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Posted
Dec 30 2009, 04:10 PM
by
Linhbergh Nguyen
with 19 comment(s)
I have to admit. I am a complete newbie when it comes to most things Hot Rod, custom, low rider, or anything that relates to the overall umbrella of American automotive culture. When I arrived at the Mooneyes X-Mas show at the beginning of the month, I had no idea what I was in for. I arrived expecting to see plethora of grey haired, mustached men walking about and talking about about the by-gone days of proper Hot Rodding. What I was actually introduced so was as scene that has been revived, in...
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Posted
Dec 14 2009, 12:52 AM
by
Rod Chong
with 29 comment(s)
"Everything you know about motorsport is wrong"... this is a thought that kept flashing through my head the first time I saw drifting at Irwindale Speedway. It was a wet and cold evening in December 2006 and I was witnessing full blown D1GP drifting for the first time. This was an experience which was to change the course of my life in many respects as it was the first time I came in touch with the relatively new motorsport and it challenged everything I held to be dear and true about car...
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Posted
Nov 18 2009, 06:00 AM
by
Linhbergh Nguyen
with 40 comment(s)
What has always fascinated me is that a hunk of metal can make a person do the most irrational or illogical things. Why is it that many of us would get up at the most ungodly of hours only to climb in to a car and spend a day's festivities surrounding none other than cars? Or what is it that makes us wake up so eagerly for a car, yet we have to literally pry ourselves out of bed on most other mornings? Or to even drive a car with literally zero creature comforts across the country, just to spend...
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Posted
Nov 11 2009, 04:12 PM
by
Rod Chong
with 18 comment(s)
The spirit of the scene that some people are calling "Rat Rodding" is a counter culture against the smoothster style million dollar "cheque book" Rods which are still dominating the big Hot Rod awards. A true Rat Rod normally looks like it's been built with period specific components, which give the impression of being found in the open desert, river beds, swap meets and junkyards. This style of car started out with machines that were inspired by the original jalopy street...
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Posted
Aug 30 2009, 03:00 AM
by
Linhbergh Nguyen
with 60 comment(s)
When you're at Bonneville you see all sorts of crazy contraptions while walking (and driving) around the five mile long pit and spectator area. You witness things that can rocket to speeds just shy of 400 miles per hour to things that are created to look the best while flossing at 20 miles per hour. Basically, you see the whole spectrum from pure performance to pure hardparking. It's phenomenal to be able to to be able to take all of this at a single event. With such an eclectic mix of cars...
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Posted
Aug 20 2009, 05:02 PM
by
Rod Chong
with 13 comment(s)
Speedhunters as a website has been designed for people like myself who have exceptionally short attention spans... I get bored very easily and constantly need to switch up what I'm focused on in order to feel excited and inspired... So I just can't look at Japanese cars and drift photos all the time. It just becomes too repetitive for my cross firing brain and I lose interest.... so for those of you who are with me on this, let's look in real detail at the main meat of the car culture...
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Posted
Jun 11 2009, 10:15 AM
by
Rod Chong
with 73 comment(s)
Do any of you guys read Hot Rod magazines like Rodder's Journal, Hot Rod Deluxe or Rod&Custom? One thing I like about that whole scene is that it's been around long enough to have developed a bit of self awareness. People know where Rodding comes from, the ups and downs of the styles over the years and how the current styles and trends fit into the history of the culture. Look at Rat Rods, for example. Most people who are into Rodding understand that these cars are caricatures of old...
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Posted
May 29 2009, 01:01 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 6 comment(s)
Well, our VW-Audi month has pretty much come to an end, but there's one last Volkswagen that I want to share - and I think you'll agree that it's worth the wait. Last month at a local VW event here in Central California, there was one particular car that had a constant crowd of people around it. It wasn't a tedious restoration, a traditional Cal-Looker, or a fully built race car. Nope, it was this homebuilt "Hood Ride" oval window Beetle that was drawing all the attention. The owner had driven the car up from SoCal and was super excited to show off all the crazy stuff he has done to his car....
