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LA Roadster Show 2016 The LA Roadster club will be holding their 52nd Show & Swap on June 18-19, 2016 which of course is Father’s Day weekend. The event takes place from 7am-5pm on Saturday and 7am-4pm on Sunday at the Fairplex in Pomona, California. Billed as the “Greatest Roadster Show on Earth” the grand event also includes a swap meet, trade show, roadster exhibition and car show which is open to pre-1975 cars and trucks. This year’s event will award a brand new, fully loaded Edelbrock crate engine (350ci/310hp) to one lucky ticket holder who must be present to win. The engine is the Edelbrock Classic 310 based on a new GM 350ci short block with 4-bolt mains and a 2-piece rear main seal. The engine is topped with…

If you’re a Bonneville history buff, this two-book set is for you. The books are a compilation of Bonneville racing history, each with a chronological reproduction of the first twenty years of the actual racing programs from 1949-1968. Here you have all twenty programs which include schedules, entrants, records and advertisements. Book 1 guides you into the history of the times as young adrenalin seekers see the need for an even playing field of rules in the world of land speed racing, leading to the formation of the SCTA in the 1930s. Following is a Racers’ Gallery complete with early dry lakes photos and details along with the complete programs from 1949-1958. Book 2 shares an astounding collection of every page of the Bonneville programs from 1959-1968. Together the books…

So you think you put a lot of miles on your hot/street rod? There aren’t many, if any rodders anywhere in the world who can even come close to the miles Dale Grau puts on his fleet of ’32 Fords. His 1932 Ford roadster pickup has been on the road since 2010 and has racked up some 35,000 miles. There have been 5 trips from Rice, Minnesota to the L.A. Roadster Show (1,859 miles one way) along with excursions to the Texas Deuce Reunion and Goodguys shows in Iowa, Colorado and Ohio and more. Cornhusker Rod and Custom set up the chassis and mocked up the car and then stopped. Dale purchased it as a roller and then finished it to his liking. The front suspension is made up of…

Front end alignment is a necessary evil not voodoo or smoke and mirrors. We will attempt to clarify the subject and give you the means to check your alignment at home. The first order of business is to clarify several aspects of this discussion. The majority of our street rods/hot rods are early Fords with a solid front axle. We need to thank Pete and Jake’s Hot Rod Parts for their willingness to supply information and allowing us to reproduce several of their diagrams. We suggest that you obtain a copy of Pete and Jake’s latest catalog because it contains a wealth of easy to understand technical information and all of their parts. The four main categories of alignment are: caster, camber, toe-in, and Ackerman. Caster and camber are measured…

“Tony is a B-Ville racer and a member of the 200 mile an hour club.” Trucks have always held the fascination of gear heads since before the combustion engine came along. As time progressed the cart grew larger and with it the ability to transport more products with a single vehicle. With the current hot rod crowd there have been numerous wild versions of what each individual’s vision was over the years. In the ‘70s, several Model A Ford panels were the highlight of the era. The “Street Rod Magazine” truck comes to mind. Also, Ken Fencial’s “Posies” truck was a traveler up and down the events on the east coast. A trip through the World Wide Web seems to indicate that most of them seen today are restorations, and…

If you didn’t grow up in Southern California in the middle of the last century, and are a car nut, you probably wish you had. Bruce Geisler was there, and he was one of the driving forces in shaping the hot rod history we read about today. His first car was a ’30 Ford coupe when he was too young to drive. He went from there to a high school driver ’47 Chevy sedan. In 1957 he bought used, one of six ’56 factory SR1 Corvettes from Grotwald Chevrolet in Larchwood, Iowa for $4,000.00. It had a very healthy 265ci engine and Bruce raced it all around SoCal. Word got around, and with the help of Dean Moon, and a group of guys in Hawaii, Bruce was paid to take…

