MAGAZINE

T n' A

Philly the Greek asked if the T Build Up project touring was gonna look 'like the illustration'.

Yup, we sez.

"Then, how you gonna stand retiring it to Missouri?"

Maybe because we're holdin' Rustman's Deuce Vicky here, as collateral!!!!!

FROM RUDABAGER'S VOLUMINOUS ARCHIVES

Name a subject related to the last 50 years of West Coast hot rodding and Rudy Perez is gonna have pictures that augment your research.

This was (was it?) a T Speedster meet or something on the dirt at Calistoga some time in the 70's. Exemplary of the cool and broadly-founded interests this Hop Up Guy has. Make him do a book.

Drip Pan

Don't know how y'all worry or fret about a Pal.

We got some who can stand a good thought. Pray, ponder, meditate...chant. We don't care. Put collective positive thoughts out there, K?

'34 YELLOW ZONKER CLONE

WORKS FOR US

Paul Reid for Oz writes that he had had a ride in Jim Jacob's coupe one time and had been collecting parts for one of his own, including a nailhead motor with 3x2's and like that thar. We like it. It's been runnin' a long time, so it's more his own than a clone.

KUSTOMS

Where do you see them? Some in Rod and Custom Magazine. Some in Rodders Journal; Custom Rodder which, by now, is less Pro-Street Packards than....customs. Both early and current flavors........customs are in there............. RF dune good.

Oh. Hop Up Annuals always have about half the rod/custom coverage dedicated to customs. But where are the custom afficianados who are so pissed that Rod n' Custom doesn't cover them?

We think they're (customs) bitchin. Been known to drive a slammed sixties car or 50's car. 'Grew up ambidextrous (rods and customs), across the river from Barris and Cerney, Watson operated next to the muffler shop that usta heat the springs of our Ponchos, we were down the road from Harvey's. And we went to Sunday School next to Art Chrome ( built the Fadeaway Ford that Barris took credit for. Wonder who it was that revealed to the painter restoring it where it had really been built? That didn't make it in to the Street Rodder spread, now, did it?!)

Anywho, we'd like to see some more custom stuff from you few out there that know that Hop Up is on that case, too.

T BUCKET FROM LAST MONTH

These pictures are from a mag most of y'all never heard of: Street Rod magazine. there was about a year of them; they were the precursor to Street Rodder magazine and not many of us have the mags in our collection. We now have one duplicate, because when we scratched our head here last month and said,"'seems like there's this pic of Seth goin' around a roping arena or something.." Mike Sauer (Nor Cal guy with the 'best' cars) sent a perfect copy of the right mag to us. Guess he don't want it back, huh?

Key here, is, that in the late sixties and early seventies, there was some bonifide cool-ass hot rodding going on; an' it was goin' on with youthful enthusiasm that fit right in to the general bacchanal of the seventies. Yeah. We wuz there, and we'll lay odds that....well...........it was the seventies.

That gang was the bridge between the lakes and today. It likely would’ve died without the frustrated, unfulfilled longings to create......felt by that first group of baby boomers.....who wondered where all the hot rods went....and had to do them themselves.........and there was a certifiable style that was evident. Good taste. Creativity. And yes: Attitude.

We still get to do it, too.

Only in America.