You may remember my post about my buddy Ron’s collection of Miller, Offy and Novi patterns rescued from a foundry in Berkeley, Ca. After shooting those pictures in his garage, we went in his house where I proceeded to photograph many of his race program covers from Oakland. He then handed me a large binder [...]
Tag Archive: History
Parts With Appeal
The first year of Hot Rod Magazine was humble. They pretty much published the magazine by the book – taking few risks that would alienate the publication from the dime store news racks. Hot Rodding had yet to garner the 100% clean cut image promoted later by Wally Parks, but they were putting forth an [...]
The Reprinting of Felsen’s “Hot Rodâ€
About a year ago, a buddy of mine sent me all of the Henry Gregor Felsen books. They were old editions and had been flipped through countless times. As I read them, I fantasized about all of the kids that had flipped each page before me. Undoubtedly, these very books that I held in my [...]
How Lust Built Hot Rod Magazine
I’ve told this story before, but it makes sense for me to tell it again on Valentines Day, 2011. It’s a story that was told to me by Wally Parks in and around 2004 or so – a transition period for Marcie and I in so many different ways. I had this website and Mr. [...]
The Battlebirds
Late in 1956, Ford was beginning to understand Chevrolet’s vision for the Corvette. GM wasn’t building a cool boulevard cruiser to match the Thunderbird, they were trying to build a real sports car that could succeed on the street or the track. Ford simply didn’t have an answer. As kind of a jumping off point [...]
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