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02/09/10 - Jalopyjournal
Jalopyjournal: 1956 CAR-toon: Your Safety First
1956 CAR-toon: Your Safety First   While posting the Jetaway cartoon, I also came across this safety film also produced by John Sutherland. ‘Your Safety First’ was a 1956 promotional film made for Automobile Manufacturers [...]
01/09/10 - Jalopyjournal
Jalopyjournal: Garage Sale
Garage Sale   Why can’t the bartender get it right? You’ve been parking your ass on the same stool at the same bar for over ten years and in all that time, this joker still can’t pour a consistent [...]
31/08/10 - Jalopyjournal
Jalopyjournal: 'Jetaway: Gear of the Year' 1956 Cartoon
'Jetaway: Gear of the Year' 1956 Cartoon   Alright, so in hindsight, the GM dual coupling Jetaway Hydramatic may have proved to be a slightly overcomplex beast (especially when they needed a rebuild), but it was big news when Oldsmobile [...]
30/08/10 - Jalopyjournal
Jalopyjournal: The Daily Driver - An Update
The Daily Driver - An Update   A few months ago, I told the story of my daily driven ‘39 Sedan. It was a story of risk really… See, I’m about as sharp as a marble in the shop. Driving an old car, keeping up with [...]
27/08/10 - Jalopyjournal
Jalopyjournal: The Early Custom Pick
The Early Custom Pick   A couple of us were gathered around the latest early custom to call Texas home (Ed note: Mum’s the word Stevo!) last night and began discussing the finer points of the genre. We all pretty much [...]
26/08/10 - Jalopyjournal
Jalopyjournal: Ode to Salt... Speed Week 2010... Cool Video
Ode to Salt... Speed Week 2010... Cool Video   I stumbled upon this great music/ art video made by Josh Clason. His car footage is beautiful, and with the backdrop of Bonneville’s landscape, put to music and words, well,it becomes art. [...]
25/08/10 - Jalopyjournal
Jalopyjournal: Right Place. Right Time.
Right Place. Right Time.   I just got home from a whirlwind car event trip of a lifetime. It started at the Concorso Italiano on Friday, the Monterey Motorsports Reunion on Saturday, Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance [...]
 
24/08/10 - Jalopyjournal
Jalopyjournal: The 2010 H.A.M.B. Drag Nationals
The 2010 H.A.M.B. Drag Nationals   This was a make or break year for the H.A.M.B. Drags. After last year’s pure pandaemonium, I knew we were facing our first real challenge with this idea of ours. Could we or could we not control [...]
23/08/10 - Jalopyjournal
Jalopyjournal: Ryan's still on the road...
Ryan's still on the road...   Somewhere, down a lonely road in the Show Me state, El Jefe and Ryan are probably getting into some good trouble. Check back tomorrow for a new post, but here’s a nice vintage drag car clip to [...]
20/08/10 - Jalopyjournal
Jalopyjournal: LIVE From Joplin
LIVE From Joplin   Holy hell… The Drags are tomorrow! I think everything is in place. I don’t think I’ll screw up anything too badly. Fingers crossed… In any case, you can follow my trials and [...]
19/08/10 - Jalopyjournal
Jalopyjournal: The Ghia IXG Dragster: American designer in Italy
The Ghia IXG Dragster: American designer in Italy   The 1960 “International Experimental Ghia” was a enclosed body dragster designed by Tom Tjaarda working at the Turin, Italy Ghia studio. You can see the Stingray-ish styling cues of the [...]
18/08/10 - Jalopyjournal
Jalopyjournal: Mystery '37
Mystery '37   The above photograph came to me by email a number of years ago. It was part of a large batch of photographs that I got along with the Bob Roddick Collection. Since that time, I’ve pondered the [...]
17/08/10 - Jalopyjournal
Jalopyjournal: The Hemi Under Glass + More
The Hemi Under Glass + More   I was tooling around The Selvedge Yard the other day and ran into a great post about the Hemi Under Glass. There’s some great vintage photography in the post, but what really caught my eye was [...]
