The Jalopy Journal
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,...
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...
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