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Friday, October 30, 2026
On Monday night, I was driving home from a photo shoot when I spotted what very well may be the perfect bumper sticker affixed to the rear window… continue reading »
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On Monday night, I was driving home from a photo shoot when I spotted what very well may be the perfect bumper sticker affixed to the rear window… continue reading »
6 Comments on the H.A.M.B.
Deep in the Tom Cobbs archive, buried like evidence nobody wanted found, sits a photo of a young man and his 1935 Ford roadster. Handsome kid. Fantastic custom…. continue reading »
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Rain pelted the windshield of my Buick as I crept into Pimlico Race Course in the pre-dawn hours of Wednesday, September 26th, 2012. Just over a year into… continue reading »
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Last week, a PHP vulnerability escaped into the wild before anyone had a chance to prepare for it. What followed was a spectacular exercise in panic, paranoia, and… continue reading »
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I can still remember writing this thing… I was riding shotgun in a Chevrolet square-body dually that had been lowered to within a few inches of the earth’s… continue reading »
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Nine times out of 10, hot rodders will pick a V8 over a four-cylinder. Why wouldn’t you? Generally speaking, you’re getting more displacement, more torque, and more horsepower…. continue reading »
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In 1940, Seward Allen was a student at Palisades High School in Southern California, where the sun was always shining, the automobile was rapidly becoming a religion, and… continue reading »
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Okay, I’m probably being Captain Obvious here. Devoting a column about Why Print Matters to Pat Ganahl’s seminal history lesson, The American Custom Car, is like naming “Exile… continue reading »
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Most of you already know we lost Dean Lowe. I won’t insult anyone by explaining what that means for hot rodding. It’s a hole in the floor, and… continue reading »
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