Thanks  to Bastard Squadron for putting me on the road to cinematic enlightenment. 

Just picked up this little gem on that auction site that shall remain nameless. And it got me to thinking: why don’t new speed parts have any…oh, I don’t know…PERSONALITY? When this Weiand timing cover was cast, it had character. It had style. It came with instructions on the correct pronunciation of the maker’s name, [...]

…the whole country’s ready to let go.”
– Stella, “Rear Window,” 1954
Maybe Jimmy Stewart’s insurance nurse from Hitchcock’s “Rear Window” really did know something back then. Fifty years ago, the Big Three had alot more influence over the nation’s economy, but with the suits threatening to shut down Detroit if we don’t give them a cement [...]

Just when you thought you’ve seen it all, Google has partnered up with Time, Inc. to undertake one of the largest scanning projects ever – something like over 10 million images from the old LIFE magazine! This is just an unbelievable collection of images and from what I’ve heard from Rob over at A Photo Editor, [...]

Here in San Francisco, Eddie Muller, Bill Selby and a few others put on the Noir City Film Festival (here) and we’ve been fans for a few years now. Since custom car culture and film noir are both uniquely American movements, we kinda get what they’re all about and I figured it was only a [...]

…with no motor, no transmission, a few extra rusty parts and you decide to throw it on Ebay and just get rid of her. No big deal, right? Maybe get a few bucks, help the new sucker – I mean owner – get it off your property and have enough for a few extra Christmas presents [...]

Straight razor made from ten-thousand year old mammoth ivory, solid silver blade, trendy tattoo script with microscopic dirty pictures inside.  What more do you need cheapskate.  Here’s the link. 

Our buddy, Aaron Grote of Hot Rods From Uranus fame, is finally doing the unthinkable: he’s selling the Atomic Punk! If you’re not aware of this hand-built, hydroponically-influenced, Roth-onian wonder, take a look at one of our older posts (here). It’s the best showcar of our generation, kids.
The Ebay auction is ending today (here) and [...]

A great little piece on the NPR site dedicated to East Coast Funk (here) – this stuff was kind of obscure in the late Sixties and Seventies, but the Funk nerds have kept it alive and really – you just need to plug in the headphones at work and play a few of these tracks. I’m pretty [...]

Walked into the Kid Robot store here in San Francisco today over lunch – usually, it’s just what I expect: lots of great stuff by Frank Kozik and small Asian guys with bitchin’ eyewear and expensive jeans. But, as a magazine guy, I was stopped in my tracks by none other than Miss November ‘78! [...]