Thursday, November 27, 2008

Monday, November 24, 2008

Mexican Junk

I've been following this thread on the Hamb since day one. It's this guy (Sled) in Mexico (outside Mexico City) that hunts down old cars. He buys up these cars cheap and re sells them to people all over the world. All I have to say is wow. He's encountered some pretty wild stuff.

If you have a few hours to kill and want to drool all over yourself, click the link.

Here's a bunch of pics:

http://s292.photobucket.com/albums/mm15/losboulevardos/Mexican%20Junk/?albumview=slideshow









Sunday, November 23, 2008

Friday, November 21, 2008

Moonglow





Duane Steck,'54 Chevrolet. You might wonder why the Moonglow caught the eye and captured the hearts of customizers then and now. It's a simple, owner-built, driveway constructed car, finished in nothing more exotic than appliance white and powder blue enamel. The major modification, of course, was the well-proportioned top chop, complemented by reworked rear fenders with handmade taillights. Other changes were no more intricate than dechroming, frenched headlights, shaved bumpers, and extra grille teeth. But it has the look. In '58 it got a grille change and Watson scallops over silver blue; in '60 it went candy blue; but we like the original '56/'57 form the best. Traded for a sports car, it was scrapped and crushed in the latter '60s.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Monday, November 17, 2008

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Los Bluebirds

Sifting through some old files today, I came across this little snippet from Japan's Crusin' magazine... I started crackin up laughing... AGAIN. I think we should re name the club.



Well all's forgiven, they got it right the second time around. I still like Los Bluebirds though.

Action shot of the Day

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Brothers from different mothers

Strays Sur Califas

http://www.myspace.com/strayssurcalifas







In Tow.

I'm not a big fan of trucks, but when done right they can be breathtaking!

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Ron Aguirre and the X-Sonic






In 1959 a young Mexican American and his father took hydraulic Pesco pumps and Sidewinder valves salvaged from a retired B-52 bomber and turned the custom car world on it's ear.

Royal Emperor

A different time, A different place

I love looking at old pictures, especially american street scenes from the 40's to the 70's. Makes me think that I was born in the wrong era.