Eating while driving is just not right, and can be dangerous. Getting out of the car to sit down and enjoy a meal can often be the best part of the drive. Any trip near to or south of the Mason-Dixon line must include taking some time to sit down and enjoy a delicious experience at one of the numerous Waffle House dining establishments. Since 1955, the Waffle House has been … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2009
Unencumbered Dauphine
It's not often one sees a Renault Dauphine in the wild. Seeing one on top of an Atlas looking figure wearing a W on his belt buckle in Bowling Green, Kentucky is something, that up until recently, was on the very high order of improbable. Even though we didn't hit the winning numbers on the Kentucky Powerball, we did see this Renault Dauphine atop of what we can only assume is … [Read more...]
Swap Meet: Bowling Green Edition
The glamour of the road recently brought Clunkbucket to Bowling Green, Kentucky for the NHRA Hot Rod Reunion at Beech Bend Raceway Park. A slow walk around the swap meet netted a deal on a ultra rare Tiger in the near 100 percent humidity. According to legend, Tiger mufflers occasionally appeared from a parked semi trailer somewhere near Celina, Ohio. Every once in a while the … [Read more...]
1934 MG Jacobsen Special
From the bungee cord suspension modification division of the Morris Garages department comes this 1934 MG Magnette, owned and driven by Michael Jacobsen. The car originally came to American shores with a serviceman on his way back from World War II. The bungeee cord front suspension upgrade had already been completed. Michael's Dad Lars raced, wrecked, and rebuilt the car with … [Read more...]
Enduring Mini-Stock Corolla
The drivers and associated crew of this Toyota Corolla had no idea what model year it was originally. Reading the number of dents and layers of paint like tree rings might set the car's age at hundreds of years old, but they estimated a more realistic late-seventies vintage. These guys bought and brought their Corolla to race after hearing the Friday night mayhem from work next … [Read more...]