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03/23/12 - Jalopyjournal
Jalopyjournal: Miss America VIII
Miss America VIII   The pursuit of the “land” speed record on water is the kind of thing only a crazy man participates in. It would be like heading to North Korea with construction plans for a Liberty Statue [...]
03/22/12 - Jalopyjournal
Jalopyjournal: The Five Most Beautiful cars of the 1940s
The Five Most Beautiful cars of the 1940s   Same game, different decade folks. Now this one is a little more select since Detroit focused it’s efforts on War Production between 1942-1945, and offering little more than “hold over [...]
03/21/12 - Jalopyjournal
Jalopyjournal: Roaring Roadsters By Popular Vote
Roaring Roadsters By Popular Vote   I received 67 emails or private messages about this video yesterday. As such, I figured I had better post it to please the masses regardless of the fact that it’s already been posted on the [...]
03/20/12 - Jalopyjournal
Jalopyjournal: The ten Most Beautiful cars of the 1930s
The ten Most Beautiful cars of the 1930s   The 1930s were a very special decade for motoring in America. Despite starting out in the Great Depression, it was a time of massive improvements in terms of automotive engineering, quality of roads [...]
03/19/12 - Jalopyjournal
Jalopyjournal: Tech Week: VOTE NOW
Tech Week: VOTE NOW   Well fellas… We’ve had two weeks of tech posts and now it’s time to pick a winner. We will let this run for a week and then, at the end of that time, the winner will officially be [...]
03/16/12 - Jalopyjournal
Jalopyjournal: The Dual Charged Roadster
The Dual Charged Roadster   Carl Fleischmann was a genius. Not the kind that walks around in a white coat and spits out calculations from the top of his head, but the kind that sneaks around quietly and drops intellectual bombs [...]
 
03/15/12 - Jalopyjournal
Jalopyjournal: The best drivers on the road...
The best drivers on the road...   I’m down in Southern California for a few days, working between Azusa and Anaheim. It goes without saying that the well-worn freeways of LA and Orange County are dirty, covered with debris, and [...]
03/14/12 - Jalopyjournal
Jalopyjournal: Project 38: A Murderous Beginning
Project 38: A Murderous Beginning   Around 16 years ago, I wrote an editorial announcing my new project – a ’38 Ford coupe that I had found just outside of Chicago. My goals for the car were ambitious, but the 20 or 30 [...]
03/13/12 - Jalopyjournal
Jalopyjournal: Block Busters Car Club
Block Busters Car Club   I wish I knew more about this mystery photo, but I can tell you this: Livermore, California was just another happy, suburban Northern California town in the mid 50s, as pictured below. Like many other [...]
03/12/12 - Jalopyjournal
Jalopyjournal: When You Go In A '56 Ford...
When You Go In A '56 Ford...   When you go in a ’56 Ford, you go first! That’s what the commercial says anyway… I’m in San Antonio taking my kids for a quick Spring Break Vacation. Six Flags calls… As [...]
03/09/12 - Jalopyjournal
Jalopyjournal: The Little Deuce Coupe
The Little Deuce Coupe   I’m pretty darn sure that this video has been posted on the HAMB before, but how great is it to see the Clarence ‘Chili’ Catallo 3 window Deuce coupe being talked about by his son [...]
03/08/12 - Jalopyjournal
Jalopyjournal: Family Road Trip This Summer?
Family Road Trip This Summer?   Yes my friends, the fine weather is finally coming around. That means that it’s time to get your trusty ride all tuned up and head out on the highway for a good ol’ road trip. Sure gas [...]
03/07/12 - Jalopyjournal
Jalopyjournal: The Ute...
The Ute...   Before my trip to Australia, I just considered the ute a cool oddity of sorts – nothing to be taken too seriously. While down under, however, I simply fell in love with them. As you might [...]