Lynyrd Skynyrd pianist Billy Powell took off on the wings of the Free Bird (OK, I had to say it) yestiddy. Having survived his nose nearly torn off in the infamous plane crash and one of the saddest reincarnations of one of the best bands EVER, Billy just couldn’t get outta the way of that [...]

This year was the 60th anniversary of the granddaddy of ‘em all when it comes to custom car shows: The Grand National. In 1959, the first show was held in Oakland, CA and as a proud San Franciscan, I wish it was still there. But, like an old girlfriend, if it had to leave town [...]

OK, indulge me a little, here: York County, PA (where I grew up) sits squarely on the center of the Mason-Dixon Line – the magical division between the North and the South demarcated during the Civil War. I mention this because, in a few of those first “Northern” counties as you head north across The [...]

There is a post over at Jalopnik celebrating auto-themed album covers.  Always a fun topic.  If it was my list I would have included The Big Sounds Of The Drags, The Birthday Party and King Tee’s Act A Fool.  That list is endless. I can only imagine what Grushkin’s or Coop the Collector’s list would look like.  We’d love to hear some of your favorites. [...]

 We would have had a contest, but there are no correct answers. 

Rob Haggart brought this neat blog up the other day: Daily Routines (here). And it got me wondering about how and why some of the most creative minds – customizers, drag racers, custom paint guys, etc. – are often overlooked when talking generally about creativity and the arts.
I say, Ed Roth and Robert Williams should be [...]

Apparently, Clint Eastwood is a car guy like us. And his latest, “Gran Torino,” is proof positive. He says its his last, though, and I’m glad he pulled out the stops and used one of Ford’s early Seventies underling powerslugs as a quiet hero for it. Good friend and GARAGE magazine film critic, Kim Morgan, [...]

Whether you voted for him or not, you can’t deny this is probably the most historic day of a generation. But there’s a character of today’s festivities that I, as a one-time Washington, DC resident, always looked for and rarely saw: the Presidential Limo! Bitchin’ car, really. If you’ve ever found yourself stuck in traffic, [...]

It’s Martin Luther King Day and I thought it’d be a good idea to talk a little bit about something close to my heart: the Black influence on car culture. I’m particularly proud of this article (here) we produced a few years ago about San Francisco auto parts store owner and street racer, Jim Savoy. [...]

Remember when I posted about the denim mill closing a few weeks ago? I had mentioned that jeans were such an integral part of what we do and how we do it in car culture.
Well, Outside magazine just did a great feature on a guy who’s made a career out of hunting for “big [...]