where's wall-e?

found this old chevy rat rod at fuddrucker's a couple of weeks ago. it's kind of beat to hell and back, but it was just more interesting that way. wonder if they're stopping here, or if they will continue fixing it up.

love the hood ornament (see a close up here). i like the added old coin inserted on the radiator emblem, i've seen that more than once. even better, the big engine sticking up reminds me of the little robot from wall-e, but on steriods.

on a more humorous note: soon after this shot, i packed up my gear, threw it the trunk, with plans to stop somewhere for dinner. but, as i was sliding into my seat, my back pocket caught on something, and then the entire left side of my pants got a big vertical rip in the backside, from the waistline to the top of the back thigh. i'm talking full cheekage hanging out. oh shit. there go any plans for dinner. i wear long shirts, but it would have been no help that time.

very fortunately, i have a detached garage i could drive in to at home, shut the door, change back into the pants i had worn to work, and then go back out. tried to pick up my dry cleaning, but they locked the door as i circled the lot looking for parking. guess it just wasn't my evening to be out.

visine needed

so i attended the monthly trabuco canyon show, by the "friends" grill. guessing because it was mother's day, not as many cars showed up.

this one was pretty cherry. it is a 1939 plymouth truck. the owner was nice enough to close the hood for me; i had to help by pushing it closed while he pulled the release in the cab. he's got it buffed to a fine finish, and it reflected the overcast, cloudy sky wonderfully. love those cloudy skies...adds more drama to a picture, don't you think?

twins, basil...

i found this in my old ’hood, at the TGIFridays in rancho santa margarita. i guess they used to do a car show. this was when i was really just starting this stuff last year. only went a couple of times; both times not much there, and then it dropped off the radar.

anyway, i don't know what the heck it is, yeah, it's custom all right. look at me, look at me. so, does it go twice as fast? is it a spare? why not do three? is he compensating? wonder where he drives it. at least it didn't have those rubber or metal boy bolts hanging off the back underneath. those are just stupid. lol.

just made me laugh. otherwise, i guess it would be a cool car.

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.

la bandida

downey. again. toward the end of the evening for me, i was tired after a busy day at work. this one wasn't too interesting from the front, really, but i needed an out-of-the-way spot to sit down and put my camera stuff away. this hot rod was backed in under a light by a curb and wall, and had enough room for me to roll my gear by without any chance of bumping it. after sitting down on the curb, discovered this little lady hiding on the back, and putting my camera extra low, got this interesting angle.

that electric green car next to it cast an eerie glow under it, which was kinda cool too.

may i repeat, the people here are very friendly and polite - both the owners of the cars and the people that work at Bob's, and the majority of spectators.

but there seems to always be that one person there to check out the cars that is kind of, what is the word...purposely moving into the shot, to say it nicely. fortunately, i can either erase these people from their 15 seconds of fame or reshoot, which i had to do with this one.

holy hot rod batman!

this was the last picture i took that night. it was getting cold, and people had already started leaving. the owner of this car seemed very interested in what i was doing, how i was doing it, and even knew what bracketing was. he says about the only original thing on this is the 1927 ford radiator, but it's still such a cool car.  i think it is one of the more interesting shots, even with the lens flares from the overhead lighting. anyway, he's my first paying customer - he wants a print!