There probably aren’t many hot rodders in the U.S. who have not run across the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile. Yes, we’re talking about the giant hot dog which travels the highways of America and brings a smile to everyone who crosses its path. I had the good fortune of spotting it in Southern Arizona in mid-January as it toured the local supermarkets before heading west for California. The drivers/ambassadors or “Hot Doggers” as they are known were Molly “Molly Mac ‘n Cheese Molly” Ward of Iowa and Juan “Juan of a kind dog” of Texas. Molly and Juan were selected in a national “Hot Doggers” competition which began in 1988 and hires recently graduated college students who applied for the one year gig. The contract runs from June to June and…

The “LA Roadsters 50th Anniversary Hiboy” 1932 Ford Roadster was a collaborative effort between the L.A. Roadsters, several parts suppliers/ manufacturers and the Alex Xydias Center for Automotive Arts - “AXC”. After many meetings and discussions, it was decided that the finished product should be a fairly accurate tribute to one the most famous ’32 Ford hiboys ever built, the McGee/ Scritchfield Roadster. The tribute car would be as accurate as possible while providing some modern upgrades that would enhance comfort, safety and overall drivability. To ensure the tribute car had the right look, Build Manager Jim Karls and LA Roadster President Doyle Gammel invested many hours at the Petersen Museum where they went over every detail of the original roadster making notes and taking measurements of things like ride…

“Tim found parts at local swap meets and of course he could always look through Bert’s warehouse and yard” Tim Cunningham of Westminster, Colorado had a plan to build a Ford roadster which would look like something his grandfather would have built before the World War ll. In fact, a look which would have been a “hot rod” before the term “hot rod” was born. Tim is employed by Bert’s Model A in Denver so it was a foregone conclusion that his roadster would be a Model A, a 1929 to be exact. Tim found parts at local swap meets and of course he could always look through Bert’s warehouse and yard to locate what he would need for the build. The frame is a stock “A” with a front…

Terry Campbell of Mead, CO spent 25 years as a Colorado State Patrol officer protecting the people traveling the state’s highways. About seven years ago, shortly after he retired he sat down with noted Colorado rod builder Gary Vahling to discuss his plans for a hot rod. A few weeks had gone by when he received a call from Vahling who gave him a lead on a 1930 Ford coupe located in nearby Lakewood. Once Terry laid eyes on the coupe he bought it and the solid body would become the start of a very unique hot rod. Terry began collecting ideas and parts and then went to visit Bob Christianson about building a chassis using ’32 Ford rails. The entire suspension is done in black versus the more common…

Vehicles Sold: 1,469 Amount of Sales: $102 million (unaudited) Automobilia items sold: 1,400 Amount of Sales: 3 million (unaudited) Spectator attendance: 350,000 THE TOP TEN 1. 1955/56/57 Serial #0001 Corvettes $1,815,000 2. 2015 Porsche 918 Spyder Weissach $1,760,000 3. 1939 Mercedes Benz 540k $1,485,000 4. 1965 Shelby 289 Cobra roadster $797,500 5. 1947 Talbot-Lago cabriolet $715,000 6. 1969 Chevrolet Corvette L88 convertible $577,500 7. 1939 Talbot-Lago T-15 cabriolet $550,000 8. 1977 Pontiac Firebird “Smokey and the Bandit” $550,000 9. 1953 Chevrolet Corvette convertible #300 $533,500 10. 2006 Ford GT Heritage Edition $522,500 Total Sales of 11 vehicles with proceeds going to charitable organizations: $3,406,000…

Charly’s Garage in Mesa, Arizona held their annual Customer Appreciation Day on February 20th under sunny skies and 80-degree temps. Plenty of customers came out to spend the day at this family owned rod shop which was started by Charles Spencer in 2000. Prior to 2000, Charles and his dad Chuck spent many years working on customer cars in the family garage. Plenty of grilled burgers and hot dogs made for a pleasant day of bench racing in the Valley of the Sun. CHARLY’S GARAGE 948 W. 1ST ANENUE MESA, AZ 85210 (480) 833-9080 WWW.CHARLYSGARAGE.COM…

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