Hot Rod of the Day: 1934 Ford Pickup

Petersen Museum co-founder, Margie Petersen 1936-2011

It comes with a onerous focal point as we announce to facilitate Margie Petersen, partner of the much-lamented automotive newspaper giant Robert Peterson has agreed away next to the age of 76.

Hot Rod of the day: 1940 Ford style

Few cars are as iconic as the 1939/40 Ford. It's a car that symbolizes the Moonshiner. Which in fact the '40 featured below served as in a prior life.

Hot Rod of the Day: 1929 Ford Model A

A very subtle take on the classic Model A hot rod formula. I'm not sure what this one packs for power, but it's certainly more than when Henry Ford built it. You have to appreciate the overall stock look.

Picks from the Pittsburgh World of Wheels

This onwards weekend saying the 51st yearly Pittsburgh World of Wheels come up to to town. I spent the weekend by the side of the be evidence for as I had a car entered so I had the opportunity to use up a LOT of instant looking from the side of all the eye toffee to show. Here's a few of my choices of cars and trucks so as to be on the show.

the Pittsburgh World of Wheels

Picks from the Pittsburgh World of Wheels

the Pittsburgh World of Wheels

Fritz Holzer from RPM Hot Rods showed his 1954 GMC pickup which made its introduction by the side of the be evidence for. It's refreshing to comprehend a GMC as disparate to the more unexceptional Chevrolet trucks of this vintage. This truck oozes cool.

Butler Cruise-A-Palooza 2012

Butler Cruise-A-Palooza 2012

 We've been active the onwards only some weeks, taking in lots of car shows and other procedures. So remorseful in support of our lack of postings at this point. Today I ventured North to Butler Pennsylvania, origin of the Jeep and home-based to American Bantam in support of the 18th Annual Cruise-A-Palooza deposit on by The Rodfathers Car Club.

The last Wexford Starlite Cruise of 2013

The last Wexford Starlite Cruise of 2013

Each week in the active village of Wexford Pennsylvania, an incredible sight spray across the Northway Christian Community campus. Thousands of cars congregate on could you repeat that? Can simply be described as the chief weekly car cruise on the East Coast. And whilst we say thousands, we mean it. Each and each Friday (weather permitting of course) greater than 2000 cruisers backpack the parking lots, fields, lawn, of Northway. The Wexford Starlite Car Cruise has a little small piece of something in support of everybody. Vintage cars, new-fangled cars, scorching rods, imports, exotics, services vehicles, rat rods, million cash 1 of 1 classics, motorcycles.

Officially licensed: 1940 Ford coupes

1940 Ford

Need to build your dream 1940 Ford coupe hotrod, but don't desire to feel guilty about cutting up a genuine '40 Ford? Well anyone can make your dream rod thanks to Dennis Carpenter Ford Restoration Parts. Before SEMA, Ford display a bare metal body plus a hot rod built using the new preproduction body. The particular groups can be purchased fairly reasonably around $12,000. Which isn't bad in comparison to finding, buying, shipping, then repairing an innovative body.

51st annual Pittsburgh World of Wheels

It's to facilitate stage of day again kiddies. The start of the car fair season in Pittsburgh. The 51st once a year Pittsburgh World of Wheels begins this Friday, January 25th. We'll be jacket the event in specify in argument you can't nominate it. This day, stormy rod legend Gene Winfield will be on administer performing a chop on a solitary auspicious person's car.

Legendary hot rodder, Dean Jeffries, dead at 80.

Dean Jeffries

Perhaps preeminent renowned pro much of his bring about with the intention of was claimed by George Barris, Dean Jeffries was lone of the generally legendary men in automotive culture. He was the complete package. He was a metal hand, a visual artist, a designer, a car draftsman, stuntman. He did it all. I mean, everywhere sort out you commence?