I saw on Instagram that Prestone was looking for 90 cars to help ‘em celebrate their 90th anniversary. They wanted to do a rally from Phoenix, AZ to Los Angeles, CA. I’m in! If you read my previous installment: “The 55’s Daily Carry” you’ll remember The 55 is pretty well prepared for life out on … More Prestone Rally
I’m getting The 55 ready to go to Phoenix in a couple of weeks. I’m going to meet Kyle and Bam who I know from the Hot Rod Power Tour. They’re righteous dudes. They’ll be in the Prestone big-rig with a caravan of cars following them out to LA. All to celebrate Prestone’s 90th anniversary. It … More The 55’s Daily Carry
I just got back from hosting the inaugural Classic Industries F-Body Nationals at Memphis International Raceway. It was a really great event! I knew it was gonna be awesome as soon as I spotted these two beauties parked right next to each other in the hotel parking lot Friday morning still covered in morning dew. … More F-Body Nationals
It’s been awhile since I’ve given you an update on the 55. Here it goes. Earlier this year Lucky put the 55 on a strict no-carb diet and installed a Holley Sniper Electronic Fuel Injection system with an AeroMotive Phantom 340 in-tank fuel pump and an MSD Pro-Billet Distributor and coil. The 55 starts and … More The 55 Update
A few weeks ago I had the privilege of going to The Mullin Automotive Museum. Peter Mullin is the guy behind the Mullin Automotive Museum just north of Los Angeles in Oxnard, CA. He’s a car-guy who made a few bucks in finance, sold his company and retired to do philanthropic work. The Mullin is … More Citroens at The Mullin
I just got back from the 2017 Car Craft Summer Nationals and I had a blast! I arrived in Bowling Green a day early to get acclimated. We went over to the Raceway to get a lay of the land and to see where everything was set up. After driving thru the beautiful green rolling … More 2017 Car Craft Summer Nationals
A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to go to The Petersen Automotive Museum to watch a documentary on Bruce McLaren. But before I saw the movie, I had to check out The Petersen again. I hadn’t been since their grand re-opening almost two years ago and after having Bruce Meyer himself tell me … More 70 Years of Ferrari at The Petersen: “Seeing Red”
Earlier this year I went over to the Hot Rod Magazine offices to pick up some missing issues. While I was there, I saw a super tuff 66 Chevelle sitting there in the parking lot. I took some pictures and posted ‘em up on Instagram, FaceBook & Twitter. A little while later a friend of … More Lakeside 64
The 2016 Hot Rod Power Tour was the hottest Power Tour ever. Literally… It was the hottest Power Tour ever. But no matter how hot it was – I had the best time ever. And the heat, humidity and rain didn’t discourage thousands of other hard core hot rodders from coming out to play on … More Hot Rod Power Tour 2016
I’ll never forget my first trip to The Nethercutt museum. It March 3rd 2012. The day Grumpy died. I was invited to go to The Nethercutt by Ken Ladka, the President of The Motion Picture Car Club. I’d read about The Nethercutt in AutoWeek Magazine as one of those museums that if you’re a car-guy, … More The Nethercutt
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