East Coast transplant Andy Southard arrived in Central California’s Salinas area in the early 1950s- A prime time for the young photographer to document the hot rod and… continue reading »
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Digging through the dark recesses of my archive—a dusty, chaotic mausoleum of my own making—I stumbled across a folder labeled “Alton.” Inside, like some forgotten treasure chest buried… continue reading »
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If you live in a place with an occasional warm sun in the sky past October, you are a fortunate soul. In many places around the world, it’s… continue reading »
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If you haven’t picked up on it yet, I’m neck-deep in another film photography obsession—a recurring fever that hits me every few years like a freight train of… continue reading »
I love historically significant hot rods as much as anyone else on here, but it’s the unknown cars that really get my mind racing. Earlier this year, I… continue reading »
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A million years ago, I used to help run ‘Billet Proof’, a low-buck hot rod show that we started back in 1997 as a way to counter the… continue reading »
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After my road trip to the west coast and back, I had a few frames of unexposed film left in both the X-Pan and an old WWII era… continue reading »
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March 13, 1929. Lee Bible, a mechanic from Daytona Beach, Florida, is remembered for his tragic attempt to break the land speed record, a daring effort that ultimately… continue reading »
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A few weeks back, I found myself in the driver’s seat of an electric truck, grinding through the endless asphalt between Austin, Texas, and Santa Barbara, California. Normally,… continue reading »
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