How does one go about describing something that has never been done before? Sure, there have been hot rod shops before. Even specialty music shops. But this shop goes beyond that and combines the two together with a bunch of different elements from the ol’ school car lifestyle. From the owners love of both cars […]
Sep 01, 2011 | Categories:custom shops & parts stores, everything else | Tags: 50s, antiques, art, car parts, country, design, grumps garage, hillbilly, hot rod, music, outlaw, rat rod, rock-n-roll, shop, vintage | Comments Off on Grumps-Garage Hot Rod Parts & Music Shop
This week we have the professional local wedding photographer Jerry Southworth. You have seen his work in multiple publications and we are happy to have him on 53D.
Photographer Jerry Southworth was born in San Francisco and raised in Redwood City Ca. As most photographers, Jerry started out shooting for fun and shot as a hobbyist […]
Aug 26, 2011 | Categories:art, everything else | Tags: 50s, American Chopper, art, artist, Baggers, bikes, bikini, bobber, boudoir, burlesque, car show, chopper, classic, custom, gasser, girl, hot rod, hot rods, Jerry Southworth, kulture, lowrider, model, motorcycle, Ol Skool Rodz, Orange County Choppers, photographer, photography, pin up, pinup, pinups, Rabid Magazine, rat rod, rat rods, Rebel Rodz, Retro Lovely, rockabilly, Savage magazine, Tattoo Magazine, Unique Exposure, vintage | Comments Off on Photographer Jerry Southworth
SATURDAY OCTOBER 15th
Fuk The Fallback Car Show at Count’s Vamp’d
Good Car show coming up in October at Count’s Vamp’d. Hope to see you all there.
Aug 17, 2011 | Categories:car shows, everything else, what's happening | Tags: 50s, car show, chopper, classic, custom, girl, hot rod, hot rods, kulture, las vegas, lowrider, motorcycle, photographer, pin up, pinup, pinups, punkabilly, rat rod, rat rods, rockabilly, tattoo, vegas, vintage | Comments Off on Sin City Jokers Presents Fuk The Fallback Car Show @ Count’s Vamp’d
This is an example of “True Talent” nurtured at a young age. The result? One hell of an artist. Junior Huff is the talent behind the brush. You couldn’t ask for a better roll model/teacher, when your the son of custom car builder/designer/artist Bo Huff. Although his dad was a major influence, he pursued, developed […]
Aug 07, 2011 | Categories:art, everything else | Tags: 50s, 53 chevy, 53deluxe, art, artist, bo huff, Bo Huff's July Car Show, bomb, burlesque, burnout, car show, chopper, classic, custom, dead sleds, design, food, fun, gasser, girl, hellbilly fest, hot rod, hot rods, junior huff, kulture, lead sled, led sled, model, motorcycle, music, photographer, photography, pin stripe, pin up, pinstripe, pinstriping, pinup, pinups, punkabilly, racing, rat, rat rod, rat rods, rockabilly, Steve Stella, talent, tattoo, vendors, vintage, Von Dutch | Comments Off on Junior Huff
These guys are known for building bikes for the stars but the cars they got sitting around their garage are sick! Most of these are Danny “The Count” Koker’s and he has an extensive collection for sure… from rat rods to pimp rides, muscle cars and lambos. My buddy Cristian works here and is always working […]
Jul 28, 2011 | Categories:custom shops & parts stores, everything else, hot rods | Tags: bikes, counts, counts customs, counts kustoms, history channel, hot rod, las vegas, pawn stars, rat rod, rockabilly, vegas | 1 Comment »
Problem Child Kustoms
This week for our feature artist we have Brian Stupski of Problem Child Kustoms. I’m not going to give a big long full of hot air intro here because there is no need for it. His work speaks for itself! Check it out, these are some of the best renderings we have seen […]
Jul 23, 2011 | Categories:art | Tags: 50s, art, artist, automotive art, automotive design, automotive renderings, Brian Stupski, chopper, custom, design, hand drawn, hot rod, hot rods, Problem Child Kustoms, rat rod, rendering, sketch, sketching, vintage | Comments Off on Studio PCK
Where is the best place for a new photographer to find beautiful women that like their pictures taken? My answer to this question led me to strip club. While on R and R from Afghanistan with ones in my pocket and pin ups in my head away I went. My name […]
Jul 13, 2011 | Categories:art | Tags: army, chopper, classic, custom, girl, hot rod, hot rods, kulture, model, photographer, photography, pin up, pinup, pinups, rat rod, rockabilly, rockabilly weekend, vintage | Comments Off on Twisted Photography
VARGA PHOTOGRAPHY
Our lovely pin-up of the week, Jenna Beth, has a variety of looks and we love them all! Burlesque, Retro, Car Kulture, Tiki, Modern Pin-up, Classic Pin-up, Sex Kitten, Cupcake…her work embodies them all. We can’t get enough of interesting background settings and images that bring the whole scene to life. However she is […]
Jul 09, 2011 | Categories:everything else, pinups | Tags: 53deluxe, art, Bachelor Pad, bomber girl, burlesque, cupcake, Deadbeat Magazine, Fashion Whore, Fresh Peaches, girl, Gothfox designs, hot rod, King Cat Clothing, kulture, LA Boudoir Miami, model, Ol Skool Rodz, pin up, Pin Up Perfection, Pin-Curl Magazine, pinup, Pretty in Ink, rat rod, Retro Lovely, Retro Lovely Taboo, Retroswimwear.com, rockabilly, Rockabilly Magazine, Tattoos for Women Magazine, The Pin-up Magazine, vintage, Vintage Kittens | Comments Off on Jenna Beth
This week we bring you a drop of sunshine straight from Cali, Marnel Christine. Marnel has a passion for the classic lifestyle that Pin-Up embraces. A girl next door appeal with big dreams and an artistic flare that motivates her work. With luscious lips and bright blue eyes how could you not enjoy the post […]
Jun 29, 2011 | Categories:everything else, pinups | Tags: 50s, bomber, bomber girl, burlesque, girl, glamour, hot rod, model, photographer, photography, pinup, rockabilly, tattoo | Comments Off on Marnel Christine
Great shows coming up!
