Story/Photos: T-Bone Signal Hill, CA – I go to a lot of automotive shops. Specialists in wiring, fabrication, paint/body, interior, etc.. In Southern California there are pockets of great shops in almost every community. As a journalist, I try to…
Category: Garage Tours
Visiting shops, garages, collections, museums of the famous and the neighbor. Behind the scenes look at collections such as Bruce Meyer, Price Automobilia, Petersen Automotive Museum, Automobile Driving Museum, NHRA Museum and more.
O’ School Choppers Tour
A Speed and Chopper Shop in the heart of Sin City. Story/Photos: T-Bone Last Year Billy and I went out to Vegas for the Viva Las Vegas Car Show. While there we hit a couple of other hot shows that…
CW Restorations and a 41 Willys Coupe.
Chris Womack shares us the star of this season of Chop Cut Rebuild with Dan Woods on SPEED: Story By T-Bone, Photos: T-Bone and CW Restorations I first met Chris Womack at the Grand National Roadster Show. There he was…
Stan’s Plaques and Gassers
I tagged along today with Jack Petitt as he went to visit with his buddy Stan. We rolled in his 57 Pontiac Star Chief, the one you may have seen in the special 50th issue of Ol’ Skool Rodz. A…
Custom Autosound – An American Original
I love this country. Our freedoms afforded to us by our forefathers have created a land where you are able to live your dreams. If you have an idea, and the talent to make it happen, most likely you will…
Winfield-Watson Show 2011
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…
Mooneyes Open House 2011
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…
Rick’s Restorations – Relics of Passion
While in Las Vegas for the SEMA Show, I had an opportunity to get out of the busy halls and head over to Rick’s Restorations in Downtown. You may recognize the name from the hit History Channel show “American Restoration”…
Cycle City Motorsports Tour
A shop for all seasons, a shop for all reasons. Parts and Accessories: Cycle City Motorsports specializes in diversity. In the fall and winter, when you are out tearing up the dirt you are sure to replace that old worn…
Tucker’s Performance Center – Las Vegas
A Vegas Hot Spot for Gearheads. I’ve mentioned this shop before. While on our way to the Viva Las Vegas Show we got a call from our Hub Buddy, Bad Ass Bob suggesting we stop in to his favorite shop…
Compact Motorcycle Lifts
How often have you hoisted your bike on one of those small “transmission style” platform lifts you got at Costco? I’ve done it many times and the fear of the balance being off and the bike come down on the…
The 401k Club Hot Rod Shop
It was several years ago that I first heard of The 401k Club Hot Rod Shop. This was in a time where hot rod shops were coming out of the woodwork. And now we see the survivors. The key to…