16/08/10 - Jalopyjournal
Jalopyjournal: The Raybestos RPU
The Raybestos RPU   I typically stay away from commercial posts here on The Jalopy Journal. This site started with a personal lean and despite what some of my detractors might say or think, I continue to work hard to [...]
14/08/10 - Jalopyjournal
Jalopyjournal: August 14, 1945 - VJ Day
August 14, 1945 - VJ Day   The day for which the people of the world have prayed is here at last. There is great thankfulness in our hearts. Peace has not come, however, as the result of the kind of power which we have known in [...]
13/08/10 - Jalopyjournal
Jalopyjournal: Stolen + Recovered
Stolen + Recovered   Old shit gets stolen a lot. We see “My truck was just stolen!” posts on the H.A.M.B. just about every week. Typically, nothing is ever recovered. Folks reply that they will keep a look out [...]
12/08/10 - Jalopyjournal
Jalopyjournal: 1955 Oldsmobile Delta Concept
1955 Oldsmobile Delta Concept   This is one 50s GM dream car that is often overlooked in the books, but its one of my favorites. The ‘55 Delta concept was a hardtop coupe that stood just fifty-three inches high, mounted on a [...]
 
11/08/10 - Jalopyjournal
Jalopyjournal: The Lou Baney Tapes
The Lou Baney Tapes   People send me vintage footage all of the time. Ripping this footage and uploading it to our servers takes a big time commitment, so I stack the footage I get and put sticky notes on each one that [...]
10/08/10 - Jalopyjournal
Jalopyjournal: The Bocar Stiletto by Bob Carnes
The Bocar Stiletto by Bob Carnes   As a follow up to his successful XP series sports cars , Denver Colorado-based car builder Bob Carnes decided to take his same XP-6 front-mounted 471 blown SBC engine backed by a Borg-Warner T-10 [...]
09/08/10 - Jalopyjournal
Jalopyjournal: 2010 H.A.M.B. Drags - August 21
2010 H.A.M.B. Drags - August 21   It’s that time of the year again… The time when I get nervous as hell. The Drags are just around the corner. Of course, we made a lot of changes this year. For one, the event is [...]
06/08/10 - Jalopyjournal
Jalopyjournal: The USA In Your Model-A
The USA In Your Model-A   So you drive your flathead powered ‘39 sedan to work every day. It’s a 25 mile round trip. You think you’re hardcore. You’re not… Or maybe you drive across country with [...]
05/08/10 - Jalopyjournal
Jalopyjournal: Goldie Gardner's MG at Bonneville (1952)
Goldie Gardner's MG at Bonneville (1952)   Ryan’s Challenger I post got me all fired up about Bonneville and record-setting streamliners of the golden age. I was starting to write about another car when I stumbled on this AMAZING silent [...]
04/08/10 - Jalopyjournal
Jalopyjournal: Challenger I Footage
Challenger I Footage   This time last year, I was at Bonneville. I’m not there now, obviously, and won’t be next week either. My heart is broken, but it just isn’t in the cards. Too much to do, too much to [...]
03/08/10 - Jalopyjournal
Jalopyjournal: 1951 Delahaye Roadster
1951 Delahaye Roadster   Here’s the last of my featured cars from the Mullin Collection, which leans towards the Coachcraft factory custom side of things, rather than the racing world. This Type 235 Roadster was first [...]
02/08/10 - Jalopyjournal
Jalopyjournal: The Belly Tank
The Belly Tank   This one has been making the rounds through the ole emailer lately. It’s a picture of a man that takes true pride in his belly tank. It’s not just an auxiliary gas tank to be thrown to the [...]
30/07/10 - Jalopyjournal
Jalopyjournal: 1923 Voisin C6
1923 Voisin C6   Continuing with the Mullin Museum’s race car collection, I stumbled upon the weirdest one of them all down at the end of isle. I hope this one provides some inspiration for hot rod cues. I dig [...]
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