The 2024 Born Free Motorcycle Show This past June was the time for Born Free Motorcycle Show #15! The hottest day of the year so far and the bikes were even hotter as they rolled into the show on the cool grass looking for some shade under the oak trees at Oak Canyon Park. The […]
Aces Car Club’s 2024 Hot Rod Resurrection Aces Car Club of Orange County have got the lockdown on one of the coolest shows of the year. Among the usually quiet walkways around Old World Village in Huntington Beach, California on this late spring day hot rods and customs cruise in and settle down for a […]
The hottest day of the year cast it’s spicy rays on the 2nd. Annual Good Times Block Party at Cambra Speed Shop in Orange, California. It was only a year ago when John Buck announced that Cambra Speed Shop is the 2024 Grand National Roadster Show Builder of the Year. This party is to celebrate […]
Was it just another reason to work in the garage with Billy? Or, actually time to do some upgrades and fix some annoying issues? With the car on stands in the garage to do some maintenance, like change oil and filter, we noticed a couple of glaring issues. The transmission fluid cooler up front was […]
The Orange Plaza Rotary Car Show held their 28th Annual event recently closing down the famous and historic Orange Plaza/Circle. The show sold out of registrations in record time. Over 400 cars lined the streets of historic buildings for an all-day event. Musclecars, Customs, Lowriders, Classic Cars, Hot Rods and Street Rods all vie for […]
I heard of a new vintage shop opening up in Old Towne Orange. I was there when Groovy Ghost Vintage opened their doors and I was their first customer picking up a Hot Wheels Tossin’ T-Bird set and a partial kit of the Evel Knievel Scramble Van. A cool couple that bought the store from […]
From First Ride To The Road Ahead. A book by Steve Krugman A Blacktop Book Review… In 1977 I bought a brand new Foxi GT Moped. My very first powered vehicle. It was a blast as a 15 year old to cruise around town, to school and explore more of my county. Just before I […]
The team at Flying Deuces did it again. Yep, another spectacular show to benefit the La Verne K9 Police Foundation. From bitchen rides to antique machinery the show is right on the main intersection in Downtown La Verne, just a tossed rod distance from the famed starting line at the In-N-Out Pomona Dragstrip. One of […]
For this episode of the Motor Minute, I caught up with Gary and his wife at the Orange Plaza Rotary Car Show. I was struck by the simplicity of this cool little hot rod and after talking to Gary for a moment I wanted to share his story with you. The car was a 25 […]
A Blacktop Book Review Randy Leffingwell authored an amazing detailed history of the Porsche 911 in this beautifully hard-bound landscape book. The photos compliment the incredible detail as if we are a fly on the walls of the development studios in Zuffenhausen. The text achieves a sense of “being there” as Ferry and his team, […]
Today’s episode of Motor Minute, we meet up with buddy Rick Kersh and ask him to share the incredible story of this 1929 Ford Sedan Delivery. We also include a special photoshoot of Mandy with Rick’s Delivery for a Cambra Speed Shop calendar with Rick dressed as Santa. Rick’s dad started building this car by […]
Each year in March the Zimmerman Automobile Driving Museum in El Segundo hosts the Women N Wheels car show event. The neat thing about this show is the women are asked to dress in the era of their vehicle. Very few did that this year, although Mercifuls member Steffie Hands went all out with her […]
