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
As we’re driving towards Parkland College in Champaign, Illinois I notice there’s hundreds of people lined up all sitting on the side of the road with lawn chairs and coolers. They say it’s like this at every stop… people come out just to watch the cars drive by. The Hot Rod Power Tour is that … More Hot Rod power Tour part 2
Every car-guy loves a good road-trip. So when my brother told me my niece was having her birthday at Water-World in Denver, I knew I had to drive the 55 out to Colorado. I had been dying to do a road-trip ever since I had co-hosted the Hot Rod Power Tour with my buddy Clarence … More Colorado Road Trip
I just got back from spending the holidays with my family in Colorado. I was stuck with them up in the mountains for two weeks. It was awesome! They’ve got a place up in Keystone – it’s a ski resort at just over 9200 ft in the Colorado Rockies. My Pop and I arrived while … More The Drive Home
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