more from So-Cal Speed Shop

Still walking around the block to So-Cal...











This Hudson is awesome...





















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1938 Lincoln Zephyr Coupe

This 1938 Lincoln Zephyr Coupe was seen at the So-Cal Open House. I love the lines on these!











As I'm shooting this one I realize there's another one behind it...









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So-Cal Speed Shop Open House

Every year on the Friday before the LA Roadster Show, So-Cal Speed Shop has an open house. This attracts cars from all over the country who have come here for the LA Roadster Show.

I'll post a few blogs with some of the cars starting with this old Pontiac sedan that was across the street from where I parked...



Then this roadster with a cammer motor goes by...



This pair of Chevies is across the street...























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Russo and Steele Newport Beach Auction

I stopped by the Newport Dunes yesterday to pick up my credentials for this week's Russo and Steele Auction thinking I would go back Thursday morning to shoot the cars. Well, there were so many great looking cars there already that I couldn't resist shooting what was there.



This blue Corvette is a hue that is hard to reproduce but if you're looking for something to turn heads go to the auction and take this one home!







More pics here and I'll be adding to the album over the next few days.

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The Definition of Overkill...

The definition of overkill: Flickr photo of the day...



A few days ago I posted this pic on Flickr's Motoramic Group, since Yahoo owns Flickr they pick photos from this group to use in the Yahoo Autos section. Here's the link to their post yesterday on this one, read the comments, some are hilarious, and most viewers missed the fact that the wheelie bar is in an up position rather than locked down for racing. This is from 2007 and if I remember correctly was a High School project.

Here's the link to the album and all the pics.

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A Hot Rod

After yesterday's mention of the new Hot Rod stamps this seemed appropriate...



...picture is from 09-02-08 Utah's Cruisin' For A Cure

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USPS issues new Hot Rod Stamps

Hot Rods Stamps
Book of 20 - Forever/49-cents

From the USPS website...

With these two stamps, the U.S. Postal Service® celebrates hot rods, the fast, powerful vehicles that thrill-seeking enthusiasts have been modifying for nearly a century. The cars depicted are 1932 Ford® “Deuce” roadsters.



Hot Rods, the fast, powerful vehicles that thrill-seeking enthusiasts have been modifying for nearly a century, are celebrated on these two eye-popping stamps. Each features an iconic 1932 Ford® “Deuce” roadster. One showcases a black ’32 Ford roadster with orange flames running down the car’s body; the other showcases a red ’32 Ford roadster. Both illustrations were created digitally.

Hot rodding first took hold in the 1920s, when young men began modifying their cars. Aficionados souped up engines, lowered chassis, chopped bodies, and cut excess weight, creating light, fierce machines that looked and moved unlike anything that had rolled off assembly lines.

The Ford Model T and the Ford Model A were popular among early hot rodders, but the 1932 Ford roadster was considered the hottest of them all. The aesthetics of the ’32 Ford roadster made it even more appealing. Its graceful body shape and other stylistic features, including the distinctive grille, endeared it to its fans.

The Hot Rods stamps are being issued as a First-Class Mail® Forever® booklet. These Forever stamps will always be equal in value to the current First-Class Mail one-ounce rate.

Art director Derry Noyes designed the stamps, which feature art by John Mattos.

Made in the USA.

Issue Date: June 06, 2014
Art Director/Designer: Derry Noyes, John Mattos
SKU: 689204

Purchase them here beginning June 04, 2014

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