The Jalopy Journal
Ryan submitted a new blog post: Trip No. 3 [IMG] I was starting to convince myself that all these “Trip” directories that we've been exploring...
Ryan submitted a new blog post: Trip No. 2 [IMG] One of the unavoidable side effects of tearing into the Cobbs archive in real time—no plan,...
Ryan submitted a new blog post: The Leftovers [IMG] After last week’s deep dive into the Tom Cobbs archive, I figured I’d take a...
Ryan submitted a new blog post: Trip No. 1: Pikes Peak [IMG] This Tom Cobbs archive hangs over me like a goddamn thundercloud. Too many...
Ryan submitted a new blog post: The Business Decision [IMG] Back in 2009, Joyo and I rolled into Bonneville like a couple of bad apples,...
Ryan submitted a new blog post: Gene Winfield [IMG] So Gene Winfield died yesterday. The final stretch was a little murky—details fuzzy, the...
Ryan submitted a new blog post: The Mirage [IMG] To be blunt, I have no idea when Tom Cobbs took these photos. They were crammed into a folder...
Ryan submitted a new blog post: Tom Cobbs Goes To Mexico [IMG] This past week, I stumbled onto something big—the most significant stash of...
Ryan submitted a new blog post: Ed Roth Off Script [IMG] In 1999, I was a punk kid with a cheap laptop, a head full of bad ideas, and a byline...
Ryan submitted a new blog post: Coker Is Back... [IMG] Back in 2006, I took a deep breath, quit my day job, and threw the HAMB Alliance out...
Ryan submitted a new blog post: The Grand National Roadster Show [IMG] The first time I walked into the Museum of Modern Art in New York City,...
Ryan submitted a new blog post: RIP: Rick Bales [IMG] Rick was one of the last good reasons I had to drag myself to car shows. Just the...
I don’t know if this will translate on the screen or if it’ll just smear like a bug across the windshield, but I’m too amped to be subtle about...
Ryan submitted a new blog post: Winfield’s 1962 Ford Econoline [IMG] The holidays are over. Thank Christ. I’ve been losing my mind, man—stuck...
Ryan submitted a new blog post: The Andy Southard Archive [IMG] We’re not back on the grind until Monday, but my brain refuses to take a...
Ryan submitted a new blog post: The Ed Jacques '41 Ford [IMG] I’ve never had much love for the 1941 Ford. Let’s be honest—it’s a bloated,...
Ryan submitted a new blog post: The 1961 Impala Concept [IMG] As far as I know, this clay model was sculpted in 1959 by Bill Mitchell’s crack...
Ryan submitted a new blog post: Overcoming THE FEAR [IMG] It was a little over twenty-five years ago when I found myself lurking in the...
Ryan submitted a new blog post: The Alton File [IMG] Digging through the dark recesses of my archive—a dusty, chaotic mausoleum of my own...
Needed some quiet time, so I decided to dedicate the day after lunch to the darkroom to work on my printing. Found shots of this old modified. I...
Ryan submitted a new blog post: Rex Rods On Film [IMG] After my road trip to the west coast and back, I had a few frames of unexposed film...
Ryan submitted a new blog post: Finding an Oasis in a Desert of Madness [IMG] A few weeks back, I found myself in the driver’s seat of an...
Ryan submitted a new blog post: The Violence Of Technology [IMG] Years ago, I was handed a box of undeveloped film—like a Pandora’s box of...
So I needed out—out from the suffocating cesspool of DUI lawyers, the slurred promises of the perpetually hammered, and the swirling horseshit of...
Ryan submitted a new blog post: The Felonious Bill Cushenbery [IMG] On Monday, I ran a feature about a mysterious “bright red” 1940 Ford that...
Ryan submitted a new blog post: The Helmet Collection [IMG] A few weeks back, I wrote something about my hesitation to collect vintage...
Ryan submitted a new blog post: My Own Found Photos... [IMG] The stack of photos loomed over me like some kind of bureaucratic menace, and...
Ryan submitted a new blog post: Photoshoot Roadtrip... Film only. [IMG] A few years back, I wandered the heartland for a couple of weeks,...
Ryan submitted a new blog post: Alex Xydias [IMG] I’ve been grappling with this all weekend. When one of our pioneers passes, I’m never quite...
Ryan submitted a new blog post: The Perfect ‘34 Roadster [IMG] A comrade of mine recently wrangled himself a ‘34 roadster body and threw down...
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