Peel Out!

Sedan treatments

As I browsed through some old magazines I found this article in the march 1956 issue of Car Craft. Quite a cool treatment for a '47 Ford sedan, if I may say so. The Oldsmobile grille is a classic, and the Fiesta hub caps are excellent for any car from that era, so is the '49 Chevy license plate guard.

The choice of tail lights intrigues me, they look amazingly good on this type of car. The text says they are from a 1939 Packard, but I am not completely convinced. From the pictures I have seen of '39 Packards, they used a tail light with a similar shape, but it appears to be smaller in size and with a flatter lens.

...and a question on the HAMB solved it: 1941 Packard

The Tom Branch roadster

Imagine going down the freeway in a deuce roadster at 75+ mph, open headers, no top on a cool november night. Now, imagine falling asleep in the passenger seat. No? I did. Really.

To my defence, it was the end of a long, good, exhausting day and Jet Lag snuck up on me and hit me hard. Back then, Tom's roadster was in bare metal, but not anymore. Tom and Fabian turned a great roadster into one of the greatest.

Hammers' Back to the 50's Timewarp

The Hammers Car Club arranges a show late in the summer at irregular intervals. The last one was three years ago, the first one was two years prior to that one. It is not widely advertised, mostly by word of mouth, and this is one of those shows where the phrase "Quality over quantity" suits perfectly. If Sweden ever gets exotic, then this is the place. Through the farmlands on a road that gets narrower by the mile, it's held on a small country fairground, surrounded by woods, lying next to a lake.

I didn't get to stay long this year, next time I will camp out.

More images here.

Just a note: As I have a flickr account, I wasn't aware of the limitations set on non-members. However, it costs nothing to join with no further obligations, you get to see full size images, and will be able to download them to your own computer.

Iconic

They seldom get better than this, do they? Hot rod staple put together with fine-tuned sensibility made this five-window something very special.

If you want more of Jack Butler's Deuce, you need to pick up Hop Up Special #3. The photo above is courtesy of Don.

A-Bombers' Old Style Weekend 2008

What does it take to keep a true Hop Up guy or gal from going back to Old Style Weekend? Paul, one of the nineteen guys who get it, said it had to be one of two options:

1. The A-Bombers no longer arranges Old Style Weekend.

2. Yours truly is going six feet under.

2008 pictures here. See ya in '09.

Bob Tormey

Pic by Rik. Sound by Sheriff and the Revels.

California Screamin'

Even if this site have been in hibernation during the winter, there's been at least some activity in Casa de Peel Out. One thing is that I will be participating in the California Screamin' art show that will go off in El Segundo this upcoming weekend. It will be hosted by Gasoline Gallery, and I will only be attending in spirit. If you happen to go there in the flesh, send me a note and tell me what it was like.

I will have two images on display. They will also be for sale, more about that later. Here's a li'l teaser:

Fresh from eBay

Another clue...

Will they make me as cool as Jesse and "Snooky" below? Only in my dreams.

Snooky Janich

Pic via Rik

And now: the movie