“From what my dad tells me, the only reason they ever won with it was because either someone else had a breakdown, or they were the only ones running the class that day. My dad bemoans the fact that it only went about 80 miles an hour.”
Brutal honesty with some great imagery to back it [...]
Family History
Posted on January 5th, 2009 by Ryan Cochran
Filed under: History
Filed under: History
The 1951 Grand National
The year of 1951 was a pretty special period in Stock Car racing. It marked the beginning of factory involvement in the league and as such, just about every American manufacturer was represented at one race or another. The biggest event was most likely the Grand National held on the beaches of Daytona Beach, Florida. [...]
The Best Of 2008
Every year, I like to bring in the new year by crunching some numbers and listing our top posts. It’s actually a pretty complicated formula that considers page views, number of comments, site growth, etc… Real dork stuff. But you don’t have to worry about any of that. Just enjoy the list - It’s the [...]
Tucker Stock Car
The fellas over at Hemmings recently uncovered the fascinating photo above. Your eyes aren’t deceiving - that’s an honest-to-goodness Tucker Torpedo all dressed up to go racing. They seem to think the photo was taken in 1950 at Canfield Speedway (Youngstown, OH). Records indicate the rarity was driven by Joe Merola of Pennsylvania, but finished [...]
The All-Aluminum Multicar!
I found this last week and have been dreaming about it ever since. It’s an idea proposed in the the January, 1958 issue of Mechanix Illustrated. Once car, multiple bodies… Brilliant. I’ll let the original author (Chuck Smith) tell the story:
ALMOST every time a family goes out to buy a new car the same husband-and-wife [...]
The Motorama
From 1950 to 1955, Robert E. Petersen (founder of Hot Rod Magazine) hosted an annual car show in Los Angeles, CA. Sharing names with a GM series of shows, the “Motorama” featured hot rods, customs, race cars, motorcycles, and other automotive wonders. For some unknown reason, Petersen shut the show down after just six years. [...]
Hammered On The H.A.M.B.
T’was the day before Christmas and… Man, have you fellas been paying attention to the two hammered coupes going together in unison and from opposite sides of the country? We’ve touched on Kevin Lee’s latest before and he continues to do what he does - build something from very little and make it look easy. [...]
Garage Storage
Through the years we’ve had some pretty amazing articles pop up here on The Jalopy Journal. The following is just a few of them:
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Tom Cobbs
The story of Tom Cobbs, his legacy, and his hot rod roadster. Read: Part 1, Part 2, or Part 3.
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The Bob Roddick Story
The story of a set of lost photos that literally take us all back into time. Read: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, or Part 4.
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The Ferrari Shoot
Comparing and contrasting three very different cars with three very different purposes in life. Read It >>
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Inspiration
This post is actually a continuation of two other posts that were written in 2006 (Part 1 & 2). The stuff you guys came up with is breathtaking.
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Gary Howard
Gary is one of my heroes and after interviewing him, I got to check off an item from my dream list. Read It >>