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Hey Mike, congrats that's pretty neat! I'll have to wait until your publisher sends me a review copy to read it, I'm broke. Did you include...
Here's something from the things that almost were department. One of the qualities that really makes Hot Rod Deluxe magazine unique is the unseen...
And to think I thought no one on here read Street Rodder... I think I might be guilty of stereotyping sorry.
Hey Aaron, you're the guy that invented Von Dutch Cola, and just finished designing Wal-Mart's new fall collection of Von Dutch active wear for...
As it sits this thing is a stock '64 Bug minibke. If I ever get another wild hair, to finish it I'm going to weld up the bars I twisted, and...
You're probably up for some kind of Home Depot award. I'd check up front on the bulletin board near where they keep the DIY plumbing books....
Hey Jeffrey, thank you very much. This will be but just a very tiny blip in an upcoming issue of Street Rodder, and I needed some help. You nailed...
No kidding, not one person knows — remarkable.
Takeout "T" and Dick Bennett's 32, I know these two cars were garage built. Were there any more contenders for 2011's AMBR that were also built...
Mike, Lots of snake oil around spark plugs... Feeling a difference is pure hooey. Put 'em on the dyno, and show me the difference.
Not that it really means anything to anyone else, but my Grandpa was a friend of the guy that invented Vice Grips. My Grandpa visited the factory...
Bitchin' ain't new, I added it to my vocabulary in the early 60s and never stopped using it. I guess because of the bitch part its always...
The best looking place to stick those name decals was at the rear of the car below the fin on the fender a little in front of the rear tailights.
I can't remember what I was supposed to do today, but my first model car was an AMT 3-in-1 '59 Buick convertible in early '59. I wanted to get a...
Yeah, I used to get in a lot of arguments about the existence of a Hodaka 80, and the 55. At one time I had the factory manual that came with it....
Hey Mark, Yeah it was pretty fast in its day. A Honda S90, or a Yamaha 80 couldn't take it. I haven't ridden it since '72 when I took it to...
Here's the pipe side... that's always the money shot
The last time I saw another mini-bike like this was in early '65 when my dad loaded this one up into our '58 Chevy pickup. That was at the old...
You might check the features section on Custom Classic Trucks' website. www.customclassictrucks.com Nice truck, congrats!
Sorry about that. As a former Source Interlink editor I can tell nothing pissed us editor types off more than how our work would get destroyed by...
I don't know how true it is, but I heard the people that own the parking lot were tired of picking up all of the trash that was left behind every...
Here's one that didn't show up on here. http://www.streetrodderweb.com/features/0610sr_1948_hudson_commodore_sedan/index.html
The feature is up on Street Rodder's web, here's the link http://www.streetrodderweb.com/features/1007sr_1932_ford_roadster/index.html Steve,...
Hey Toby, thanks. A friend called me and said it was taken at the Rat Fink reunion around '79.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the guy standing next to ED is David Mann. Ed bought "Hollywood Run" for $85.00 from David, and then David...
Great, just what the world needs, another book full of bad information. Mike, any idiot could have told you that's a Russian Dodge. Unique idea...
A little leg-wetting trivia: Captain Trash wrote the captions for the David Mann art book, and then it was held up from production. David Mann...
I really need to figure out how to post photos, maybe sometime when I'm not working 7 days a week. Anyways, in '87 I built a '64 Chrysler 300K...
David Mann gave me the name "Krylon" John. I mistook a can of flat black Krylon Dave used to spray matte board for his paintings with for bathroom...
Y-block charcoal surprise is what we used to call it. Back in the day motor oils were low in detergent and high in coke. the dinky little hole on...
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