I had been to the races at the venerable 1/4-mile oval at the Ventura Fairgrounds (literally a stone’s throw from the Pacific Ocean) many times in the past 25 years, but had never been to the big show – the Turkey Night Grand Prix. The Turkey Night race is actually the third oldest race in […]
About once every six months, Pelican Parts, a well known place to get mostly German car parts, holds a cars and coffee meet at a mall in Palos Verdes, California. I got to this late and did not get pictures of a lot of the awesome stuff that was there, but here is what I […]
Just a quick note because I saw this advertised today: Last American Hero is on MoviesTV July2nd, 3rd and 13th. MoviesTV is an over the air broadcast station in most cities – look up your neighborhood here. If you have never seen this movie, it just may be the best NASCAR film they will ever […]
A reader sent me these pictures of an Oklahoma resident, and 80’s Dodge pickup truck owner’s ingenious reuse of a Monster Energy Drink can. At first glance it would seem like just a piece of trash left on the dashboard, though it’s a pickup truck so you have to wonder why he wouldn’t just add […]
If you, like me, never graduated from the ball peen hammer, Bondo and rattle can primer school of auto body repair, you are not alone. In my writing for Eastwood and visit to the SEMA show I discovered this classic how to manual on shaping metal called The Key to Metal Bumping by Martin Tool […]
So in order to fix my relatively rare 1985 Honda VF1000R I had to make 2 trips out to Duarte, CA to visit Flanders, who still make custom cables for motorcycle throttles. While out in sleepy, dusty Duarte I spotted this ahead of me on the road. Could it be? Was it possible? Yes, I […]