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Peter Sukalac: Photo Journalist
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Peter “Pete” Sukalac was a professional photographer who made a career of photographing machines: hot rods, custom cars, race cars, boats,...
The First Drags
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The ’32 flathead with the McCullogh blower in Bob’s coupe. This is from Al Drake's book Reflections in a Spinner Hubcap , available fro...
A Quick History of Hot Rodding Milestones
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Overview of Speed cycles of 1951 show. Photo by Bob Hegge In my books and in conversation I have tried to straighten out the timeline of...
Bill Cahill
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Bill Cahill & a Morgan-style 3-wheel car he built in 1990 Sad to hear that my old buddy Bill Cahill passed away this week at 95. Cahill...
The Brotherhood of Speed
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The 60 year history of the Slo Pok club of Vancouver, WA. By Al Drake and Don Pennington, this is perhaps the only hot rod club that such ...
Introduction to Reflections in a Spinner Hubcap
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This is the introduction to Reflections in a Spinner Hubcap . The book recaptures 40+ years of essays by Albert Drake that appeared in vari...
Reflections in a Spinner Hubcap
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AUTHENTIC: adjective. 1. trustworthy, reliable, 2. of undisputed origin: genuine. Webster's Dictionary Drake remembers with clarity and...
Remembering Roger Huntington
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Roger Huntington In 1980 I had a contract to write The Big ‘Little GTO’ Book and although teaching more classes than usual, I spent a g...
Exploring (Excerpt from "One Summer")
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A photo from the Oregonian of the front of the second Lents Public School, 1910 - 1950 . The following is excerpted from the novel One S...
Sandy Boulevard, 1949
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Believe it or not, The Smithsonian National Museum of American History has a small bit of Portland's own Sandy Boulevard on display. ...
Dad's 1935 Packard
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Here's a photo of me and my dad on a trip from Oregon to North Dakota. My mother is probably taking the picture. I guess we're in ...
Old Stuff
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The 1952 Speed-O-Rama was the second hot rod show in Portland. It was put on by the newly-formed Columbia Timing Association (CTA), consisti...
The Happy Hot Rodder - 29 Ford
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Here's a happy hot-rodder showing off his 29 Ford on a 32 frame. The car is a little unusual for the year, probably 1939. It has dual...
The Big "Little Gto" Book
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Gasoline Alley
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This old Gasoline Alley comic from 1944 is intriguing. I wonder if there was any good old stuff in Uncle Avery's garage? He's got a...
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