Words: John Gunnell Photos: Courtesy of Ford Motor Company Ford Motor Company is putting more than 5,000 curated Ford and Lincoln photographs and product brochures online for media and car enthusiasts. The “factory photos” and showroom brochures can be downloaded cost free. Ford says it will enlarge this resource even further as time goes on.… Continue reading Ford Historical Photos and Brochures Online for Free

Dennis LeFief (pictured below) sold his Duece Coupe in Michigan around the late 60’s and he’s trying to locate it. It had some unique body features. A custom of the 50’s all significant work was done in lead, featuring, filled top, shaved door and trunk handles. Any info would greatly be appreciated. Dennis LeFief Cell: 503 880 7735

 While going through some old photo albums, I ran across some pictures I took at a June 1964 Custom Car Show that I had attended as a 13-year-old at the Asbury Park, New Jersey Convention Hall.   Convention Hall is a great old building right on the ocean side of the boardwalk in Asbury Park and… Continue reading Walt Wombough's Memories of an Ashbury Park Car Show

I had been drafted in August 1967, got married Sept 1967.  A couple of weeks prior to marriage, I went down the El Camino Real in Redwood City on a Wednesday night and there sat, on the east side of the boulevard heading north, a small used car lot with the Sonny Morris Bailon-built ‘49… Continue reading Rick Wilson's Blast to the Past

Here are a couple of pictures taken in 1956 of a couple of teenagers and their car, and another picture of the same couple taken in 2011. They have been married for 57 years and still love having fun with their 1950 Olds convertible.     Bill and Nancy LaPolla   Roseburg, Oregon    … Continue reading Almost 60 Years Later and Still Having Fun

  By Randy Bolig If there is ever a car that is able to be called the All-American sports car, it’s the Corvette. With its fiberglass body, the car was designed to be lightweight and powerful, allowing the car to be capable of seemingly impossible driving characteristics, but was there ever a metal Corvette built? The… Continue reading TBT – XP-895 Corvette Test Car

The Inductees for this year were  Ken Hammel, Dave Putnam, Todd Sizemore, and Builder Of the Year  was  Paul  Camilleri. The  legends roster list  has  been  going  since 1989 with names like Andy brizio, Roy Brizio, Art Himsl, Darryl Hollenbeck, George Barris, Oz Welch, John D” Joe Bailon, the  list  is  very long  of  the… Continue reading Legends of the Autorama Lunch

Jim Mothershead shares with us the first Hotrod he recieved at 12 years old. Car Images: 

By John “Gunner” Gunnell  This all-steel 1934 Ford three-window coupe participated in the Bonneville Speed Week Trials in August 2005. It turned in a 106.672-mph run and holds a record for the Blown Fuel Vintage Flathead Competition Class. The car was built by Logan Davis and is part of the RVM Classics collection today. Logan… Continue reading Coupe d Race 34 Ford Bonneville Record Car

9 November 2001 – The temperature in California in November is usually in the mid 60s, but this year it was in the high 70s to low 80s. The second of three qualifying days at the NHRA Finals. At the NHRA Motorsports Museum this evening after the day’s racing the NHRA had invited all the Top… Continue reading John's Once in a Lifetime Event