I’m at the DMV this morning… Surrounded by bureaucracy dreamed up by grad school drop outs and handed out by high school rejects. I hate this place with the passion of a man obsessed. If there is a hell, this is it. I’m sure of it. In any case, I was sitting here trying to [...]
Forward Motion Picture
Posted on February 17th, 2012 by Ryan
Filed under: Art & Inspiration
Filed under: Art & Inspiration
Another talented Craftsman: Will Neely
I’m glad some of you appreciated post on the work of the extremely talented Louis Chenot. I wanted focus on another model maker in the Craftsman Guild who actually has a deep interest in hot rod roadsters, crackerbox boats, and period circle track racers. My kinda guy. Will Neely doesn’t got to the exacting extreme [...]
George Cerny Restyles…
December of 1955. Car Craft Magazine. George Cerny and his brother Carl were challenged with restyling a car that I’ve never appreciated much – the ’46 to ’48 Ford coupe. To me, the sedans are the lookers from this period as the coupes have always had awkward proportions to my eye. George and Carl set [...]
Craftsman of the Decade: Louis Chenot
Anyone of us who builds a really nice period-correct traditional hot rod or custom is a craftsman. Hours of fabricating, assembling and painting go into a quality build and the result is something that the average man on the street could never do, and sadly, has no clue how much work went into it to [...]
Angelic Road Manners With Bonnie & Clyde
I was going to have a field day with this. See, rumor on the street had it that Jesse James was pushing the guys at Austin Speed Shop to dress the part for the Bonnie & Clyde Reliability Run. The very thought of those fellas in costume had me giddy with excitement. Add to that, [...]
The Derelicts…
He sits in font of the camera and he’s polished, well spoken and dressed to match. He elaborates his thoughts into beautiful strings of words and you instantly recognize a man that is educated. He’s smart. Intelligent. And yet, he speaks of “derelicts” and “abuse.” I like the contrast and I like this guy. I’ve [...]
The Fastest Man on Earth
Very few names can truly be called “iconic” in the world of hot rodding, but I can safely say that Mickey Thompson is one of them: A legend in racing, a pioneer of speed, and an all around good guy by everyone’s account. Challenger 1 was the radical streamliner Mickey and his team built for [...]
Chrysler Dart Concept & Panty Trophies
I’ve spent most of the morning researching the 1956 Chrysler Dart concept car. My search was spawned because of a story I recently overheard at a bar in Detroit, Michigan. Three men in suits sat in lounge chairs and drank what looked like sophisticated mixes out of glass tumblers. As the evening went into the [...]
Calif. Corvette Club circa 1958
Ryan and I both share a love for early (1953 – 1957) Corvettes. I realize that they aren’t exactly hot rods or even traditional customs, but there is some elements of both in these radical little cars. Case in point is this color footage that was shot when the Corvette was a mere 5 years [...]
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 >>