Bo Huff’s July Car Show – July 8 & 9, 2011 – East Carbon, Utah
Hellbilly Car & Bike Show II – September 24, 2011 – Del Mar, California
RSVP on facebook here: facebook.com
More info: shopbohuffcustoms.com/appearances
Jun 21, 2011 | Categories:car shows, everything else, what's happening | Tags: 50s, 53 chevy, 53deluxe, art, bo huff, Bo Huff's July Car Show, bomb, burlesque, burnout, car show, chopper, classic, custom, dead sleds, food, fun, gasser, girl, hellbilly fest, hot rod, hot rods, kulture, lead sled, led sled, model, motorcycle, music, photographer, photography, pin up, pinup, pinups, punkabilly, racing, rat, rat rod, rat rods, rockabilly, tattoo, vendors, vintage | Comments Off on Bo Huff’s July Car Show – July 8 & 9, 2011
Jim “Reverend Horton” Heath: guitar, vocals
Jimbo Wallace: upright bass
Paul Simmons: drums
Recently, the Reverend Horton Heat, aka Jim Heath, had something along the lines of what he calls an epiphany.
He’s a little tired of being taken so seriously-well, maybe not seriously, exactly, but you get the idea-and lately he’s noticed that some of his […]
Jun 21, 2011 | Categories:everything else, music, what's happening | Tags: beer, classic, country, cowboy, culture, Deadbeat, honky tonk, hot rod, kulture, lone star, music, musical icon, psycho, psychobilly, punkabilly, rat rod, Reverend Horton Heat, rock-n-roll, rockabilly, rockabilly music, surf, texas, upright bass, vintage | Comments Off on Reverend Horton Heat
Jenny Kamoschinski, (aka Jenny Kamo) is the visual artist behind White Wave Studios, in Vancouver, B.C.. A newcomer to the photography scene, her career started off in graphic arts when one day, she borrowed a camera from a friend and realized she has an eye for taking photos. Lover of live music, she started shooting […]
Jun 16, 2011 | Categories:art, everything else | Tags: 53deluxe, burlesque, car show, chopper, classic, deluxe, hot rod, Jenny Kamoschinski, kulture, model, motorcycle, photographer, photography, pin up, pinup, pinups, rat rod, rockabilly, White Wave Studios | Comments Off on White Wave Studios
Wishard Photography
This week we bring you a sexy little California girl who goes by the tune of Symphony Rose. This 22 years ripe, Fallbrook, CA native, brings her fun in the sun sex appeal wrapped behind an innocent, shy smile along for the ride. Here is a few Q&A’s we want to share with you […]
Jun 10, 2011 | Categories:everything else, pinups | Tags: 53deluxe, bomb, burlesque, california, car show, chopper, girl, hot rod, ink iron, model, photographer, photography, pin up, pinup, pinups, rockabilly, Symphony Rose | Comments Off on Symphony Rose
Vegas Cruise Car Display @ FREMONT EXPERIENCE
June 3-5, 2011
Gear Up. Drive In. Rock Out. It’s Vegas Cruise 2011 at the Fremont Street Experience Friday, June 3rd , Saturday, June 4th and Sunday, June 5th , 2011. This is the car show to end all car shows. The hottest rods in the country […]
Jun 05, 2011 | Categories:car shows, everything else | Tags: 2011, car show, cars, custom, fremont street, hot rod, las vegas, old vegas, rat rod, vegas, vegas cruise | Comments Off on Vegas Cruise 2011 Fremont Street
Josh Clason is a freelance filmmaker based out of Salt Lake City, Utah. His love for cars extends through all generations and styles of cars from hotrods to ratrods, from domestics to imports, and from classic to new. Owning over 13 cars and 4 motorcycles during the last 5 years his love for anything automotive […]
Jun 02, 2011 | Categories:art, everything else | Tags: 14, bikes, customs, Depth of Speed, film, filmmaker, hot rod, hotrods, idaho, josh clason, motorcycles, rat rod, ratrods, Salt Lake City, viva las vegas, wrecked metals | Comments Off on Filmmaker Josh Clason
Jenna Kraczek Photography
This week we bring you the red hot Lisa Luxe. Lisa is a Las Vegas local and had a great lineup of pinup photos for us to choose from. She had so many great photos to choose from we had a hard time picking her best ones because they were all so great!
