Rubber@Road

White Hot Rod

noreply@blogger.com (Jeffery Blackwell) — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:23:00 +0000

Click for very large images [UPDATE: I have entered this photo in the "One Life" photography contest. There is a "People's Choice" award, and I would appreciate your vote here. Thank you. -- Jeff...

My thoughts and observations on people and their vehicles. Looking at cars, mostly.

Big Rig Graveyard

noreply@blogger.com (Jeffery Blackwell) — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:31:00 +0000

As I coasted down a hill upon this scene, I was reminded of an image from an old Tarzan movie: The Elephant Graveyard. When their teeth were too worn to eat anymore, the sagging elephants would...

My thoughts and observations on people and their vehicles. Looking at cars, mostly.

Spring Thoughts – Topless 1965 Buick Electra 225

noreply@blogger.com (Jeffery Blackwell) — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 03:58:00 +0000

I ran across this unique automobile last spring on the highway between Sterling, IL and Polo, IL. There was a sign that said I was in a community named Penrose. (See map. This car was at the...

My thoughts and observations on people and their vehicles. Looking at cars, mostly.

Deep Patina - 1939 Mercury Eight Convertible

noreply@blogger.com (Jeffery Blackwell) — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 19:37:00 +0000

Click for a very large image This Mercury has been sitting outside the body shop down the road from my house since late last summer. I kept thinking the owner would move it indoors before the snow...

My thoughts and observations on people and their vehicles. Looking at cars, mostly.

noreply@blogger.com (Jeffery Blackwell) — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 21:35:00 +0000

Club Artistes Auto My Canadian friend Paul Chenard made an exciting announcement recently, which I thought would be of interest to readers of Rubber@Road. Anyone who appreciates art and cars -...

My thoughts and observations on people and their vehicles. Looking at cars, mostly.

“Unsafe at Any Speed” – 1962 Chevrolet Corvair

noreply@blogger.com (Jeffery Blackwell) — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 15:31:00 +0000

Look at this adorable little car. It's kind of hard to imagine this cute little Chevy played a pivotal role, not just in automotive history, but American history. In the early...

My thoughts and observations on people and their vehicles. Looking at cars, mostly.

Bringing the Light - 1990 Ford C8000 Utility Truck

noreply@blogger.com (Jeffery Blackwell) — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 14:57:00 +0000

This truck has been working on a major intersection near my home all summer. I’ve noticed it dozens of times, and admired its, well… utility - as well as its softly rounded features and, of...

My thoughts and observations on people and their vehicles. Looking at cars, mostly.

Dan the Packer Man - 1989 "Pacura"

noreply@blogger.com (Jeffery Blackwell) — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:43:00 +0000

NOTE: With football season upon us once again, I am re-posting one of my favorite interviews here. This piece was originally posted on November 10, 2009. I met Dan (“The Packer Man”) from...

My thoughts and observations on people and their vehicles. Looking at cars, mostly.

On Any Sunday - Badger Kart Club - Dousman WI

noreply@blogger.com (Jeffery Blackwell) — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:09:00 +0000

Most Sunday mornings from spring through summer the grounds of the Badger Kart Club are covered with family SUVs and campers pulling boxy trailers. Inside these trailers are miniature garages and in...

My thoughts and observations on people and their vehicles. Looking at cars, mostly.

Caged Bird – 1967 Pontiac Firebird 400

noreply@blogger.com (Jeffery Blackwell) — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:25:00 +0000

When I saw this Firebird staring through the chain-link fence at this storage place outside of Sterling, IL, I have to admit, I empathized with it. It’s not even a car that I have any emotional...

My thoughts and observations on people and their vehicles. Looking at cars, mostly.

Pickup Patina - 1967 Ford F100 Stepside

noreply@blogger.com (Jeffery Blackwell) — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 00:32:00 +0000

I think I might be a “patina guy”. I hadn’t even heard of the expression until it was used to describe me. But it’s the patina that makes me want this truck. Cars and trucks,...

My thoughts and observations on people and their vehicles. Looking at cars, mostly.

Gearhead, wrench, artist

noreply@blogger.com (Jeffery Blackwell) — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:10:00 +0000

As a matter of course, I write about people I don’t know here. I see a unique vehicle; I chase it down, photograph it, and interview the owner. Today, I’m writing about a good friend. Mark and...

My thoughts and observations on people and their vehicles. Looking at cars, mostly.

Your father’s Ferrari - Vintage racing at Road America

noreply@blogger.com (Jeffery Blackwell) — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:21:00 +0000

To those of us old enough to recognize a carburetor, there’s a powerful attraction to cars that possess these old mixing pots for fuel and air. The cars of the post WWII era through the...

