The Jalopy Journal
damn, what the hell, it's like we got the plague around here, where's everyone goin? I guess I will have to go to Austin to see everyone...
bumpity
I think theres a DicE magazine/Hero clothing party at San Souci on the Sat night, I will probably check it out after Kevins, this place is...
heres the flyer for my BBQ and open house on sunday afternoon, for those of you rolling in late or here for both days...
Ok Keith. You win with 39 minutes to spare. Thanks everyone for the bids.
I knew Lance for about 20 years....he was working on some of the Stray Cats cars when i met him. Talented guy, and super humble. Got the news from...
ok guys it ends tonight, I should specify that that's midnight pacific time, so you east coast guys got till 3am.....hey Chris, thanks for the...
hey Jay, thanks for stopping by, see you at the show, and Roadracer, thats quite a drive, come by my booth and say hi if you get a chance.
hey Alex. Awesome. It'll be good to see you guys as usual. Kiwi Kev's BBQ is sat after the show my open house is Sunday after the show at 3pm....
mmmmm.....scallops
hey Ian, long time no see. I am looking forward to finally seeing your chevy. Hope it gets done in time
ok, lookin good so far, but, to keep it interesting, I'm throwing in two MINT issues of the first few of Burnout magazine, March and Sept of 2000,...
Geoffrey, you're lookin a little green around the gills, why not take the whole week off and get your truck back together....
oh yeah, my shop is sponsoring the best hotrod trophy this year, all of which are hand lettered candy colored moon discs, not the cheap speedway...
ok, havent seen a post about it yet and I've heard a few rumors floating around that it's in Bakersfield or that it's not happening at all. Not...
about an hour south of Ventura is LA, and every friday night is cruise night at Bobs Big Boy in Burbank. Also, I will probably be at my shop in...
what J man said!
ttt for the weekenders....
ok, look at a bunch of mags from 55-65, thats a 10 year span, how many small block fords? I'm just sayin....they sound good, and they have their...
just look in some old rod & custom, rodding and restyling, hotrod magazines from the 40s-60s and tell me how many cars in there have small block...
ford in a ford if it's an FE, a flathead, a y block, etc. not into 289's 302s etc in period hotrods. They just don't look right. SBC can be made...
Time to say thanks to Ryan for keeping this place goin. This auction is for one mesh cap, two T-shirts, one off white with Old Gold logo on front...
wanted to invite everyone to the shop for some BBQ and stuff, last year was great, hopefully it will be even better this year. Old Gold Garage...
I am gonna try to make this tomorrow, either be in my green truck or on my bike. Havent cruised Van Nuys since before I was born.....
posted this on another thread, but just for contrast here's a hardtopped '40 FORD coupe that I'm building for a customer, not a matranga style...
got it in the shop. Not sure exactly what my plans for it are yet, I'm thinking flathead, lowered with dropped axle and reversed springs...
I bought it from the guy that got it from Rudy, it still has Rudy's name on the paperwork, it's here in Ventura now....
yeah, I'm stoked, hey Nads, you can still make the notes out faintly, I think it's the sheet music for 99 Luft Balloons.
yeah, hardtopped, but trying not to make it a clone of a Matranga style merc. To me the Fords look like crap if the roof gets too flat in the...
this is the one he chopped and never finished. I posted a couple pics on my blog, but I think they're too big to put on here....
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