Hobby projects including cars, photography, woodworking, restoration, and many other things of interest.
Back in the 1950s and through the ’60s the great place to do in Tacoma, Washington was Rhodes Department Store. The big store downtown was a treasure chest of cool things. But, at Christmas time the coolest of the cool was up in the toy department. The Milwaukee Railroad sponsored, …
The Spirit of Santa Monica is a Douglas DC3 on stands in front of the Museum of Flying at the Santa Monica Airport. This is especially appropriate as the airport was the home of Douglas Aircraft through World War II. The statue in from of the airplane is of Donald …
Now here’s something you don’t see every day. This is the building for the Museum of Flying at the Santa Monica Airport, and it has the nose of a Fed-X 727 protruding. At first it looks like either the coolest advertisement or the worst parking job in history. As it …
I couldn’t pass this one up. This is a very clean and proper ’32 Ford with a hang-onto-your-hats Hemi. Note the and clean body, simple mods, and shaved handles. The capped hint that at the proper moment the noise level will increase significantly. I rather like the brown interior. It …
Yea, this is a car worth talking about! This little number was at the Friday night Cruise-In at Bob’s Big Boy in Burbank, California. I don’t recall the exact year for this super-duper convertible, but I believe it is early 1960s, although it could have been a late ’50s model. …
If you are going to be in SoCal, the center of the center of car culture (or, if you prefer, Kustom Kar Kulture) you really need to stop by the Friday night Cruise in at Bob’s Big Boy in Burbank. Every Friday night from 4:00 pm to 10:00 pm cars …
Well, I think I will put up one more photo from our visit to West Coast Customs. There are any number of reasons to explore Burbank in the Valley. There’s the Warner Bros. studio where you can take a great tour. There’s any number of places to eat and “be …
Well, maybe a DeLorean is just what I need, right? Naaaaa, no way … unless it is a Delorean like this one. The super-spiffy car you see in the right is a real-deal DeLorean in the West Coast Customs showroom. It is one of a series of cars that they …
