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Run to the Pines - 2008 By our friend Devin Squire (Devin's all Ford Garage) The weekend of Sept. 26th, 27th, & 28th, was the 25th anniversary of the "Run to the Pines" car show in Pinetop, AZ. My wife & I have been going to this show for at least 15 of those years. It's a great weekend getaway in the cool pines of Pinetop – Lakeside, AZ. The show is limited to 550 cars, of pre 1973 vintage, and it always gets sold out. If you don't get your registrations in early, you might not get in, and there is always a waiting list in case of any cancellations. This year, the show sold out in only four weeks! Hotels, Motels, & Cabins in the area are the same story...get your reservations in early. Before we caught on, we had to get rooms in Showlow, which is about 15 to 20 miles away. This show is part of the Pinetop-Lakeside's "Fall Festival", which brings in a lot of people, as well. Some folks love all the “arts & crafts”stuff, and it gives the ladies something else to...

I was cruising the web looking for something and I found this discussion. What speed should you drive to get your best fuel economy? interestingly enough, the discussion was from a story from the site Truth about Cars. That site kicks out a shocking amount of car related content. From the story folks at truthaboutcars.com were trying to help everyone understand a formula that actually came from Howstuffworks.com, another great site to kill several hours... try taking the Alligator quiz or see if a platypus could poison you. The How Stuff works guys did alot better job, but didn't really give any background. After the story, several folks chimed in with their "truth". In reality, they said alot that was dead wrong and then some close, but not right. The equation they were using to answer the question was: Road Load Power = aV + bV^2 + cV^3 where a, b and c are constants and V is the symbol for velocity or let's just say SPEED. There was some mention of where this equation came from, but unfortunately, it wasn't quite right. I also want to say what...

Drawing of a Car That Looks Like a Photo I've been pleasantly surprised by the European hot rodders that have made their way to MyRideisMe.com. This story is about a new member, Alan Brightmore from Manchester, United Kingdom. His member name is Slammed56 cause he's added an in the weeds 56 Volkswagon Panel Bus. Not long after joining, I found out Alan's quite an artist, or is he a photographer? Look closely at the image to the left. Is that a picture? No. It's an amazingly realistic looking pencil drawing! What follows was written by Alan about his work. Please say hello in Alan's Garage and add him to your crew. Ok, brief history first of all and you could say I got into the artwork 'seriously' kinda by accident. Having always had a natural talent for drawing from an early age (left school at age 16 with a grade A in art/photography) I just drew for fun really and never even entertained the idea that I could actually sell some of my work. Well, years went by and the artwork eventually became secondplace to 'real' jobs and spare...

You saw it here first. My man Brian Stupski from Problem Child Kustoms took an already slick illustration of a slammed down 1953 Ford and went 3D! Three Dimensions! Click on the image to make it full size, then pull out your red and blue 3D glasses and have a look. Too cool and perfect timing for October spooky-ness. I keep waiting for Frankenstein (no, not my ex-wife) or the Wolfman to jump out from behind a tree. Brian told me he's working on another 3D image to go with this one. It's one thing to spin out the slick and highly detailed hot rod designs, but breaking the mold like this is truly something to watch for. Keep tabs on PCK Studio and his innovative style at...

For some reason, the "Pinup of the Month" feature here at MyRideisMe.com has been very popular! We only feature beautiful pinup models posed next to the hottest hot rods and custom cars. Enjoy October's Hot Rod pinup: Dayna Delux. A keen eye will notice Dayna featured on the home page riding a broom (by Mehosh studios). I first noticed her on the cover of the December 2007 Sport Truck Magazine. Her subtle but sexy red hair and dazzling blue eyes drew me right in. You can see her in tons of magazines now as one of the top pinup models going. She's on 10 covers now including: Barracuda, CK Deluxe, Sport Truck, Rockabilly (2 times), Hot Rod Deluxe, Ace Magazine, College Times, Cheers, Auto Art. Starting off doing a shoot for a friend doing makeup, she then worked for that photographer and then another. Pretty soon, Dayna found herself in demand and traveling for shoots. She says, "We always have a good time. I'm a goof and like making people laugh but I remain professional." This super hot photo was taken by Shannon Brooke Imagery for Pinup Girl Clothing....

Minnie the Moocher 1964 Morris Minor 2 door sedan (See the Custom Morris Minor) Written by: "Tootall" Paul from Cornwall, United Kingdom ‘Minnie’ is my Wife’s ‘64 Morris. She had wanted a kustom for a while and has a particular taste for ‘round’ cars. When one of our clubmates (We are members of UK Kustoms) suggested a Minor we looked harder at them and realized that one would make a great sled. When we were told that if we could find one before the 2002 NASC Nationals then the club would chop it for us, the search was on. We bought her from a young chap who made us promise that we would look after her. We assured him that we would take great care of her and we have – though maybe not quite in the way he would have expected. We had owned her for 2 weeks before we drove her the 300 miles to the Nationals. She was driven there on Friday, stripped of her glass and interior on Saturday, chopped on Sunday and, with a plastic windscreen installed, driven the 300 miles home again on...

