Ryan's post on The Jalopy Journal today....

Anyone else see it today?

Hell, 11 years!!

Happy Birthday Jalopy Journal!!

 

Happy birthday JJ/H.A.M.B.

Thanks, Ryan.

 

Happy Birthday!!!!!

I love you ryan!!

 

Happy B-day JJ

 

That post was awe inspiring. a guy with a vision\need, acted on it, and 11 years later.. this. I am privilaged and proud to be a member. Happy Birthday to the Hamb/JJ. Thanks Ryan. Keep up the good work.

 

Ryan
I am just a new guy around here but I want to let you know that I hope I am around when you celebrate 25 years. Gumpa

 

Happy B-day JJ from Tejas

 

Man, I don't know what took me so long to find it! Now it takes up like 90% of my online time. So much to learn here and so many great people. Keep up the good work Ryan. I'll be here from now on...

 

Ryan at age 11 hair shows in places ..along with the other first time sensations!
neat /lucky you get to go thru that again..

paperdog

 

The Hamb Change my life...MFS would of never been created with out the
hamb by my side. Its the Peanut Butter to my Jelly.

Happy Bday HAMB you Punk kid you.

evel

 

I cant believe its been a 11 yrs already....
Happy B-Day & Thanks to everyone over the years for the inspiration!
Viva la HAMB

Dirty

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Jalopy Journal !!!!! Thanks Ryan,i wish i had known about this site before now. Your vision has changed hot rodding for many of us,new & old to this life!

 

Amen!

It's been unbelievable...I've met so many 'new' friends...people I would trust with my life...and like-minded "car type" individuals...on the HAMB- all brought together via this forum. I can't thank Ryan enuf....It's really amazing when you think about it all...people you would have never had the chance to meet in a thousand years- yet alone get along with...it's even put me in touch with High School buds I lost contact with!

If you told someone 11 years ago that we would be connected worldwide to people who all shared the same interests- I would have said you were nuts...but now...my- how times change.

mercman1951

 

Yeah, and don't ya just love the old hard wall slick on the deep dish polished 5 spoke? That's the first thing that caught my eye when surfing someone elses link pages a while back, it drew me in like a beacon. That shit is like art to me.........

 

Amazing. Congratulations, and thanks!

 

VISION
Ryan,

You had it then, have it now, continue to share it and always inspire it.

I picked up a book this week that had names like Tardel, Chapouris, Winfield and Page. Before I discovered your vision, these were just names I would never remember. I thought Rodding was defined by Barris, Foose, and dare I say, Coddington. As I show my ignorance, you have given credibilty to legends. As the Jalopy Journal turns Eleven, I have just been born. With the discovery of your work here, and the gracious offerings of wisdom and knowledge it brings together from this community, My wife gave me the room to build a car of my own dream. It will pale in comparison to many here, but it will be mine. You must bear no small part of the responsibilty for my joy, both then, now and tomorrow. Thank you for sharing your vision. I truly believe there is no need to tell you to keep it up.

Best Regards and Merry Christmas to You and Yours, from Me and Mine.

Scot E Baccus
Hutto, Texas

 

wow, 11 years !

 

happy bday , i've known you for like 7-8 years and how you have grown, who would ever known, from the begining you where just an small webpage with guestbook like forum, actually found this page from the primer page (RIP)i belive, the hamb has sure helped me in mayways, learning alot, getting cool shit, i wonder if it wasn't for you
if it only there would be an big vacum/void on the internet anyhow, you are here and i an very glad of it...

 

I typed "jalopy" in search several times and came to the journal everytime. I would always read the front page but I longed for more,one day I finally clicked on the HAMB....that did it for me, been here every since!

Thanks Ryan, one of these day`s I`ll come up with enough extra coin to buy that Alliance membership.

 

happy birhtday HAMB!!!! its nicce to be in a place where guys/gals share the same veiws on hot rods as i do

 

Happy Birthday JJ....... Thanks Ryan
Only been here for a little while but I love it.

 

for the short time i've been on here, i have gained so much, and want to thank all of you guys.Some day there will be a place we can all retire to,based off of the HAMB,it might be called heaven right now i'm not sure.

 

Ryan set up the right rules for the game, and everyone loves to play. A great story, and about the best use of this technology that i can think of.

I've been living overseas for a year now, and i love that i can connect to my passion from the other side of the world. Now i really notice all the posts from Sweden, Australia, UK, etc.

Congratulations! A great accomplishment.

 

Happy Birthday Ryan, and many thanks for making this the best website that could ever be. Have a Merry Christmas to you and all.
Gary M.

 

Happy birthday and thanks for your vision and time it took to build this site.I never thought I would be writing or playing on a web site,but The HAMB connects me to people that think and live the life that I live.I was born a car freak and will die a car freak,hot rods are my life,way before it became mainstream.Keep up the great work,sincerly DaveM.

 

11 years, been at this longer than i would have thought. Thanks for keeping this going, its given this kid direction on rodding for sure...

 

I lurked for several years and I'm just a FNG but the inspiration, knowledge, humor and encouragement I've received from the H.A.M.B guys and gals is overwhelming. Thanks, Ryan for your incredible vision and the energy to follow your dream and taking us all along for the ride. Congratulations!

 

What a long strange trip it's been....

 

Happy Birthday, JJ. Great research, great documentation. inspiring topics; this sight is a living collage of hooligans, hell raisers, Hep-Cats and Hot Rod heavywieghts; not to mention artists and craftsmen of the highest pedigree keepin' it on the low-down with just a hint of overt attitude. "You guys ROCK!"
God bless this mess.