Articles of hot rods, customs, classics, bikes and other rides.
Kevin Cox’s 1931 Ford Roadster Pickup A Blacktop Motor Minute. At the recent Historic Main Street Garden Grove Car Show, I saw this cool little flat black pickup with bright orange Hot Rod Wire Wheels from Wheelsmith. I had to…
A Blacktop Motor Minute At the recent SEMA Show we ran into our friend Paul Bosserman at local Old Anvil Speedshop who has their most recent build showcased in the central lobby! This is the first car Old Anvil built…
A Father’s Passion Is Shared Bob Giles is an F-Body* fanatic. Enthusiast. Owner. He has owned 7 F-Bodies in his lifetime. His father was a big influence on his love of cars. Like many of us, who had someone in…
A Blacktop Motor Minute Gary and Cody Kinion’s 1966 Chevy II Nova Gary shares the story of how his father bought this “goldish” colored 283 Nova for him in 1974. For years it sat on the side yard as he…
David Smith didn’t realize that the car he bought was as rare as it appears. He couldn’t wait for the new Chevy Camaro to be available at his local Chevy dealer. When they got their first arrivals he was all…
I’ve seen this car before at a variety of shows and today we caught up with Jordi as he pulled into the Historic Main Street Garden Grove Car Show. Quite interesting build with it’s eggshell red oxide paint and gold…
Bruce Long’s 1963 Ford Econoline Custom Van “A labor of Love” This is how Bruce describes his van. An accomplished wood worker, Bruce has built himself a personal ode to his father who spent some time in Japan in the…
Today at the 6th Annual Kiwanisland Car Show I saw this incredibly detailed 1960 Dodge Power Wagon owned by Randy and Ellen Palmer. We don’t usually do a Motor Minute on a stock restoration, but the story of this vehicle…
I caught up with Alex Vanichuk as he made a stop on his week and a half road trip from Langley, British Columbia Canada to go to Donut Derelicts saturday morning. He and his wife left the boys at home,…
Bobby Z’s 1952 Chevy Coupe I have seen this coupe around for a while. It had silver/black scallops on satin green at one point. Then I noticed a young guy and his daughter with it at car shows. I meet…
I am rolling around the Cruisin’ Brea Classic Car Show on Father’s Day this year. Taking a break from working the booth for Cambra Speed Shop and I see this slammed wagon in a flat paint job. How dare he,…
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…
