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Hot rod shows and raffle tix

Support the cause
Here's a random image to illustrate my point. Posted July 28 2008 10:08 PM by RCTimB

It's Sunday night and I'm emptying out my wallet after the weekend car show. It’s stuffed to overflowing. Not with money (no kidding), but with a weekend's accumulation of car show leftovers. Business cards of people I...

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sometimes it’s a cheap aftermarket steering wheel

Cool Is How You Use It
Posted July 24 2008 10:42 PM by RCTimB

“What do you look for when you’re choosing which cars to photograph?” I get that question a lot and it’s taken me 20 years to think of an answer that is accurate and short. I’m still working on it, but what I say...

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The Price of Gas

Has the price of fuel affected your hot rodding?
Posted July 6 2008 04:31 PM by RCTimB

It’s the topic we’ve all been talking about around the shops we visit and at car shows we attend. The price of gas. Specifically, how through-the-ceiling gas costs have (or have not) affected our hobby. I’ve been to a...

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1932 Ford Short Track "Jalopy" Coupe

RM Auctions - The Joe MacPherson Collection
1932 ford short track racer Posted June 13 2008 03:15 PM by ekimball

Early this morning I had the chance to check out the Joe MacPherson Collection up for auction at Joe's Garage. The auction put on by RM Auctions will be taking place Saturday June 14th.

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Art?

Man Slowly Crushes Two Firebirds in the Name of Art
Firebird Crash Art Posted May 16 2008 11:06 AM by ekimball

Certain works of Art have always irked me, from the paint splattering of Jackson Pollock, the asinine performance art of Yoko Ono, all the way back to Marcel Duchamp's Dada "Fountain." (See picture of signed urinal) It...

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Volvo Goes Hot Rodding

Volvo Hot Rod "Jakob"
Volvo Hot Rod Posted February 29 2008 03:56 PM by ekimball

Volvo Create's a Hot Rod out of it's most Iconic Car.

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Vintage Dragster Buildup

Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum News
Posted February 12 2008 02:17 PM by R&C Kevin

"Wally's Garage" hosts special seminar as public gets to watch the historic Howard Cams Rattler being rebuilt

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Hawaii Considers Taxing Vehicle Engine Size

SEMA Alert
Island Ford Posted February 12 2008 12:33 PM by R&C Kevin

In a misguided attempt to reduce motor vehicle emissions, legislation (H.B. 2855) has been introduced in the Hawaii House of Representatives by Representative Joey Manahan (repmanahan@Capitol.hawaii.gov) to establish a...

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Interviews with Hot Rod Pioneers

Listen to the Legends
Posted January 31 2008 06:38 PM by RCTimB

I’m a lucky guy. The job here at R&C has given me many chances to talk face-to-face with some of my heroes in the world of hot rodding. After all these years it’s still an amazing experience to hear what these legends...

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You Can Be Famous Too

How R&C Picks Award Winners
rod and custom Posted November 29 2007 12:18 PM by RC_Staff

I'm famous! I was flipping through a recent issue of the Goodguys Goodtimes Gazette. When I got to the Rodders Respond page (yeah, I turned there first), I saw that they'd published my letter, named spelled right and...

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Going Modern

New Cars Have Lots to Offer, but What's Missing?
rod and custom Posted November 7 2007 01:26 PM by RC_Staff

"Hey, lady! Nice classic!" a guy called out in the parking lot. "What year is that?" "Thanks," I answered, kind of confused. "It's an '89." I'm used to this kind of attention-just not when I'm in my "new" car. My "mom"...

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Jumping the Shark

When is a Hot Rod No Longer A Hot Rod?
Posted October 8 2007 10:11 PM by RC_Staff

Rodders move in different directions. That's good. That's what this hobby is all about, right? One popular direction is to load an early car (or early reproduction bodied car) with as many modern accessories as possible.

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Corvette Summer

Awesome Car Movies: Part 1
corvette summer Posted September 14 2007 03:49 PM by ekimball

From now until I can't think of anymore movie to do I will be featuring a classic "car" movie every couple of weeks. Some will be flat out car chase movies; some will be regular type movies that feature cool cars in some...

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The End of Hot Rodding. What...Again?

Will the Last Hot Rodder to Leave Please Turn Off the Lights
rod and custom Posted September 7 2007 01:55 PM by RC_Staff

Hot rodders of my middle-aged generation want me to worry about the impending end of hot rodding. If we don't start getting more young people into this hobby, they keep telling me, all the rodders are going to die off and...

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Amazing Barn Find!

50+ cars for 120k
Barn Find Posted August 20 2007 04:40 PM by ekimball

How many times have you heard the old barn find story? About the little old lady who didn't realize that she was selling pure automotive gold she had hidden in the back corner of a barn or under a pile of junk in the garage?

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