Customer service pays off. Or should I say, bad customer service doesn't pay. If you haven't seen my 1927 Ford Roadster called "Bonnie" then this may be your first time to MyRideisMe.com. In that case, WELCOME! Please stay a while and if you dig it... JOIN here. My roadster kinda odd because I run a 2.3L Ford Motor. That's right! It's a Pinto motor and I'm proud to be part of the 4 banger world. The 2.3's are easy to find, cheap to get and can be made to run hard, but that can get expensive. I wrote a bunch about modifying the 2.3L Ford Motor in my garage blog. Check it out. So trying to save a few bucks, I bought a Mallory dual point distributer. Why a dual point with all the electronic points systems out there? And why not just run a factory Ford electronic distributor? Good questions. For both cases, you often have to deal with a vacuum advance system. My motor makes poopoo vacuum. (does that rhyme?) and those vacuum modulators don't look good. Also, most of the electronic setups are big bucks. Dual...

Friends sometimes make it easy on ya. Here's one of those times. Dig this hot rod art from Brian Stupski, my buddy from G-town (Gilbert, Arizona, but it's really not that hip). I've said before that making new friends in the hot rod and custom world is one of the coolest parts of making and running MyRideisMe.com. Brian from Problem Child Kustoms Studio is tops on the cool list of new friends. Never mind that Brian's crapped out more knowledge about cars, especially historically significant hot rods and customs, then I have to this day, but on top of that, the man's got skills! Skill in design. You don't simply get a "pretty picture" you get a design, the whole DESIGN! Want to know the part number of the Air Ride setup you'll need? He's got it. Want to know the offset of those new 18's and 19's you'll be running? He knows. That's the detail you get when hooking up with a professional designer. So check out the December 2008 issue of Rod and Custom, page 8-9. That's Brian's Shine-Runner 500. That came out of his head and...

Story by Devin Squire (Devin's all Ford Garage) Well, I just got back from the "Orange County Crusin' Assoc.'s "Great Labor Day Cruise" in Costa Mesa, California. The weather was great, 80 degrees at the warmest & the 60's at night. We go there a couple of days early to enjoy some vacation time in southern California. We will spend a day just cruising Pacific Coast Highway, from Huntington Beach down to Laguna Beach, stopping at some of the Surf shops, or stopping at one of the many eateries to get some fish tacos....(Wahoo's shrimp tacos...mmmmm). Once in a while, I'll actually take one of my surfboards out in the water & try to surf...key word here is "try". OK, now back to the car show. The car show itself is on Saturday & Sunday, & Monday being the day they hand out awards & trophys. Some of us actually start lining our cars up in the parking lot at the fairgrounds on Friday, so we can be the early birds in to get a good parking spot. The Embassy Suites in Santa Ana, is the host hotel, &...

Please enjoy your brief, but meaningful and entertaining, look "over the shoulder" of painter Tom Fritz as he makes what I think is my favorite piece of Hot Rod Art to date (and he's got alot to like!). Over My Shoulder... Making Hot Rod Art Written By Tom Fritz (Car and Motorcycle fine art) One of the side benefits of working at my art is that I’ve been blessed with the development of an extended family of very close friends, a rich variety of both men and women who support me in my self-inflicted torture. And as sit here in front of yet another blank canvas trying to figure out the combination of what I am and what the world needs, I’m reminded of all the conversations in which I’ve been asked, how hard is it to make my art, or how long it takes me to make it — in which they try to get a handle on how I put a painting together. "...lets face it – starving can become a nuisance. ." These questions invariably come up at shows and in order to portray the illusion...

Written by: Erock805 (Erick's Garage) -Primer National Show Pictures also by Erock Not sure if there’s a better way of spending a Labor Day weekend then in Ventura, California at the Primer Nationals. Why is that you say? Well first of all, Ventura breathes blue collar. Nestled between the grime, glitz and plastic of LA and the pure money and luxury of the uber-rich Santa Barbara lies a little beach town ripe with local color. Ventura has resisted the flow of dough from its northern and southern brethren. Urban sprawl has yet to conquer its pockets of agriculture, manufacturing, and overall laid back attitude. It remains the sleepy beach town, where both free time and surfing are worked into one’s daily schedule. Sure you can find a restrauntuer who supplies the finest wine and a $30 dollar steak or fufu lorange, but I will stick to a great burger, an amazing shake and unrefurbished bowling alley. Old Town Ventura is still a real old down town that has yet to be bombarded with food and clothing chains. Stroll around to a few of the antique shops and you will...

These pictures of Victoria Vengeance posed next to Bo Huff's 1950 Mercury custom say cool and caution at the same time. Heavy on the caution cause the MyRideisMe.com pick for September Pinup of the month is only partly a pinup model. She's primarily a burlesque performer and a lucha libra wrestler! In her words, "Yes, I'll kick your ass and look hot while doing it." That link above is wikopedia's explanation of lucha libra wrestler. I had no idea. Now we know she's interesting, sexy and I imagine fun at a party! I mean, could she be uptight and no fun and wrestle? Plus the burlesque performing lets you know, she's got confidence. I like confidence. Get to know Victoria at her Lucha VaVoom web page, Lucha Hot-ness or you can also see her at her myspace page. If you'd like to see a clip of her burlesque, try her myspace page or any of the shows she's got planned. Her burlesque is, "A fusion of traditional striptease and dynamic theatrical-style." Starting the month of October with a performance at The Bordello with the Devils Playground, then Masque on...