<![CDATA[Jalopnik: Bomba]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jalopnik.com.png <![CDATA[Jalopnik: Bomba]]> http://jalopnik.com/tag/bomba http://jalopnik.com/tag/bomba <![CDATA[ Hot Latin Nights Kicks Off Week Of Woodward Cruising With Hydraulic Hijinks ]]> We told you we would be down at Detroit's Campus Martius last Friday night for the "Hot Latin Nights" lowrider show, and we have proof of our presence. Yeah, okay, we may have showed up a little late, but we have many important people to see about many different things. We're making up for our tardiness with pictorial eye-candy: Instead of our normal camera-fumbling, this time we went nuts and collected some HDR images for you guys. We're still testing the waters on this new-fangled technique, but it sure does make spit-polished and posed-up lowriders look pretty rad. As an aside, if you find yourself down there this week for the other events leading up to the Woodward Dream Cruise, we recommend hitting Foran's Irish Pub for the Foran Burger. You might pass out from the awesomeness overload.

]]> Jalopnik-400213 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:20:00 EDT Ben Wojdyla http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=400213&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[ 1954 Ford ]]> We've seen 11 Alameda vehicles from the 1950s in this series, but not a single one of them was a Ford product. Well, that changes today! I spotted this heavily customized Ford when I was lured down an East End side street by a quick glimpse of a late-60s Dart, spotting this '54 in all its lowered orangitude just across from the Mopar (don't worry, Dart fans, you'll see that '69 pretty soon). There's no telling which model this car is, what with the utter absence of any sort of trim, but I'm hoping it's a Mainline. Damn, that's a great car name- bring back the Mainline, Ford!


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I'm not sure what category this thing falls into, and I don't care. I imagine hair-splitting purists of several camps might be outraged by some aspect or other of this car, but it looks good. That's what counts, right?

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Blankets over the seats and plywood door panels. The interior could be a work in progress, or this might be the intended end result. Hey, it looks comfortable!

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Shave the handles, lose the trim, but keep the hubcaps!

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Even though it looks mean without the grille, I'm hoping there's a grille of some sort in this car's future. 1954 was the first year for Ford's new overhead-valve V8, but we don't know what powerplant lives under that hood. 427 Cammer? One can only hope.

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Best of all, the owner of this car also has a lowered '47 Plymouth that's equally sweet. Stay tuned!

]]> Jalopnik-305938 Thu, 04 Oct 2007 09:00:00 EDT Murilee Martin http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=305938&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[ Careful With That Bomba: Renault Dauphine ]]>

Looking for gas mileage so good that a miserly talking eyedropper personally squeezes drops of go-go juice into your carburetor? In 50s Brazil, the choice was clear: Renault Dauphine! – Murilee Martin

Related:
Vintage Brazilian Cop Beetle Hoonage [internal]

]]> Jalopnik-240859 Thu, 01 Mar 2007 16:33:23 EST Murilee Martin http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=240859&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[ Cuidado La Bomba! Extreme Late '40s Lowrider ]]>

Don't be put off by the police tape around this late '40s-era Ford bomba-lowrider mashup — it probably won't bite. But don't get too close; you might have to face down a guard unicorn who's got a switchblade for a horn. [Thanks to Dave for the tip.] [Gallery]– Mike Spinelli

[via Knuttz]

Related:
Liz Cohen's Lowrider Trabantcamino Project [internal]

]]> Jalopnik-210617 Fri, 27 Oct 2006 11:30:45 EDT Mike Spinelli http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=210617&view=rss&microfeed=true