Hopupland

HOPUPLAND

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THIS MONTH’S COVER

This Houston to Austin faux pax might have gone unnoticed…but Pam Gribble had that danged camera. At least there is no sound (“OK.OK. And then, what do I do….?”)

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LA ROADSTERS FATHER’S DAY HOP UP CORRAL

Look for the Hop Up Balloon; The Temple of Truth; Tabernacle of Gow. It’s a place to park your hot iron among believers: Disciples of the Sinister Hot Rod, others who get it - thus avoiding the unwashed, the Philistine, the Plagiarists…and worse…
Yeah Buddy. 
Look for a gaggle of Boners…............... and Boneheads…....and their hot iron..and yours..and you-all, and you’ll find the real show, the pure hot rod soul to be in the preferred parking area under that damned balloon.

A famous orange ‘34 (or panel truck) may be there, so bring your Sharpie......... 

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! Now, that’s worth the price of admission! (free).

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JOHN STICHA SNAPPED THESE IN AUSTIN

John’s done got a good eye for hot iron up there in Minnesota; he and Martine saw lots in Austin and picked these; we like Hop Up iron bein’ included….

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IMMORTALS RACING

They upped their rear engine car record another 5 MPH at ELMO in May (Adam was the shoe this time); it sounded good and looked good; when we left…the celebration was just gettin’ tuned up….they’d come back from impound….and it was hard to leave….....Next time, OK?.

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DENNIS WINKO COUPE FROM UP IN THUNDER BAY

We’d usually put this neat car in Drip Pan, but we came across the picture today..after sitting on it for 11 months (so what else is new? Ed.) and thought the least we could do is move it up closer to the front, Power Parked, as it were. Sorry, Dennis, this car is too bitchin to have not shown up here for so long.

Dennis has been 20 years floggin’ this iron, since he built it.

Thanks.

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UNNATURAL DISASTER: THE SKY IS FALLING IN TULSA

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DARRYL TRIED TO MAKE IT TO THE PARTY IN AUSTIN BUT….........

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Heretofore we will refrain from the use of the incidental Spanish word in Hop Up: we have a different take on that now, and, besides, that trait/style has been copied… so the unoriginal can have it.

Adios…errrrr ....‘bye.

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HELP WANTED

Naw, not like employment, but help me out with this: you start to do a car, and you are going in the right direction ..spend whatever it takes for quality. You tell the body man to “De-badge it” “Get rid of the ‘Belchfire’ on both sides and remove the ‘V-32’ from the front and back. Oh yeah: and fill the holes where it said ‘Anti-lock by Bendover’.”

“Yeah, then paint it these-here colors….. in candy…yeah…candy...”

“And when you’re all done, you have the striper paint “Belchfire’ back on the trunk.”

WTF?

That’s why there’s them and there’s us and why we can’t hang with…them.

We’re speakin’ for ourselves, here.
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America is a great place, but some want it less so. Greatness is worth keeping and worth scrappin’ for..

NOW, FLIP ON OVER TO DRIP PAN, T’n A AND MORT’S SHORTS