I couldn’t pass this one up. This is a very clean and proper ’32 Ford with a hang-onto-your-hats Hemi. Note the and clean body, simple mods, and shaved handles. The capped hint that at the proper moment the noise level will increase significantly. I rather like the brown interior. It …
Yea, this is a car worth talking about! This little number was at the Friday night Cruise-In at Bob’s Big Boy in Burbank, California. I don’t recall the exact year for this super-duper convertible, but I believe it is early 1960s, although it could have been a late ’50s model. …
If you are going to be in SoCal, the center of the center of car culture (or, if you prefer, Kustom Kar Kulture) you really need to stop by the Friday night Cruise in at Bob’s Big Boy in Burbank. Every Friday night from 4:00 pm to 10:00 pm cars …
Well, I think I will put up one more photo from our visit to West Coast Customs. There are any number of reasons to explore Burbank in the Valley. There’s the Warner Bros. studio where you can take a great tour. There’s any number of places to eat and “be …
Well, maybe a DeLorean is just what I need, right? Naaaaa, no way … unless it is a Delorean like this one. The super-spiffy car you see in the right is a real-deal DeLorean in the West Coast Customs showroom. It is one of a series of cars that they …
As we get ready for another trip from here to there, our thoughts turn to which airplane we will be flying on, and what sort of airplanes we will be on in the future. There’s been a lot of talk in the aviation and travel industry about the new aircraft …
The famous Erie Canal “starts” just north of Albany where the Mohawk River meets the Hudson. There is a segment of the canal from lock 2 through lock 6 called the “Flight of Locks”. The photo here is Lock 6. The Flight is a series of locks that are close …
Some people say that the San Fernando Valley is the center of the custom car universe. Perhaps that is true. Famous names such as Valley Customs started out there. Today that area of the Greater Los Angeles region is still home to more than a few customizers. One of the …
The last several posts we have talked about Travel Town in Griffith Park in Los Angeles. I think we may make this the last such post and then move on to some other super-duper things is the City of Angeles. This is Southern Pacific’s ALCO locomotive #3025 at Travel Town. …
