The Jalopy Journal
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I figure most here probably know a least a little about Jim Lytle, the crazy genius who engineered the 'Big Al' and 'Quad Al' dragsters......
On Monday, 9/9, nine of the Kontinentals crew from Austin and Houston departed for a week-long run to Hot Rod Hill Climb in Central City,...
This is the second year the Kontinental crew has made the trip from Austin to Central City, CO. for the Hot Rod Hill Climb. With the Bayou Roundup...
This past weekend, a group of us Kontinentals made our third annual post-RoundUp run to Del Rio to attend the George Paul Memorial Bull Riding...
Need some ignition advice from the experts. My '39 convertible is struggling with what appears to be intermittent ignition issues. I'm still...
Just wanted to share some pics from the Austin crew's run to the Hot Rod Hill Climb last weekend. We left Wednesday morning and overnighted in...
Just a few pics from the Day Of The Drags at Little River Academy Dragway today. The highlight was a grudge match between EL JEFE's killer hemi...
For the last 6 years or so, we've come out of Austin, Texas to award the Yay-Hoo Cup to the quickest car driven to the HAMB Drag Nationals. The...
Yep. It's official. Jason Schaefer is now on The Yay-Hoo Cup for the third time... and, as usual, he did it with style... 'Schaefer-style'. If...
It's still on! This will be year number seven that we're offering up The Yay-Hoo Cup™ at the HAMB Drag Nationals. For those that don't know, the...
OK... here we go. I'll start by saying I'm a little embarrassed by what I'm about to do. I normally consider myself a wannabe-photographer. I...
I've finally getting my full fendered '30 RPU together, and today I started sanding all the red oxide lacquer primer off the assembled cab I...
This is Day Of The Drags weekend here in central Texas, and Friday night is test-n-tune ahead of the main event on Saturday. Gotta go, right?...
Between running the minibike races (89 bikes!!!) and sketchy weather, I dedicated exactly 30 mins to taking pics... which meant snapping just...
A few of the Austin crew met up last night for a photo shoot at the Austin Speed Shop... after which we did a BBQ dinner run out to Salt Lick,...
I'm a big fan of the movie 'The Sugarland Express'. Most of this movie's charms are fairly obvious... Spielberg's a genius, Goldie Hawn is sexy as...
I was lucky enough to get away to Baltimore this weekend for the Rodder's Journal Revival... had an absolute blast at the show and exploring...
The idea was simple. Let's celebrate those guys who dare to drive their cars to an event and then thrash on them to see what they'll do down the...
Yep, it's still on! This will be year number six that we're offering up The Yay-Hoo Cup™ at the HAMB Drag Nationals… and anything could happen....
This past weekend found us on our 3rd-annual 'family' run to Big Bend. The previous two years were motivated by the need to attend the Viva Big...
Aussie Ben Thompson is broke down on I-35 between West and Hillsboro in his 1958 Ford pickup… lost the rear wheel at speed… needs a...
Those that have been around here awhile probably remember Big Ric's badass '40 out of Trinity, TX... as featured in TRJ #20. Well, the '40 had...
The dust is finally settling. If you were there, you know what I'm talking about... and if you weren't there, you have no doubt already...
All right, all right! This will be Year 5 for the coveted Yay-Hoo Cup at the HAMB Drag Nationals, and all indications are that this year should be...
This past weekend a group of us Austin guys... Norm and Beverly, Reggie, Grable, Joyce, and me... made the run out to West Texas for the Viva Big...
As the sun dropped a little on Pistons and Paint 2012 (thanks again, Chupacabras!), Arturo Quesada and I grabbed a couple beers and took a moment...
As I mentioned in the other thread, anyone familiar with the story of last year's win by Jason 'DASCHAEFER' Schaefer and family (here) effectively...
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