Artist’s Eye on a Model A Hot Rod   Which do you prefer? The real thing or Haropcat’s drawing? Check out the “real thing” in the feature story I did on Voodoo Larry’s Voodoo Psychosis! from the Detroit Autorama.     The engine shown was featured as a “Top 11 Hot Rod Engines of Detroit” and it was very cool to meet Larry down in the basement of the Detroit Autorama.   Check out more of Harpocat’s cool drawings in his garage at MyRideisMe.com. Then, get your...

Custom Inspiration for your Ford Falcon Brian Stupski’s got a custom eye for anything with wheels, and wouldn’t ya know it? This time he turned his styled eye on one of our favorites, the Ford Falcon. I’ve got a 1963 Ford Falcon wagon I’m working on now. Maybe I can swing some of these custom tricks to apply to my Falcon. How about you?   To have Problem Child Kustoms trick out your car, get in touch with Brian at ProblemChildKustoms.com Until then, drool over these great ideas for...

Hot Rod Art by One of the Best!   All artwork by Brian Stupski at Problemchildkustoms.com   Brian from Problem Child Kustoms Studio is a good friend and and a great artist! Feel like learning about his style and even how to draw cars? Then check out his garage at MyRideisMe.com. You can add your own artwork and how-to’s just like Brian is. Then, add him to your crew so he can see some of your work. It all starts with Joining MyRideisMe.com.   So Check out the NASCAR inspired...

How do you draw the perfect car?   All artwork by Brian Stupski at Problemchildkustoms.com   How does he do it? An amazing car modified in ways to be described below, but then, in this drawing, it FLIES off the page. Love it!   As a bonus to the 45 Pictures of Poteet’s Radical Torino Talladega I shared, here’s the drawing that inspired the car. Brian works closely with Rad Rides by Troy to detail the lines and final shape. Rad Rides then transform the art into real metal...

Adventures of Losing Your Brakes in a Classic Longtime readers may remember when I lost the brakes in my 1955 Studebaker…while I happened to be wearing a swimsuit (headed to the local pool) and ended up jumping from my moving vehicle. You read that right. Now’s your chance to enjoy the story retold, in retro comic book form! For more on brake loss, figuring out how to fix things, and other crazy car adventures – you can always visit me on...

Hot Rods & Customs Long Exposure Photography It’s never supposed to rain in Southern California! But it did and everyone attending the 2013 Grand National Roadster Show made the best of it. When the rain let up, I took full advantage shooting this vibrant 1950 GMC pickup owned by Eric Conner of El Cajon, CA. Ya dig? I couldn’t stop at just one… but I noticed on nearly the last couple pictures I wanted to take that my lens had water drops all over it. Luckily for this pic,...

Bonneville Racers and Hot Rods on the Salt Have I said it enough times that people found on the Bonneville salt are just cool? Each year I come away from Speed Week with a few more friends. That’s sort of amazing since I run around like a wild man shooting pics and trying to get feature stories… but I try, every once and a while, to kick back, have a beer and try to enjoy it all. This year, I got to know Holly Martin, mostly through her photography....

Hot Rod Pinup Kelly Lindahl Continuing to get to know hot rod and pinup model photographer Trent Sherrill, let’s get to know his girlfriend, pinup model, hair stylist and makeup artist out of New York: Kelly Lindahl. Describe the best date you ever had. My Best Date was when my boyfriend Trent, flew into NY then took me to Yankees Stadium, (which I’ve never been to a baseball game ever) but we got sushi. then we walked around NYC even though I live/work here it was nice to spend time...

Hot Rod Pinup Jenna Sherrill When I first met Trent Sherrill by finding one of his “liked” hot rod or pinup photos on Facebook, I checked out his other pictures and found this one: After seeing the tag, I asked Trent, “Is that your sister?!” Turns out this lovely girl is, in fact, Trent’s sister Jenna Sherrill. As much talent as Trent shows behind the camera, Jenna’s making it easy on her bro by looking fabulous! We’re getting to know Trent a little better by asking his sister and...

Better Pinup Poses for Great Pictures Photo courtesy of Digital-Photography-School.com I’m always trying to take better pictures. Whether it’s custom car or family portraits or a beautiful pinup model, we’re all trying to do our best work. To keep learning, I receive newsletters from a few great websites. One of them is Digital Photography School. I found this post called: Posing Guide: 21 Sample Poses to Get You Started with Photographing Female Subjects I figured this would help out models and photographers alike, even though it’s not focused on...

Custom Cars with Custom Paint – Favorite Flake Roof Photography (Click on any photo to see it full size) I’ve been meaning to write a post on custom paint and especially the amazing custom paint you’ll find on lowriders and customs, especially in NorCal. With the great customs piling in at the NorCal Knockout, I finally got the shots I wanted. Lend a hand! If you know these cars, and more importantly, who the painter is… please leave a comment (you don’t have to register or anything) and I’ll...

Hot Rod Pinstriping from Pomona (click to see these pictures full size) Like most shows with a hot rod and custom car theme, the pinstriping and custom lettering is everywhere. Telling a story of bygone racing years or thin, symmetric lines setting off a deck lid, we dig it all! So here at the 2012 LA Roadster Show, pinstriping found my lens often… Here’s a few of my favorites and the complete gallery below. Keeping the lettering theme going, dig this! The gold leaf pinstriping is sexy and get the Cali...