it's only

while i liked this hot rod for it's plain hot rodness, it was the hood ornament that actually interested me at the time. i don't think she's the original ornament, or even from this model / make of car, but you can never tell what you'll find on these conglomerates of old cars.

something like this is pretty much what pops into my head when someone says they drive a hot rod: old radiator, exposed engine, flames on black paint...only diff here is that it has a mini truck bed in the caboose.

i feel the need for speed

my dad used to have a 928, so i kind of understand why people love porsches. not only fast as hell, but beautiful styling and aerodynamics.

found this 1957 porsche 1600 super at the trabuco canyon show. maybe it was just someone's car, not actually part of the show, but there it was, and there i was, so i took a picture. looks fast just sitting still.

i wanna fly like an eagle

this 1957 ford thunderbird was spectacular. spotless. wow. this was on an overcast mother's day in trabuco canyon at the classic chrome car show at friends bar & grill.

i heard the owner telling a small crowd of admirers that he'd won seven best-of-shows and that he doesn't bother to enter anymore. well good for him. doesn't need the ego strokes any more...he knows it's da bomb already. lol.

anyway, he's got my card, so maybe he'll see it here for one more hurrah.

that's hot

this 1932 roadster was at the dove canyon show, at the 'friends' sports bar back in march. i've also seen it at fuddruckers. took this shot right before the owners called it a day. looks like it would be fun to drive, but what a mess it would make of your hair. lol.

thinking about going to pal joey's dream car revue tomorrow in santa ana. took quite a few pictures while i was there last time, and have bumped in to more than a few of those cars at other shows (not literally). nice people too. i'm so tired today...been a long week at work...just looking through some of my older pics. nice to have so many to choose from, and so many waiting for processing...sometimes i wish it would rain more often.