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That was Tom’s truck.
These are, without question, the two most important race cars in American history... And I'm the lucky one? :)
This is cool as shit.
Of course, historical accuracy is of utmost importance... [ATTACH]
Funny enough... I have a screen print setup here in my shop for short runs. I did one of these on a whitesville t-shirt for me... and it's so...
I tried fellas... Lord knows I tried. But I just can't help myself. Bumper stickers ordered: [ATTACH]
I think about this more than I should probably admit. At any given moment, I’ve got a running list in my head, sorted by genre like some deranged...
Ryan submitted a new blog post: Tom Cobbs: The SoCal Coupe [IMG] I cracked open a new folder in the Tom Cobbs archive this morning,...
When they first started running that 3,000-foot strip, it wasn’t organized. Eight cars would launch at once, all headed the same direction like a...
It’s just volume. Thousands of hours of digging through old paper, microfilm, court records, forgotten columns… to the point where it all starts...
Ryan submitted a new blog post: Paradise Mesa [IMG] Somewhere along the way, I ended up with a rule book. Not a reproduction. Not something...
Interesting. Source? I’ve got no reason to believe you are wrong, I’m just curious.
A few more from Friedman featuring McQueen: [ATTACH] Dave took this one of Steve at the Del Mar Road Races in 1962: [ATTACH] And one of Carol...
Back to the Friedman file… June, 1963. Dave Friedman is posted up at Shelby American in Venice, camera in hand, doing what he always did, quietly...
First time I've ever heard a cross word about Hot Rod Works.... Ever... Maybe the first time we've ever had a complaint on the HAMB about them? I...
Sent to me by a buddy… and it stopped me cold even though I've seen it before. Shot at Nassau in ’63 by Slim Aarons, which is funny in itself...
Oh man. What a neat car... I will keep a lookout for sure.
Sebring, a few months later, and the tone shifts from ambush to endurance. You start to see the practical thinking creep in. Oil coolers hanging...
Duntov didn’t show up to Nassau in ’63 to participate. He showed up to drop a bomb. No warning. No press. No polite introductions. Just the Grand...
I’ve got thousands of frames from the archive sitting here, and I don't think any of it is exclusive. The Henry Ford Museum already has the full...
One and the same. My dad was pal's with Tom O'Connor back in the day, but I don't think I ever met him. I have some pretty incredible images of a...
I think my favorite from this group is this shot: [IMG] I love this kind of collision. Two completely different worlds smashing into each other...
Ryan submitted a new blog post: The Dave Friedman Archive [IMG] When it comes to automotive photography, there are really two breeds of...
that’s the hard top Tom had made for the roadster.
Yeah, I couldn't figure that one out either... I can't remember many hot rod photos with numbered headlights.
Yes.
I drove it around for a weekend when we did the Hot Rod Revolution in Penngrove. It was shockingly fast... Made so much damned torque that first...
The guy had his fingerprints on everything. Politics. Corporate America. Technology. Racing. Hot rods. Education. Poverty assistance. You name it,...
I’ve told this story before, but it’s too good not to run again. Not long after I stumbled into the Tom Cobbs roadster, I went on the HAMB and...
Ryan submitted a new blog post: Tom Cobbs: Cold Calls and Ghost Roadsters [IMG] Sometime in 2006 or so, Ralph Whitworth cold called me out of...
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