Proving that art, metalflake, cars, and roadside cuisine really do all work together are the Royal Jokers car club. While the club has been building and driving fine hot rods and customs for over twenty years, they just recently started rolling into the Oakland art scene at the Giant Burger for a monthly dinner. The first Friday of every month is when uptown Oakland has an Art … [Read more...]
Last Originals
The sun pierced through the fog in Pacifica, California last weekend for the first time since 1953. Well, maybe 1977. Pacifica is in fact world famous for its fog, but some warm rays did shine through long enough to bathe the Last Originals 6th Annual Hot Rod & Custom Car Show in summer-like weather at the Pacifica Sea Bowl. The Last Originals have been around since 1994, … [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...]
Dragfest Photo Bonanza
The 2nd annual Rod and Kulture Dragfest played host to a healthy number of vintage drag racing heavyweights and freshly rustified kontraptions alike on the hallowed grove of Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield. Any event that combines nitromethane burning t-buckets, jet cars, altered wheelbase stockers, and twin-engine dragsters like the Six-Session just has to be fun. Throw in a few … [Read more...]
Dream Machines Roundup
The convergence of great stuff automotive, aeronautic, and agricultural that is the Pacific Coast Dream Machines show is a wrap until next year. Hanging out directly under the dulcet thrum and doppler effect of World War II piston engine airplanes was worth the price of admission alone. Also present at the Half Moon Bay were dune buggies, streamliners, and numerous examples of … [Read more...]