Robert Stack, the stoic, stern-faced baritone-voice host of Unsolved Mysteries may have scared the hell out of kids in the 1990’s, but 50 or so years before that he was tearing up the dry lakes in his hot rod Model A Roadster.

A story I wrote last year recapping 2021’s event, and some words about 2022 and Pat Ganahl.

Part 1 of a 2-part story about a model a truck that followed me home twice. Full story on ironandsteele.com

The story of a beautiful 1932 Ford 5 Window Coupe built by a life-long car guy with an incurable disease: the hot rod addiction!

A quick story about some of the lessons I’ve learned when trying to buy and build a traditional hot rod.

Jack Corley was a fixture in the PNW hot rod and racing community for decades. This, is Jack’s story.

The story of a father and son that travelled from Portland, Oregon to Anderson, Indiana to purchase a forgotten hot rod built in 1964, and then drive it all the way home.

A short rant about our ever-shrinking hot rod and custom car community, plus a Q+A about hot rods, custom cars, writing, operating a website, and other related subjects.

The story of how a spare tire cover somehow led to the purchase of my dream car, a 1936 Ford Roadster.

Erwin Von Homeyer terrorized drag strips in the PNW for a majority of the 1960’s. Fifty years later, the cars he raced have been rediscovered and put back on the track by enthusiast and car collector, Robbie Davis. This is the story of how it came to be, and how the Von Homeyers are still winning to this day.