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Posted
Apr 26 2009, 08:24 AM
by
Dino Dalle Carbonare
with 11 comment(s)
What a day today turned out to be. I got to Odaiba nice an early, not really knowing what to expect, as it was my first time covering a custom car show like the Mooneyes Street Car Nationals. The "Car Show & Swap Meet," as it was described on the Mooneyes flyer, was held at the Aomi parking area, same place where the D1-GP Exhibition will be held next month. I felt like a fish out of water for a while but soon realized that, as long as you are a car nut, there is really something to...
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Posted
Apr 13 2009, 03:01 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 4 comment(s)
As you've no doubt seen from our constant updates from events all over the world, we Speedhunters stay quite busy. Even then, there are times when there's just too much cool stuff out there. While we were down in Long Beach shooting Formula D this weekend, the annual Viva Las Vegas rod and kustom gathering was happening across the desert in Sin City. I would have loved to have attended this one, but there are only so many weekends in a year....
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Posted
Mar 12 2009, 07:40 PM
by
Rod Chong
with 24 comment(s)
Late last week, I noticed that Detroit based photographer, Pat Daly's Facebook status stated he was going to be heading out to the Detroit Autorama. I immediately pinged him to see if he could grab some snaps for Speedhunters... This is one of the world's most important car shows, so it's essential to get a least a bit of coverage on the site no? Thankfully, Pat agreed to send a few pics my way....
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Posted
Feb 06 2009, 06:38 AM
by
Antonio Alvendia
with 9 comment(s)
Here are some more photos from the Grand National Roadster show in Pomona... check out those overfenders - you can't even see the rear wheels at all. The seats and lack of a b-pillar between the front and rear windows look very intriguing to me, not to mention the top mounted rear view mirror. Blair's Speed Shop in Pasadena has been around forever. I haven't been there yet, but I've been curious about it. Maybe we'll have to stop by and do a Speedhunters feature at some point...
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Posted
Jan 27 2009, 09:13 AM
by
Antonio Alvendia
with 15 comment(s)
This past Sunday, I visited the 60th Grand National Roadster Show, which was held at Pomona Fairplex. I thought it was really interesting to revisit the famous Fairplex for a hot rod show. I'm a total newbie to hot rod shows, as this was only the second hot rod show I've ever been to (the first one being the 2008 Mooneyes Christmas Party at Irwindale ). That may sound funny to most of you; to be honest, I kind of felt like a fish out of water. I've spent the past 10 years of my life ...
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Posted
Dec 18 2008, 12:48 AM
by
Antonio Alvendia
with 1 comment(s)
As requested, both widescreen and standard size desktops of this photo are now available in our Desktops section ! Enjoy! -Antonio Alvendia
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Posted
Dec 17 2008, 10:20 AM
by
Antonio Alvendia
with 20 comment(s)
After attending the Mooneyes Christmas Party at Irwindale Speedway this past weekend, I think I discovered that I've become a big fan of super slammed lowboy rat rods; carefully planned and tastefully done of course. One of my favorite display vehicles from the show this weekend was definitely this rat rod truck, which was parked at the Cragar Wheels booth. This truck is part of the "Axle Draggers" crew, which is apparently from the South Side... of LA? Or SGV? Not sure. Wherever they're...
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Posted
Dec 15 2008, 06:00 AM
by
Antonio Alvendia
with 40 comment(s)
I hope you all had a great weekend, because I know I sure did. It started getting colder in Southern California this week, and it even rained a couple times; soon it might be time to pack away our shorts and summer gear for the winter. Even though I know most of us think of drifting when we think of Irwindale , this weekend I went back to our familiar home track in Irwindale for a different event altogether - the Annual Mooneyes Christmas Party and Drag Race ! I need to be honest with you all. This...
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