Related Year: 1969

By Jim Hodge ■ Surfers are much the same as hot rodders. They’re doers. They experi­ment with surfboard sizes and weights, fin design, cavitation, and techniques, all in an effort to improve up” performance when they’re out on the waves “playing their own song.”

By John Thawley ■ At times Tim Beebe and John Mulligan appear to have just stepped off the drawing board of the prolific and painfully amusing Al Capp. But the ink never dries on Beebe and Mulligan, and the characterizations never set. They are characters, but they are real characters, not interpretations locked in newsprint.

What’s it take to bring back the past? For some, a little four-banger track roadster, for others, a sano two-door with a four-haler Bo Jones had to have both. To get his hard eight, Bo built two ’62 Chevy II four-cylinder mills. One fits his roadster and mates to a three-speed, the other was installed into his ’27 Ford sedan with a Powerglide trans.

HR May 1969 – Groundshaker Jr.

The trend toward Danish Modern furnishings has been readily accepted by automakers, as witness the walnut seen on dashboards, door panels, and steering wheel rims. It was rapidly followed up by a number of specialty manufacturers offering do-it-yourself kits to give older cars a touch of wood.