11/25/2009Something To Be Thankful For
This Thanksgiving has me thankful for a lot of things. We’ve had a crazy year at The Jalopy Journal and I’ve had a ton of fun. None of it would be possible without the folks that sponsor [
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2012 Grand National Roadster Show
2012 Grand National Roadster ShowNow in its 63rd year the Grand National Roadster show in Pomona, CA is one the largest in the country with almost 1,000 cars and bikes in attendance.Now in its 63rd [...]
Kent Vikmo's Stylish 1940 Mercury
Kent contacted Ulf "Wolf" Christiansson, who had learned much of the old custom tricks by working with some big names in California (Gene Winfield, Steve Davis, and Boyd Coddington) before moving back [...]
The Houston Autorama, a Thanksgiving Tradition.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Houston Autorama. It begins the afternoon of Thanksgiving day at the Houston Convention Center and goes through the end of the weekend. It may seem strange [...]
Pinstriping Animal Style with the One Arm Bandit
I met pinstriper and all around cool cat Charlie Decker online, probably at Myspace, before I met him in person at the Grand National Roadster Show. I hit him up for some samples of his pinstriping [...]
Bonner´s Bad Berkeley: A 310 MPH Sports Car
…oh ya, and its FRONT WHEEL DRIVE. Tell that to the “wrong wheel drive” haters! Pikesan and I first met Dr. Bonner Denton, Professor of Chemistry and Geosciences at the [...]
dutch dynamite: '41 plymouth
Maybe you remember my post about this bare metal 1941 Plymouth Coupe. While surfing the HAMB tonight, I stumbled upon some recent update pics and while I was at it, found some photos of the build-up [...]