The Los Angeles Roadsters have wrapped up their 46th exhibition. While we didn't venture into the big show, we did spend quite a bit of time walking the swap meet trying to get our monies worth back from the parking and gate fees. There were certainly many show-quality examples of shaved '32 Fords, pastel-hued Hiboys, and bazillion dollar traditional (don't say rat) rods and … [Read more...]
Swap Meet Season!
The snow is mostly gone. The mud is getting a little drier. The sun is higher in the sky. With the weather warming up you're realizing the only thing holding that old bucket together was the ice frozen into the holes left by rust. All of it adds up to one thing. Swap meets all over the place! One of the biggest swaps out here on the left coast happens in Pomona. It's no secret … [Read more...]
March Meet Trades in Time
Walking on the hallowed patch ground that is Famoso Raceway it becomes easy to see why the March Meet is now in its 52nd year. People like this stuff. In our case a rekindled interest in drag racing and hot rodding started again around 15 years ago with a wiff of nitromethane and a flashback to the Coca-Cola Funny Car Cavalcade of Stars tossing up fiberglass down a … [Read more...]
Famoso Swap Meet
While October brings the smashing of giant pumpkins or a odd compulsion to eat candy corn for some, it also brings a season wrap up of west coast vintage drag racing scene. Clunkbucket has set up temporary residence at Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield for the 18th running of the NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion. Thunderous disintegration of pistons and valves is a large part of the … [Read more...]
Danger Mower
Extended staycations, spare engines, and crazy ideas can result in potentially dangerous engineering. The old lawnmower chassis under this Suzuki engine was serving as a cheap dolly to facilitate moving the aluminum and steel lump from garage to swap meet. Standing six to eight hours at a swap meet is a long time, so on went the spare kart seat. A few more parts later, and the … [Read more...]