your influences in hotrodding

In my blood.

 

Dad, Speed, and Cruzin

 

Vintage dirt modifieds....

 

Ganahl, Baskerville, HAMB

 

Influences as a child:

Toys/Models, Media, Individuality

As an adult:

Imagination, Creativity, Expression

Gus

 

short skirts
long burnouts
American Grafitti

 

One word only...............DAD!

 

ROADSTARS South Omaha

 

Family, Magazines, Interest

 

Dad, old Hot Rod magazines, the HAMB.

 

family (i consider true friends family too,) car shows & magazines, myself

 

The Rodders Journal.

 

Dad, Friends, History

 

My Uncle, My Cousin, and one fine 48 Ford Full Race Convertible

 

Hot Rod Mag.

All you Californicators, are just lucky that so much raw material went west on route 66 in the 30's

 

in the early days: dames, Dad, 'n dirtracing
today: honeys, hammered's, 'n homebuilts

 

Mom, cruzn and boyfriends

My mother and her girlfriend were the first to take me cruzn on Second Ave in ElCajon California in the early/mid 70's while Dad was overseas. I BEGGED her continously on Friday and Saturday nites to take me to check out the hot rods. My family wasn't into old cars nor did I own a hot rod mag so none of us can figure out how or why at the age of 13/14 I was so into hot rods. Where exactly did the desire come from??

 

1. as a kid=Models[most important]
2.1965....saw a Stolen A/Calif- Hotrod in Mo
3.Junkyard as my first job.

 

Hot Rod Magazine (in 8th grade I would go to the library to "study" and then one day out of the corner of my eye on the magazine rack I noticed an issue of H.R.M. so i picked it up flipped through it and I was hooked lets just say that the studying of american history, english and math was no more, wish I would of balanced the reading of Hot Rod with the actual studying but i couldn't it just turned into a full fledged addiction I would have mom drop me off two or three nights a week and just read through stacks of that magazine...man those were the good old' days..then again that wasn't even 10 years ago

 

1. got a ride in a blown 'T' bucket when I was 7.
2. raised by a phenominal fabricator, Dad.
3. going to car shows as a kid.

 

1. My older brother
2. Colorod (Swedish magazine)
3. Milner.

 

Paul Block

 

My family

Craig

 

the tin man

 

Dad, Magazines, the H.A.M.B.

 

Invention of the wheel, smell of gasoline, local drag strip (1957)

 

Dad, Hotwheels, Lowriders

 

respect, love and family