Our first loves, first cars and how sometimes they're one and the same.

Fred's 1929 Ford Roadster- This was my first car, it was completely stock when my grandfather gave it to me, I was 14.

Jack's 1929 Ford Roadster - This is not my first car, but it is my first attempt at a hot rod. In 1955, I built the car with a flathead engine while I was a junior in high school.

Ruth's First Ride - The car is a thirty-something Willys...

Cindy's Father Day Story - I was born into a family of car lovers so it's in the blood. I am the oldest of three and the only girl. My father was a car salesman for Chase Chevrolet in Stockton Ca.

Don's Years Gone By - One of the reasons the movie classic " American Grafitti" will still be popular years from now is because the era of the 50's and 60's was so magic that even those born a decade earlier or later find it appealing.

Remembering Pete Peters - June 22, 1944 to August 1, 1965. Second president of the ROAMIN’ ANGELS 1962-63. Pete’s life was too short, only 21 years. But boy, did he have a flair for it!

Len's Driving to Class - In 1946, My twin brother and I were sixteen. We moved from Bismarck, North Dakota and came out to Auburn, California on the train.

John's '31 Model A Roadster - In 1955, I bought my first car for $50.00. It was a stock 1931 Model A Roadster.

Gearhead stories from then and now.

Sunflower Seeds - George's on-going saga about his 1940 Ford pickup affectionately known as the “Brazen Hussy”. Claudette, his wife loves birds. Birds love sunflower seeds. Mice love sunflower seeds. Mice love to save sunflower seeds. Mice love to save sunflower seeds in the doors of The Hussy. That's the short of it.

Back to the Early 50s - I remember when you only wore your PF flyers to gym class. I turn the radio to K-AHI, and listen to some of that old time rock and roll. Funny it must be Dae ju vue. (That's French ya know). About 50 years ago I was workin on the same kind of car. Only I paid $50.00 for it then.

Back to the Mid-50s - By the mid 50's, times was a changin, most of us had some sort of vehicle we were able to keep running. Regular gas was about $.21cents per gal. and Ethel was about $.25, and that was for 100 plus octane. By now most of us were hangin out at Charlie Sphan's Texaco station. Besides his son Mike hung out with us. He was always makin a run for burgers to the White Castle...

My Favorite Automotive Gift- We were living in Burlingame, CA in 1945 when I believe I got this under/beside the Christmas Tree. I was 4 years old at the time. The story I remember is that, being it was during WWII, metal and rubber were at a premium, somehow my Dad was able to get the wood for my Jeep.

Dyno Challenge at the Mopars- Len went to enter his car and get everything set up. When he came back, he took the Challenger and set out to find the dyno.When he got 'there,' Len found they were dynoing blown and turbo-diesel trucks. His thought was: 'I was nuts to enter this. There is no chance to compete with them'.

Joy Riding in the 60s - It is hard to believe now, but a certain car dealership used to leave the keys in their “loaner” cars. They were parked in back of the building, out of sight from the road and not far from my house. I had my little neighborhood gang that I ran with and my younger brother had his little group.

Pat's '57 Ford Fairlane Convertible - Pat is wistfully remembering the golden days of his senior year in High School in his 1957 Ford Fairlane 500 convertible, tearing up the streets of Grass Valley and Nevada City. Ah, to be back in 1964 behind the wheel, with the white top down, the 312 cubic inch motor growling through the twin Glasspacs.

Don's '65 Shelby GT - Vintage racing was just beginning and the GT had a racing history, so Don decided to go racing. One of Don’s favorite memories is taking 5th in his class at the Portland International Races on Saturday and then getting 1st in his class on Sunday at the Forest Grove Concourse after spending the night pulling weeds out of his radiator

Gary - Chevy vs. Ford - He has owned, not one, but two, of the most desired of automotive creations: a 1934 Ford three window coupe; and a 1957 Chevy Bel Air two door hard top. He sold one of these two jewels to marry the girl of his dreams.

Welcome to Henry's Garage - Welcome to my shop! Glad you’re here. I hope that when we’re done working on your car we’ll have become real good friends. But before you begin let me get a few things out on the table.

Muscle Cars & Me - I've always loved American Muscle Cars. My Mom & Dad took me to lots of hot rod shows as I was growing up.

Beware of "Free Things" - There are two type’s of people in this world, those that collect things, and those that don’t. Most car people belong to that first category. That would include me.

Lanny's Resurrecting a '55 TBird. Check out the pictures and story...

My First Car Accident - On a hot, summer day about 3 years ago (so I was 11), once again my dad, Barry, asked me to help him move an old car.

It’s Time to Re-think the Garage - Home builders and contractors out there……Why on earth do I have to purchase a multimillion dollar mansion in order to get a three or four car garage?

The Great American Road Machine - The term “Great American Road Machines” means many things to different people. At 65 years old and having crossed our great country many, many times, I feel safe in saying I’m qualified to have an opinion on the definition of “Great American Road Machine”.

Don's scrap with the Law - My daughter ran across this photo of my high school sweetheart.

Fishin' For 'Cuda - The real story was on the drive home Monday on our way to the Cal Neva Lodge for breakfast at State Line.

A Drive to Hawaii - I ran across this really old newspaper article while Christina and I were cleaning out one of our storage rooms...

Garagemahal – Dave builds his dream garage. Garages are an unusual place. I think when man went into his first cave looking for shelter; he actually went into the first garage...

Buried Treasure - I went for a walk about and noticed that someone a long time ago had pushed a car off a dirt road on our property over a low cliff...

Garage Math...screws & tires.

Bright Tail Lights...one of the things I wanted to do was make the stop/tail lights brighter.

Wiper Arms...If you’re redoing your 40’s/50’s car, you may want new wiper arms.

Lee’s Dictionary of Tool Definitions.

Need a new radiator? Which is better, brass or aluminum?

Lift That Engine...A point pondered and drawn by Lanny.

Is Your Speedometer Accurate?