My thoughts and observations on people and their vehicles. Looking at cars, mostly.

Vintage Wooden Driver – 1984 Chrysler LeBaron Town & Country

noreply@blogger.com (Jeffery Blackwell) — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 22:31:00 +0000

About the same time that serious golfers were bagging their wooden drivers and moving to metal-headed ones, Chrysler was bolting wood-like panels to its boxy K-car LeBaron, in the 50-year-old...

My thoughts and observations on people and their vehicles. Looking at cars, mostly.

Land Shark; flat black 2000 Ford Taurus

noreply@blogger.com (Jeffery Blackwell) — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:43:00 +0000

I was meeting my friends Clay and Paul in a hip café near campus on the east side of Milwaukee. How hip? Deep fried balls of shredded turkey meat with mashed potatoes and beer gravy? Comet Café....

My thoughts and observations on people and their vehicles. Looking at cars, mostly.

Stock cars at Road America

noreply@blogger.com (Jeffery Blackwell) — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 01:43:00 +0000

NASCAR was in the my neck of the woods over the weekend, and the opportunity to see the big cars muscle around Road America’s 14 – left and right – corners was not to be missed. I’ve been to any...

My thoughts and observations on people and their vehicles. Looking at cars, mostly.

Crazy ‘bout a Mercury Ford

noreply@blogger.com (Jeffery Blackwell) — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 12:51:00 +0000

In tribute to the fallen Mercury, here are some that I have photographed recently. I had my money I tell you what I'd do I would go downtown an’ Buy a Merc'ry or two I'm crazy 'bout...

My thoughts and observations on people and their vehicles. Looking at cars, mostly.

Cartoon Caravan

noreply@blogger.com (Jeffery Blackwell) — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 12:06:00 +0000

I came across this second generation Dodge Caravan parked in downtown Sterling, Illinois one morning. It’s really unfortunate that I didn’t get a chance to meet the owner, because I would love to...

My thoughts and observations on people and their vehicles. Looking at cars, mostly.

Interiors - A Sense of Place

noreply@blogger.com (Jeffery Blackwell) — Wed, 19 May 2010 06:29:00 +0000

click for a very large image Each of these three images of interiors conveys me to a very specific place and mood. click for a very large image Each draws me into their space. As I look...

My thoughts and observations on people and their vehicles. Looking at cars, mostly.

The Unfortunate Tree; A Roadside Memorial

noreply@blogger.com (Jeffery Blackwell) — Sun, 09 May 2010 22:28:00 +0000

It’s too bad someone in a large truck didn’t mow down this tree when it was still a sapling. The seed took hold outside of a bend in a road that otherwise runs straight for a half a mile or so. This...

My thoughts and observations on people and their vehicles. Looking at cars, mostly.

Pensacola Autoworks – 1976 Chevrolet Impala

noreply@blogger.com (Jeffery Blackwell) — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:09:00 +0000

“We do everything custom – bodywork, paint, airbrushing, upholstery, airbags – everything but the motor,” Joe told me. I had met Joe beside Highway 29 in Pensacola, Florida one morning, while I was...

My thoughts and observations on people and their vehicles. Looking at cars, mostly.

Penrose Garage - 1985 Ford Ranger Dragster

noreply@blogger.com (Jeffery Blackwell) — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 21:25:00 +0000

In rural Illinois, unless their path is diverted by a natural barrier like a river or a Walmart, roads are dead straight and 5,280 feet apart. Perfect for driving large farm implements and drag...

My thoughts and observations on people and their vehicles. Looking at cars, mostly.

Magic Bus - Phantom Sonata

noreply@blogger.com (Jeffery Blackwell) — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:13:00 +0000

Click for a very large image I saw this ad on a bus in Madison Wisconsin yesterday, and wanted to send kudos to the artist. Click for a very large image Using the actual...

My thoughts and observations on people and their vehicles. Looking at cars, mostly.

Curtis and Dixie - 1996 Chrysler Sebring

noreply@blogger.com (Jeffery Blackwell) — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:41:00 +0000

If you gotta ghost, you know who ya gonna call. But how do you know if you gotta ghost? You call Curtis, who drives this intense red-on-black 1996 Chrysler Sebring. "You're not haunted until I...

My thoughts and observations on people and their vehicles. Looking at cars, mostly.

Hillbilly Chrome

noreply@blogger.com (Jeffery Blackwell) — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:21:00 +0000

That’s what Gary called the ubiquitous silvery tape he used to reconstruct the rear bumper of his Dakota. I have seen it labeled as both duct tape (tape for sealing ducts) and duck tape (for taping...

My thoughts and observations on people and their vehicles. Looking at cars, mostly.