Hot Rod Garages - Tapa dura

You ve seen the hot rods and custom rides, even looked into the hot rodding lifestyle, but what about where it all starts'in the garages humble or grand where countless hours of machining and wrenching, welding and shaping, elbow grease and inspiration bring a hot rodder s vision to life. In this book, acclaimed hot rod photographer Peter Vincent takes readers into the shops and garages of more than two dozen rod and custom builders across the U.S. From individuals crafting the cars of their dreams to prominent shops turning out cool rides for top dollar, these are the builders in their element.For the hot rod builder, a working environment takes on a whole new meaning; and here, in fascinating pictures and words, readers learn how shops and garages inform and reflect each custom creation. The book offers an intimate look into the garages of legends like Pete Eastwood and shop such as Rolling Bones; celebrated builders-for-hire like Vern Tardel, and Cole Foster; and top-of-the-line shops such as Brizio Street Rods and Steve Moal s operation. The result is the next best thing to being there a book that vividly summons the nature of these spaces and the cars they produce. Peter Vincent has created a very compulsive read that is difficult to put down! As the name suggests the book is packed with high-resolution pictures and insightful information from 18 of America's top hot rod and custom car builders. In this book Peter Vincent has visited the following garages: Roy Brizio, Pete Eastwood , Cole Foster , Pat Foster , Cam Grant, John Gunsaulis , Gary Harms , Terry Hegman , Ron Jolliffe , Bob Lick , Steve Moal, Dick Page, The Rolling Bones , Don Small , Cal Tanaka, Vern + Keith Tardel, Billy Vinther , Dale Withers , In creating this book Peter Vincent has captured the spirit and unique style of each hot rod garage together with what motivates them to build such fantasic creations. Cam Grant's 1932 Ford roadster project and an old Pontiac. If you are looking for inspiration then this book will definately help! There are lots of pictures of various show cars both past and present as well as some interesting photos from the Rolling Bones on the build of their '34 Ford three-window hot rod. --Just Customz, May, 2009.....This is an exceptional book by Peter Vincent. Contains a lot of real class photos and some of the best hot rod shops I've seen. This is a highly recommended addition to your collection -- --Wenatache Valley Cruisers, July, 2009

For those of you who like to get your 90-weight-coated paws on some car-themed reading material, we're continuing with this book-review thing. Today we're checking out a weighty slab of a coffee-table book. Hot Rod Garages poses something of a dilemma for the intended audience, because it really ought to live in the garage, where you can thumb through it while digging deep for motivation to work on that rusty '61 DKW Munga Hell Project... but you'd feel a twinge of guilt the first time you dropped a torque converter on its snazzy three-dimensional cover (the windows in the cover's garage illustration are actual holes cut through the cover, an effect that doesn't show up so well in photographs but is pretty cool in person). The concept behind the book is quite simple: Vincent visited the garages and workshops of 18 builders of vehicles that fall within the hot rod and/or custom tradition and documented what he found. Some are big names and some aren't; all create some pretty serious machinery, and their shops range from primitive to palatial. Here's the list, for those of you who might be interested in particular car builders: Roy Brizio Pete Eastwood Cole Foster Pat Foster Cam Grant John Gunsaulis Gary Harms Terry Hegman Ron Jolliffe Bob Lick Steve Moal Dick Page The Rolling Bones Don Small Cal Tanaka Vern & Keith Tardel Billy Vinther Dale Withers I cracked open this book hoping to see hundreds of obsessive closeups of battered tools and weird engine parts on scarred workbenches, which wasn't what I found; most of the photographs show entire cars, many of which aren't parked in the garages in which they were created. That's not really a problem, however, because plenty of the non-garage photos were shot on the Bonneville salt flats and just about all the cars are serious gearhead pr0n. You get a generous helping of text for a coffee-table book, including interviews of car builders and the author's reminisces of his experiences with them. Best of all is the fascinating history of the Moal family's operations in East Oakland, written by Michael Dobrin, and the extensively documented buildup- practically a how-to guide- of the Rolling Bones' George Poteet '34 coupe. The verdict: a Three Rod Jalopnik book rating. An enjoyable book for the average car geek, a big improvement over the tedious stuff that sits on most coffee tables... and pure un-stepped-on crack for those hooked on the traditional hot rod aesthetic. Murilee says check it out! -- --Jalopnik dot com

...it's a beautifully produced book, from the Physical Grafitti-style cover to the final page and provides a fascinating insight into the different lives of some of American hot rodding's most passionate and talented exponents. And just wait till you see Pete Eastwood's living room.... --Custom Car, December, 2009

Welcome to the garages and shops of eighteen modern street rod, hot rod, and custom car builders, as presented by bestselling hot rod photographer and author Peter Vincent. From the state-of-the-art setups of street rod giants to the private lairs of old-school hot rodders, these are the hallowed grounds where countless hours are spent machining, wrenching, welding, and shaping—and where likeminded friends entertain one another while they bring their visions rumbling to life. Featured are:

Roy Brizio

Pete Eastwood

Cole Foster

Pat Foster

Cam Grant

John Gunsaulis

Gary Harms

Terry Hegman

Ron Jolliffe

Bob Lick

Steve Moal

Dick Page

The Rolling Bones

Don Small

Cal Tanaka

Vern & Keith Tardel

Billy Vinther

Dale Withers

Throughout, Vincent depicts these builders and their cars in the context of their workspaces, in the process showing how their garages inform their art. The result is the next best thing to being there—an exquisitely presented book that distills the varying nature of hot rod garages and the cars created within.