Event Coverage: Another 198 Photos from the 2009 March Meet
Mar 09, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Event Coverage: Another 198 Photos from the 2009 March Meet
It’s been tough to sit here at the Easy Coast bureau and watch the photos roll in from afar, but it sure looks like the kickoff to the 2009 NHRA Heritage Series lit off like a barrel of TNT...
Event Coverage: 2009 March Meet Pits, Swap Meet, and Car Show
Mar 08, 2009Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Event Coverage: 2009 March Meet Pits, Swap Meet, and Car Show
First we brought you a photo gallery of action from Friday at the 2009 March Meet, and today we’re going to have two more sections of event coverage. This one here is all photos from the swap...
Event Coverage: The 2009 March Meet, 100 Friday Photos
Mar 07, 2009Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Event Coverage: The 2009 March Meet, 100 Friday Photos
Today, Friday, March 6, was the kickoff day of the 2009 March Meet at historic Auto Club Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, California. It’s actually in McFarland, but no one really cares....
Chadmouth: I Want to be the Guy with the Mullet
Mar 07, 2009Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Chadmouth: I Want to be the Guy with the Mullet
While walking through the Long Beach Swap Meet last weekend, I saw some guy in a tube-chassis Duster cruising the parking lot on his way to the car corral and it got me pondering the fact that you...
SEMA Scholarship Deadline Coming Soon
Mar 06, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on SEMA Scholarship Deadline Coming Soon
We got this press release from SEMA today alerting us to the fact that the deadline to enter their scholarship application process is drawing nigh. If you are a student in an automotive discipline...
Cars and Skateboards Go Together
Mar 06, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Cars and Skateboards Go Together
It’s my opinion that cars and skateboards go together. I may get raised eyebrows for saying that but I believe it’s true, at least in Southern California. Surfing and cars work,...
Thread-Jack: Every Known Photo of the F-Bomb Camaro
Mar 06, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Thread-Jack: Every Known Photo of the F-Bomb Camaro
The old boss (David Freiburger) certainly has a collection of neat junk, but in our book, none is neater than the infamous F-Bomb. Apparently we’re not the only ones who feel this way because...
Friday Excuse to Go Home Early and Drink: GM Considering Bankruptcy
Mar 06, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Friday Excuse to Go Home Early and Drink: GM Considering Bankruptcy
With body blows coming on a nearly daily basis, GM has begun the process of letting us, the motoring public, know that it is mulling filing for bankruptcy. There are serious doubts from internal...
Craigslist Pick of the Week: Killer 1936 Ford Truck
Mar 06, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Craigslist Pick of the Week: Killer 1936 Ford Truck
Normally we don’t go all ga-ga over straight resto’d pre-war cars and trucks but this one is just too neat to pass up. It is a wonderfully done truck powered by a factory...
Cool Old Press Photos: The 1957 Buicks
Mar 05, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Cool Old Press Photos: The 1957 Buicks
Buicks were certainly a hot GM ticket in the late ‘50s. With an economy that was rebounding from a bit of a slump, many people were aspiring to own one of the General’s intermediate...
Champion Speed Shop Top Fuel Dragster Streamlined for the March Meet
Mar 05, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Champion Speed Shop Top Fuel Dragster Streamlined for the March Meet
With the March Meet coming this weekend we got a neat press release from our pal Mike Bumbeck regarding the Champion Speed Shop team and their Nostalgia Top Fueler. This car is powered by a...
Gearhead Destination: The Studebaker National Museum
Mar 05, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Gearhead Destination: The Studebaker National Museum
OK kids, if you are going on the 2009 Hot Rod Power Tour you have absolutely no excuse to not check this place out as the tour is running through South Bend, Indiana, the ancestral home of Studebaker...
Video of the Week: Dinah Shore and Elizabeth Montgomery sell Chevrolets
Mar 05, 2009Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Video of the Week: Dinah Shore and Elizabeth Montgomery sell Chevrolets
As car junkies we often find ourselves reminiscing about the old days. This week’s videos are commercials from Chevrolet’s past and show the American spirit of the automakers of old....
NHRA versus ADRL on Nitro Pro Mods
Mar 05, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on NHRA versus ADRL on Nitro Pro Mods
Proudly, we were one of the first news sources to bring you the inside story on the ADRL allowing injected, nitro-powered Pro Mods at their races. When the story broke and news came that cars were...