Bio: […]
May 24, 2011 | Categories:everything else, pinups | Tags: hot rod, las vegas, Lisa Luxe, pin up, pinup, rat rod, rockabilly | Comments Off on Lisa Luxe AKA “The Pocket Pin-Up”
American Graffiti
This week we have my buddy Cristian’s 53 Chevy as out feature ride. The car has come a long way since the picture to the left.
He got the car about 3 years from the Clasiq’s classic car marketplace and has been working on it ever since. Its the one he has wanted since he […]
May 10, 2011 | Categories:everything else, hot rods, ride of the week | Tags: 53 chevy, bomb, counts, counts customs, counts kustoms, cristian sosa, flaked, Graffiti, hot rod, kustom, low | Comments Off on Cristian Sosa’s 53
This week we are excited to share with you these dynamic photographs from designer/photographer, Dirk Behlau from Bonn, Germany. His images bring to life a raw, bold sense of power and drive. You feel as though each image is about to come to life and they leave you thinking of what may have happened next. […]
Apr 19, 2011 | Categories:art, everything else | Tags: american cars, car culture, dirk behlau, hot rod, kool lifestyle, kulture, photographer, rat rod, rocktar, The Pixeleye | Comments Off on Dirk Behlau aka “The Pixeleye”
This week we have Mark A. Jacobs as our feature artist/photographer of the week. Mark is a Washington State Photographer with a good old classy American style.
I have been toying with photography most of my adult life. In the beginning I started following the works of Ansel Adams and Edward Westen doing Large format Fine […]
Apr 08, 2011 | Categories:art, everything else | Tags: american, hot rod, jegs, Mark A. Jacobs Photography, photographer, racing, rat rod, rockabilly, summit racing | 1 Comment »
Roy Varga Photography
This week we bring you the vivacious femme fatal, Dixie Rebelle. Browsing through her vast selection of quality shots and the fantastic photographer line-up she has under her belt, we found a little of every style…alternative, classic, fun, dramatic, sex kitten….you name it. One thing that makes pin-up modeling so intriguing is how […]
Apr 08, 2011 | Categories:everything else, pinups | Tags: Bedlamite Clothing, Chris Gomez Photography, Dixie Rebelle, hot rod, Imagery By Mike Basso, Karina Rindt Photography, Kat Attack Photography, Mark Jacobs Photography, Mitzi & Co. Photography, motorcycle, painted pinups, pinup, pinups, rat rod, RD Photograhpy, rockabilly, Roy Varga Photography, Through My Eyes Photography | Comments Off on Dixie Rebelle
For our Pin-Up of the week we bring you the Red Hot Michele Del Ray. She is the full pin-up package, with her own prop if needed (a ’64 Thuderbird!), a house designed to make an interesting shooting location, her own wardrobe and does her own make-up. Just in case you are in need of […]
Mar 07, 2011 | Categories:everything else, pinups | Tags: girl, hot rod, model, painted pinups, philip austin, pinup, rat rod, rk studio, shannon brooke imagery, steve edmund photography, venerable photography | 2 Comments »
The West End Boys Sunday Car Show at the Santa Fe Mining Co. If you plan doing a car show, make sure to get new speakers from http://www.cars-website.co.uk/.
Spring is in the air. There was a huge turnout this Sunday at the show. We got some great photos of some local Vegas rides.
The Santa Fe […]
Mar 06, 2011 | Categories:car shows, everything else, what's happening | Tags: car show, custom, hot rod, las vegas, lowrider, rat rod, Santa Fe Mining Co, The West End Boys Sunday Car Show | Comments Off on The West End Boys Sunday Car Show
This week we bring you Jenna Sherrill for our Pin-Up of the Week. Jenna grew up around car culture and naturally gravitated toward the race track and the retro lifestyle. We first found Jenna through her brother Trent Sherrill, who is an awesome photographer. She has everything a car guy could want from her kick-ass […]
Feb 23, 2011 | Categories:everything else, pinups | Tags: avila graphic arts, hot rod, illusive photography, Jenna Sherrill, keith selle, made u look photography, model, n godinez photography, pinup, rat rod, studio 5 nine photography, Trent Sherrill | Comments Off on Jenna Sherrill
Photo by Robert Alvarado
This week we have Crystal aka “Miss VanillaCake” as our pinup of the week. We had the pleasure of meeting Crystal at the GNRS this year and she has a very likeable, fun, energetic personality, not to mention petite as could be with long beautifully designed blond hair. From hair design to […]
Feb 12, 2011 | Categories:everything else, pinups | Tags: bike, chopper, classic, greaser, hot rod, hotrod, motorcycle, photography, photos, pinup, pinups, racing, rat rod, speedshop, speedway motors | 3 Comments »