The Jalopy Journal
Ryan submitted a new blog post: Tom Cobbs: Bonneville, 1958 Part 1 [IMG] Back into the Cobbs archive... The next two reels of celluloid...
Hey fellas... just clawed my way back into the fiery pit that is Texas after 26 hours of sleepless wandering through airports, jet blasts, and...
Ryan submitted a new blog post: Tom Cobbs: Two Coupes [IMG] In 1953, Buddy Fox and Tom Cobbs borrowed Alex Xydias’ unfinished So-Cal coupe and...
Ryan submitted a new blog post: Tom Cobbs: Blown Chevy [IMG] When you’re running film, there’s almost always a roll half-chewed up and left...
Ryan submitted a new blog post: Tom Cobbs: MickeyThompson_1 [IMG] Another day, another wormhole cracked open from the Tom Cobbs Archive… and...
Ryan submitted a new blog post: Tom Cobbs: The Freudiger Spl. [IMG] Tom Cobbs shot this roll of Kodachrome in 1957, and once again, he left...
Ryan submitted a new blog post: Titty Pink [IMG] I’m elbows deep in prep for a trip to Hawaii—no time to breathe, let alone daydream—but I...
Ryan submitted a new blog post: The Deora Deviation [IMG] In the long hall of custom car mythos, there are oddities that pull your soul...
Ryan submitted a new blog post: Wu Tang & Whitewalls [IMG] Right, so this article was supposed to go live early this morning. That was the...
Ryan submitted a new blog post: Three Pages, Three Picks... [IMG] Today’s challenge is a simple one, but it scratches that old itch—the same...
Ryan submitted a new blog post: The Mag Heist & The Resurrection [IMG] When the mailbox bandit struck, he didn’t just snag a Harman Collins...
Ryan submitted a new blog post: Bad Decisions & The Curse Of The Mailbox Bandit [IMG] I actually wrote this last Sunday, gearing up for a...
Ryan submitted a new blog post: Bennetts Custom Co. [IMG] I watch an unhealthy amount of YouTube. Most days, my secondary monitor is running...
Ryan submitted a new blog post: The Hellfire Ignition Coil [IMG] Last year I put a pretty rare Eddie Meyer intake on my coupe. It's a special...
Not really, but a few features are gonna be down today. I am rebuilding the search index, so things like search, "your content," etc... are gonna...
Admittedly, this one’s a little silly—but it’s been a fun side project. I had one of those standard-issue chrome Mallory coils on my coupe, and...
Ryan submitted a new blog post: The 308 Roadster [IMG] I have no idea who Jason Brackeen is. Maybe I’ve met him, maybe not. Social settings...
I dunno... single piece raw aluminum hood, no hood sides, full wrap leather straps from one frame rail to the other - early style. [ATTACH]
Ryan submitted a new blog post: The 2025 Lonestar Round Up [IMG] Round Up weekend was pure chaos from the jump. Friday was swallowed whole by...
Ryan submitted a new blog post: The Great American Dream Machine [IMG] The Great American Dream Machine was a short-lived, beautifully bizarre...
Ryan submitted a new blog post: Trip No. 6 [IMG] Over the past six weeks, we’ve done a fair bit of digging—research, investigating, a few...
Ryan submitted a new blog post: Rex Rod & Chassis' New Digs [IMG] For the past few months, my brother’s been building a brand-new shop from...
Ryan submitted a new blog post: Trip No. 5 [IMG] More from Pikes Peak—confirmed, 1959. This roll looks like Tom Cobbs zeroed in almost...
Ryan submitted a new blog post: The Gribble Starliner [IMG] I’ve always had a thing for early ’60s customs, but let’s be honest—those years...
Really want to run the Eddie Meyer intake, but just can’t beat this intake icing problem. Driving me nuts, but this photo makes me happy. [ATTACH]
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,...
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