Web Site of the Week: BenchRace.com
Dec 17, 2008Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Web Site of the Week: BenchRace.com
Here’s another site that’s being done by one of our own members, Robert Iannello, who seems to know all the right people and dig all the right stuff in order to produce a very nice and...
Video Review: Adam 12
Dec 16, 2008Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Video Review: Adam 12
Are Reed and Malloy both staring at that chick’s rack, or what? Now you get to ask those kinds of questions at will, because seasons 2 through 7 of Adam 12 have now been released on dvd. Season...
Freiburger’s Pic of the Week: The Reverend Willie G.
Dec 16, 2008Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Freiburger’s Pic of the Week: The Reverend Willie G.
I’ve “known” Billy F. Gibbons for about 15 years, and I use the term loosely because he’s one of those guys I have to meet every time I see him. After all, I’m just a...
eBay Pick of the Week: ’59 Buick Wagon
Dec 15, 2008Chad ReynoldsComments Off on eBay Pick of the Week: ’59 Buick Wagon
This week’s eBay pick features a helping of self sorrow. See, one of the cars we had to unload in the exodus from our former shop space was a ’59 Buick station wagon that we loved more...
Billy “The Kid” Stepp Dies
Dec 15, 2008Brian LohnesComments Off on Billy “The Kid” Stepp Dies
One of drag racing’s more colorful (and nefarious) figures has passed away at the age of 73, according to the Dayton Daily News of Dayton, Ohio. Stepp’s cars were known as strong runners,...
General Lee Clone: Total Butchery!
Dec 15, 2008Brian LohnesComments Off on General Lee Clone: Total Butchery!
It’s one of those message board threads that gains steam overnight and goes totally viral. We know that’s going to happen with this 30-page tome over at DodgeCharger.com. The funny thing...
Monday Time Killer: Vintage Road-Race Photos
Dec 15, 2008Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Monday Time Killer: Vintage Road-Race Photos
Based on a tip from King Matt, we checked out this cool web site that has 113 photo galleries of IMSA and other road racing from 1973 through 1999. There’s plenty of the older stuff, making it...
Photo Gallery: Red Zone Race Fab Christmas Party
Dec 15, 2008Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Photo Gallery: Red Zone Race Fab Christmas Party
Today we went and hung out with Nick Miserendino at Red Zone Race Fab in Simi Valley, California. Nick did the cage and chassis work on our F-Bomb Camaro and also deals with a lot of local rally and...
Photo Gallery: Car Junkie Drag Bash Revisited
Dec 14, 2008Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Photo Gallery: Car Junkie Drag Bash Revisited
Way back in September ’08, Chad and I hosted a Drag Bash Weekend as part of our adventures with CarJunkieTV.com. When that web site folded up the photo gallery was lost. We had such a good time...
Seeing Through the Schlock: A Couple Neat Items at Barrett-Jackson’s Scottsdale Auction
Dec 12, 2008Brian LohnesComments Off on Seeing Through the Schlock: A Couple Neat Items at Barrett-Jackson’s Scottsdale Auction
Yeah, yeah we know. Taking a dump on Barrett-Jackson has become a national sport for gearheads coast to coast. Those auctions have driven the market out of reach, reset the standards of pricing that...
Vintage Iron at Decent Prices!
Dec 12, 2008Brian LohnesComments Off on Vintage Iron at Decent Prices!
One of our friends is a chassis builder. He’s a gifted fabricator and metal guy and occasionally takes on a hot rod project either for a customer or for himself when things get slow. We hate...
Friday Excuse to Go Home Early and Drink: Georgia Dealer Gets Crap For Telling it Like it Is
Dec 12, 2008Brian LohnesComments Off on Friday Excuse to Go Home Early and Drink: Georgia Dealer Gets Crap For Telling it Like it Is
Well this is enough to make you hang your head and shed a tear. Savannah, Georgia, Ford dealer O.C Welch decided to go after import cars and import car buyers in a radio ad and is now being called a...
Carnage Photos
Dec 12, 2008Brian LohnesComments Off on Carnage Photos
Carnage is good so long the only damage is mechanical and no humans are harmed in the process. There was lots of it all over the place this year in the world of professional racing. Hit the links to...
Tony Schumacher: Champion of Champions
Dec 12, 2008Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Tony Schumacher: Champion of Champions
Six-time NHRA Top Fuel champ Tony Schumacher just scored another win: his second Champion of Champions title as awarded by Chris Economaki and his National Speed Sports News at the PRI Show in...