Sultan’s K-9 Benefit Car Show

Each and every year, the Sultan’s CC of Long Beach California pull out all the stops and put together a benefit car show to support the Long Beach K-9 Officers. The show is under the trees and on the grass…

The 2023 Orange Plaza Rotary Car Show

2023 Orange Plaza Rotary Car Show

I had the wonderful opportunity to contribute to this show by helping with their graphic design needs for the past two years. It was an inspiring and fulfilling time helping the event transition from a two-year Covid-19 hiatus and the…

A Decade of Dapper

The Distinguished Gentleman's Ride DGR Decade of Dapper.

10 Years Of The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride A Blacktop Magazine Book Review. While I am reading this really nicely designed coffee-table book, the 12 annual Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride is happening all around the world. Wait, all around the world? Yep!…

Dad’s Time Capsule

1947 Chevy Fleetline Kustom Dorr's Time Capsule

Doug DoRr’s 1947 Chevy Fleetline Kustom Look deep. Really deep. Past the satin maroon paint. Look deeper still into the sheetmetal. Can you see it? Look past the custom fenders, skirts, side-pipes, seriously chopped top and re-worked deck lid. Look…

Flyin’ Fury

1933 Ford Hot Rod Dave Abell's Flyin Fury

Dave Abell’s 1933 Ford 5-Window Coupe A little over 40 years ago, when he was only 15 years old Dave Abell was gifted a 1950 Ford F-1 that was “Beat-Up and Ugly” he has always been a car guy. He…

Hot Rods, How and Why

SCTA Hot rods how and why.

We found this cool pamphlet from Michael Goyda @grancor on IG. It is certainly a second part to the video we presented from 1953 about safety and hot rodding. Some of the goodies in this publication include: “…a story of…

1-1/2 Inch Swivel Ball Floor Mount

IDIDIT Floor Mount Swivel Ball

IDIDIT Performance presents its 1-1/2 Inch Swivel Ball Floor Mount. IDIDIT now offers 1 ½ inch swivel ball floor mount. This floor mount fits a smaller diameter steering column tube commonly found on Corvettes and Old-School models. Made from billet…

Ace’s Hot Rod Resurrection 2023

It was a cool and sunny Southern California spring day. Perfect day to throw a leg over the bike and run down to Huntington Beach, Surf City, California and check out some old skool cool. That’s right, it is the…

Mike’s 40 Ford Cut-Down Commercial Truck

1940 Ford Truck

Mike Neuer built this truck from a 20″ big-wheel commercial truck to fit on a half-ton chassis. Some skill was definitely involved cutting down the fenders and chopping the bottom of the grill. Nice metal work, which figures because Mike…

Rolling Into The Show

Orange Plaza Rotary Car Show Roll In

Roll-in video of the 2023 27th Annual Orange Plaza Rotary Car Show. We were there as the official photographer capturing the majority of the cars rolling into the show. Take a look, maybe your car is in the video. We…

ArtMartyr Presents: ArtGirl

I have known Linda now for geez, it has to be 20 years or more. As a rep for a top printing company, I would rely on Linda for guidance and expertise through the printing process for many of my…

Father and Son’s Built GTO

1965 GTO

Pat Tobin’s 1965 GTP 434 After his 1963 graduation from High School a ’64 Tempest caught the eye of Pat Tobin. He knew someday he would have one. Four years later he was drafted. Upon leaving the military in 1970…

Hiwaze: The 1970s

I am working on a couple of different articles; History of Sidewall Tire Design and How Hot Wheels Taught Me About Stance. The two separate ideas land in one solid place in time. The 1970’s. Jacked up cars with raised…

Death Wish

Death wish custom van

Ron Cambra’s Historic 1975 Custom Dodge Van When his buddy Brian O’hop says he knows of an original late ’70s custom van in a barn in Ohio, Ron says, get me his number and bought the van sight unseen. A…