On behalf of Jerry Johnson’s family, I am saddened to share that Jerry passed away this week. I met Jerry in about 1965 hanging out with our cars on University Avenue in St. Paul, birthplace of the Minnesota Street Rod Association. There were about a dozen ‘founding fathers’ but only one MSRA # 1 who… Continue reading MSRA Founding Member Jerry Johnson Passes Away

Roadside America: Through The Lens of John Margolies opened at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan on June 20 and will be on display until January 24, 2016.  The exhibit is photographer John Margolies’ photographs of unusal and everday roadside attractions compiled over the last three decades. John Margolies is a world-renown photographer, author, and… Continue reading Roadside America Exhibit – Henry Ford Museum

Antique Archaeology is Mike Wolf of the famed American Pickers show. He is known as a picker… a finder and rescuer of objects. But Mike Wolfe is saving much more than objects. His passion is fueled by a soul-deep appreciation of America’s history, values, stories. Those are the treasures he seeks… in rusted, worn, no-longer-perfect… Continue reading Behind The Doors – With Al Liebmann at Antique Archaeology

I had the opportunity a few years ago to meet Jesse Greening and decided to stop by see what was new at there shop in Nashville. Jesse and Jeff Greening with the help of friends and family opened there doors 17 years ago. This is a father and son team that has been working hard… Continue reading Behind The Doors – With Al Liebmann at Greening Auto

While passing thru Nashville I finally made it over to see Advanced Plating. If you are a hot rodder there is no other place to go for your plating needs just ask any Great 8 or Riddler Winner.   Steve Tracy, owner of Advanced Plating Inc started from the ground up working there learning the… Continue reading Behind The Doors – With Al Liebmann at Advance Plating

Piecing together photographs and duplicating the Spurgin- Giovanine Roadster was something that Ernie Nagamatsu and his crew were extremely passionate about. The Spurgin and Giovanine families were finally able to relive the memories that they had of the car, or the memories that they had of simply seeing the car in old Hot Rod magazines.… Continue reading Spurgin- Giovanine Roadster Hall of Fame Induction [Video]

Back before Hot Rodding was respected and safe, it was known as a hobby for teenagers that was dangerous and caused a lot of problems. Then, Hot Rod clubs started popping up, and everyone wanted to join them! The dangerous teenagers were getting their acts together and making their cars safer to drive, they were… Continue reading The Cool Hot Rod Vintage Documentary

Photo: Salt Lake Tribune The wait continues for the eager Speed Week fans looking for broken records, as Christmas skipped another year. Organizers of Speed Week at the Bonneville Salt Flats announced the event was canceled, due to a lack of salt. Officials from the Southern California timing association ruled that there were only 2… Continue reading Speed Week Cancelled for Second Year in a Row

(Columbus, OH) – The bar has been significantly raised once again. The competition for Goodguys 2015 Classic Instruments Street Rod of the Year and Goodguys 2015 Optima Batteries Street Machine of the Year reached a thunderous crescendo Saturday night at the 18th PPG Nationals in Columbus, Ohio. A new wrinkle this year included placing ALL eligible… Continue reading Goodguys Award Street Rod, Street Machine of the Year Winners at the Goodguys 18th PPG Nationals!

Handcrafted Entertainment and Team Big Red Camaro, announced a television series about the legendaryCamaro, its winning driver RJ Gottlieb, and the crew that holds the car together, called Big Red: The Original Outlaw Racer. The new series unravels Big Red’s iconic past from its birth in a Detroit factory in the late 1960’s – to… Continue reading Big Red Camaro Reuirns to Spotlight