50 years of hot rodding

 Center spread for the 2007 50th anniversary of the BC Hot Rod Association.

And a Happy New Year to all who frequent this page.

photo size issues

Maybe it's just me (although I've heard this from others) the images aren't as big as I would like. Especially if you're trying to read them. Two workarounds. Don't click right on the image. Click to the side of it. Seems to give you the option of enlarging the image if it has that little "plus" inside a circle. Or right click and open the image in another tab. Then you can again click it larger if the image has that little "plus". Hope that helps.

VANISHING POINT (1971) Build For Speed - Barry Newman, Cleavon Little, C...

apologies

 My apologies to anyone who might have sent a message to me through this site. Seems I've been lax (or not been made aware of) re. the moderating system for messages. Have approved and added most (I hope).

Will try to do better in the future.

odd stuff

 Homemade buggies on the beach. From the front page of the August 19, 1968 Vancouver Province.

a cookie

Online cookies can be a bad, or disagreeable thing, but this one was very tasty. Given to me by Dr. Ernie Ledgerwood as a Westwood Reunion last summer. Made, I believe, by his daughter.

Sunday funnies

Some nonsense.

Sunday funnies

It was Big Daddy Roth's birthday not too long ago. Ad from an August 1964 issue of Car Craft.

Happy New Year

Some magazine covers covering some old new years.

Sunday graphix

Getting a little ahead of ourselves here, it's not xmas yet! From the November 1962 issue of Northwest Rod.

smoke 'em if you got 'em Sunday

An old ad. (We will never recommend smoking as a solution to anything. Posted strictly for historical purpose.)

Sunday ads

Well, I'm going to "sell on Sunday". From the 1974 Prince George Citizen.

Sunday graphics

Some Ed Roth stuff.

some stuff

Pins and decals.

Sunday art

Album cover to go with yesterday's music.

some graphics

From the pile of stuff given to me.

so I've made to 3000

I'll celebrate with someone else's 50th.

Sunday funnies

Big Daddy Ed Roth's Rat Fink.

10 years

Seems this is an anniversary/birthday of sorts. I started this blog ten years ago, January 13, 2008.

The two inspirations for its continuing existence are the late Don Radbruch and Pike Green, both of whom were generous with their knowledge, their archives and their enthusiasm for me to keep searching for more racing history.

So this anniversary/birthday post is dedicated to their memory.

apologies

Yes, I've not been posting at all for a long stretch here, a month. Cripes!

One way to get a fix is another thing I got started. It's on facebook ("phasebook") for the Greater Vancouver Motorsport Pioneers Society. I don't think you have to log on or belong to fb to see the posts.

https://www.facebook.com/gvmps/

Anyway, I'll try to do better during the summer.
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