or reading the name Bruce Lancaster mentioned in conversation probably strikes you with the thought that you had best pay attention. Sadly, we... -
Hot Rods 34 ford 3w made entirely from junk!
So, a few years ago I tacked all of my spare... -
Hot Rods My DIY hood louvres
I had to dig out my hood to help me ensure I was mounting my grill shell at the correct height by matching up the body line. Good thing I did otherwise it would have been about an inch too high.... -
Projects Survivor Hotrod Found!
I was lucky enough to come across a 1929 Roadster Pickup that was originally hotrodded in 1957. The owner... -
Features Lucky’s Speed Equipment Coupe
Well while I don’t post often I wanted to share as some of you may remember my race car I started 15 years ago. In the last year I got back on it and in the last four monthsi thrashed hard to get... -
Hot Rods Tired of homogenized hotrods
Seems like I'm seeing a lot of the same kinds of builds lately. I think many of us have forgotten that in the golden age of hot rodding there was no set formula. Some cars had bobbed fenders ,... -
Hot Rods Lending a helping hand
I got a phone call this morning from a gentleman who was broke down on the interstate but had made it to the rest area about 16 miles from me, he said he had a old NSRA fellow pages and saw I... -
Projects Look What My Son Picked Up At The Lonestar Roundup.
We drove down to Austin from Amarillo so my son could pick up his engine from Ross Racing's Tony Lombardi for the 31 Model A coupe he's building. Since we we're all going to be at the Roundup... -
Hot Rods Yes it’s still Possible.
As a kid ( freshman ) in high school we had heard rumor of a 57 that was on racks and hadn’t moved since 79 or 80. Well it was so.
As time and circumstance would have it the owner and I became a... -
Art & Inspiration I received a very special gift today.
I’m a trim carpenter by trade but I’m also a jack of all trades in the residential building realm(shameless pat on the back).Today I set some stone around a fireplace for some good friends new... -
Art & Inspiration The Power of The HAMB
Sometimes it takes a village and in this case that village is the HAMB.
We can all relate to the daunting task of accumulating difficult to find parts.... -
Hot Rods The car show that wasn't...
A couple days ago I was unloading groceries from the trunk of the roadster, and a guy walked up the driveway and introduced himself. He said he has a '34 5 window, told me he lives, literally,... -
Projects Accidentally Bought a 40 Merc Coupe
So, I posted some of this in another thread, but figured I could tell more of the story on my latest MAJOR project I bought at an auction today. Anyway, I have always wanted to build a pre-war... -
Hot Rods I went to 3wlarry's funeral
Well, Sorta Larry,s mom and sister wanted Larry's ashes to be scattered among all his hot rod buddies. I drive a A Fuel front engine dragster for Chambers and Stroud which we all were very close... -
Projects The Adventure of a Boy and His Edsel
Kinda long, but hopefully worth the read…
Some of you may have been following my build thread about my son’s 63 C10 that we are working on every now and then.... -
Projects Finally dont have to build cars in the driveway.
I have a 2 car garage at my house but it is filled up with tools and cars i cant leave out in the weather... so most of my stuff has been built in the driveway over the years.
Well i lucked into...
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