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You’d think Mooneyes has a deal with the big one upstairs. Chico has been fairly lucky with the weather for the Mooneyes X-Mas Party. A couple of years ago it rained buckets, but this year another heavenly surprise. A Lunar Eclipse. Yep, a Lunar Eclipse for a Mooneyes party. Who’d a thunk it? Only for […]
As the threat of rain was to slide down the Roller Dome in Long Beach, the girls were prepping for the battle of the season. The winner of this battle of the 4th Street Retro Rollers vs The Belmont Hot Broads would go against the undefeated Bixby Rollerettes. The rain never came but the wicked […]
Potter and I rode out to the desert. Not just any desert. The Mojave Desert. That may sound daunting, but what was particularly spectacular was all the customs and hot rods out there. It was time for the Winfield/Watson show at Gene Winfields’ shop in Mojave. It was tough call. At first I was thinking. […]
Hot Rod BBQ Chico and the crew threw another great open house this past summer. I really dig the informal gather of customs, hot rods and bikes. Met up with our betty Dixie Rebelle and her beau George at the show. Hot Rod Trio put on another good show and the Norwalk Blvd. was rockin’ […]
Movie Car is Prize for Museum in Classic Car Wager 1949 Mercury driven by James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause displayed at the California Automobile Museum During the height of the baseball season, the California Automobile Museum of Sacramento and the National Automobile Museum in Reno entered into a friendly wager around a sixteen-game series pitting the […]
The SEMA Show is a marathon. A test of endurance. Four days of automotive aftermarket wonders. Rumors state that if you walk every aisle, you would put 15 miles on your Chuck Taylors. That’s if you walk each aisle once. Most of us visit the same aisle a couple of times during the week. There […]
We just returned from the SEMA Show and after going through the hundreds of photos, thought to give some credit to the award winners. Each SEMA Show there are several receptions for their councils. I usually go to the ARMO and HRIA receptions and the SEMA Banquet. First thing on Tuesday (Day One) was the […]
A Historic Landmark Celebrates Two Years from the Wrecking Ball Bob’s Big Boy Broiler in Downey has been a landmark destination since the 1950’s. Hailed as a jewel of Googie architecture, this eatery has taken several forms and a lawsuit with rumors of jail-time for a landlord who ordered a wrecking ball to tear it […]
Kustoms Come Alive From historic custom cars that withstand the test of time to drunken debaucherie on the grass. The Long Beach Motorama has it all. Sure there may be bigger shows, and last year the Motorama competed with the largest one-day charity car show in the World. But as they say, it isn’t the […]
Aloha. Here’s where I may get a bit personal. I dig hawaiian kitsch. We recently joined Netflix at the house. Hawaii 5-0 is now in the top 5 “Recently Watched” programs. And, not the stupid new version, but the original from 1968. In fact, I recently repainted a patio table of a pattern I saw […]
An automotive circus. The OC Fairgrounds hosts many automotive events, Cruisin for a Cure, Labor Day Cruise, Good-guys Get-Together and many others. Last year was the first year for the famed SPEED channel favorite Barrett-Jackson Auction held at the Fairgrounds. This year the weekend was especially busy and we rolled to the event on Friday. […]
– Tony Colombini, photos: Billy Colombini This was the best damn show ever! There I said it. Grant and the boys should be held up to the heavens. I’ve been to a lot of bike events and the quality of vendors, bikes and people was absolutely awesome. For those of you who don’t know, Born […]
