ea0863
-
Posts
2,559 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Events
Gallery
Everything posted by ea0863
-
HRM April 1988 was their second swimsuit issue, and one model therein looked kind of familiar to me... Anybody recognize her? How about now?... That's right! Debbe Dunning - otherwise known as Heidi the "Tool Time Girl" from Home Improvement! What car buff didn't love that show? Jill's '55 Nomad Tim's '33 Roadster (which actually belonged to Tim Allen) Tim's '46 Ford project with his eldest son (also belonged to Tim Allen) The race between Tim and his nemesis Bob Villa driving the Boyd Coddington Alumacoupe Jill's '67 Austin Healey Now I'm going to have to pull my dvd collection out of mothballs and watch the whole series all over again!
-
2nd Hot Rod National Model Car Contest results! My personal favorites were the Gary Fox '39 Chevy, Bill Taylor's aged '34 Chevy, and Randy Moyer's '63 Avanti racer. Anybody have any differing opinions?
-
Two interpretations of what a "futuristic" hot rod might look like. Both very kool! HRM January 1988
-
I wonder when it was they discovered the downside of belt-driven overhead cams where it came to interference motors!
-
Hot Rod National Model Car Contest update. Great Ferrari Daytona racer!
-
You've heard of "hemi under glass", well this was apparently "dragster under tarp" What a cool barn find! HRM October 1987
-
Pro Street '67 Mercury Cougar. HRM September 1987
-
Great '77 Chevy van. HRM September 1987 Apparently still alive and well with new rims and even lower attitude!
-
Hot Rod National Model Car Contest additional information. HRM September 1987
-
2nd Hot Rod National Model Car Contest announced! HRM August 1987
-
Hudson Terraplane Hot Rod; Art Deco meets Attitude! HRM July 1987
-
Just discovering Gray myself as I go through the Hot Rod Magazine issues of yore. What a character he was! - - - and don't call him "Gary"
-
You actually had a scale model version of a "barn find" Looks great as far as I can tell!
-
Don Garlits' dragsters by Revell. HRM June 1987
-
HRM June 1987: release of the Monogram Firebird Pro Street "White Lightning" A nice discussion on this kit, as well as its siblings at;
-
'61 Falcon truck
-
Allan Fossat's stunning '71 Corvette. I love everything about it! HRM May 1987
-
Inspiring article about "Big Daddy" Don Garlits in his fuelie racing an F-18 Hornet fighter plane. BOTH would be fun to build and display together HRM April 1987
-
HRM also wanted to let everyone know what the winners of their first model building competition got, and make a few announcements about the following year... HRM April 1987
-
So, back to our regularly scheduled programming. HRM April 1987 seems to have been a watershed event for Hot Rod Magazine, as they had their first "Swimsuit issue". To commemorate this occasion, here is one I hope you will enjoy: Pat Ganahl in a little tongue-in-cheek editorial entitled "Are we having fun yet?"
-
By the way all, I promise not to get too sappy, but I want to share a little something with you all. I lost my dad in September, and I have felt it more than I thought I would as he was quite elderly and had a full life. But, he and I had also spent tons of time together from my pre-teen years on working various projects. He is the one who taught me how to rebuild the 283 on my Belair station wagon, the 400 on my Pontiac Catalina, do the body work on my Audi 100LS, and on and on and on. So, working on this little project with Hot Rod Magazine has been a threefold blessing for me; it has been keeping me busy learning new things, allowing me to make new friends online, and allowing me to engage in a bit of nostalgia as well. So thank you all for being there for me, even though you didn't even know it. Here's a picture of me and my dad at the 2007 Detroit Auto Show - just like all of us enthusiasts, he loved anything with wheels on it!
-
Yeah! Two thumbs way up!
-
And an even smaller picture yet (blown up here for your pleasure); A few keystrokes later, and we learn it is still kicking around in all its glory.
-
Otherwise, inspiration sometimes comes in a little picture stuffed into an article about 50's themed car gatherings. In this case, I saw this photo and wondered what the heck this cool thing was... Google didn't let me down. Turns out it's called the Les Dunham Scorpion. I'll bet there is a great story in there somewhere, but the car itself is just rad! HRM March 1987
.jpg.871e6293d1c9b1d9421c23e28a3fb12f.jpg)
.jpg.f0677a8909cc14d46517e061aa5d5cb4.jpg)