Editor’s Note: This month’s column is a tribute to hot rod journalist and historian Pat Ganahl by someone who knew him and worked with him in various capacities over the span of four decades. The floor is yielded to Thom Taylor. [caption id="attachment_95752" align="alignright" width="436"] Thom
You know that feeling when you’re leaving the driveway for the last time? You go through that emotional look back at a home or office that you spent so much time in. The blood, sweat, joy, and tears of the past tug at the heartstrings,
Nothing in drag racing brings back the glory years more than nostalgic photos of a fire burnout. These images represent the true fire, fury, and wild times of drag racing’s golden years. Fire burnouts were a part of drag racing lore in the ’60s and
I was at a car show recently and the subject of awards came up. The guy I was talking with had no idea I spent 28 years employed with the Goodguys family traveling thousands of miles on the chrome carnival tour. Those were the best
Instead of telling Ed Iskenderian’s life story and his rich hot rodding history, which we’ve done previously in the Legends of Hot Rodding column, I wanted to write this this month about a few Isky nuggets you might not know about, as well as some
In the pages of the Goodguys Gazette many years back used to be a monthly vintage drag racing column called “Fuel & Gas Gossip with Ed Kanaschitsky.” At the time, Goodguys ran one of the most prominent race series for vintage drag racers in the
Over the last three decades, three cars stand out that pushed the envelope of style and substance. These are vehicles that took hot rodding to the next level. It happens a lot in this scene. We’re cruising along with incredibly cool machines then BAM –
Bill Burnham was one of hot rodding’s greatest gifts. A highboy guy through and through, Burnham had a string bitchin fenderless roadsters which spanned decades. He was a pied piper of sorts – a renaissance man who was as genuine as the day is long.
It was a hot Friday afternoon at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. This was in the mid-’90s. A call came over the radio that an unauthorized police officer was directing event traffic at the top of Grand Ave. A few of us loaded up in golf carts
The week before he passed away, I heard someone briefly mention that “Low Fat” Larry Westervelt was dealing with a health issue. Less than a week later came the dreaded call that we all get at some point in our lives. It’s shocking. You wish
