Given that the august Mister Jalopy hasn't seen fit to update his marvelous catalogue of wonderous things in over a month, Coop hopped in his new Falcon (the wagon is sadly still in a lawyer-induced state of disrepair
It's Mister Jalopy's World, We Just Exist in the Form of Jalopnik.com
Oh, to be Mister Jalopy. We say this now and then, but we never get around to doing so. San Pedro, undoubtedly, has some fine garage sales. We mean, just look at the place! But we're sentimental and have a hard time throwing away junk mail at times, and we've got a nice third of a triplex largely held together with…
Mister Jalopy on Street Racing in Modest Automobiles
"There is some surprise when people learn that I am not only a driving enthusiast but am also an accomplished street racer. Granted, sometimes my opponents don't know we are racing. They think they are in a hurry to get to work in their M5."
Mister Jalopy Offers Up Vintage-Car Advice
The wise sage of Hooptyrides, Inc. layeth down invaluable advice on the procurement, care and feeding of automobiles that may or may not be as old or older than you are. Download the handy .pdf file, suitable for printing, laminating and storing in one's somewhat-greasy glovebox.While downloading, click past the jump…
A Catchall Cornucopia at Hooptyrides
The incomparable Mister Jalopy offers up boundless love to those as obsessive as he (or, in the case of the Department of Entropy guy) possibly moreso. We've got S-Class collections. We've got amazing Can-Am erasers in both physical and CG-rendered form. And of course, we've got Mister Jalopy's inspired prose to tie…
Mister Jalopy On Can-Am Erasers
If there's one thing we hate about Mister Jalopy it's that he simply doesn't post enough. We realize that he's busy building things and whipping Hooptyrides, Inc. into shape. And yet somehow we missed his post on one of our absolute favorite things ever — the Can-Am era. If there is one episode in the last century we…
Mister Jalopy Takes it to the Banks'
While we love us some Coop and some Iowahawk, there are few men on the planet who write about the sheer, shameful/shameless geekery of being an abject car nut than Mister Jalopy. So while we did run a bit about Coop and the mighty 'Hawk's visits to Gale Banks' Gearhead Invitational, we just ran across Mister Jalopy's…
Mister Jalopy on the Value of Inconvenience for Convenience's Sake
As is established by now, Mister Jalopy is quite the sage, pundit, and/or what-have-you. We once called, got his voicemail and were horrified to learn that his real name is not Mister Jalopy. Even Coop (his oftentime garage-saling partner) and his wife refer to him as such. However, so's not to horrendously spoil the…
Turn Your Home Into a Filling Station!
Mister Jalopy is right. It is impossible to read the Service Station Supply catalog without considering installing a couple gas pumps. Regardless, these snazzy decals really caught our eye. We especially like the one that reads, "Turn off cell phones and beepers." Beepers? Who has a beeper anymore? More than that, who…
Mister Jalopy Kicks it Becker-Style
When we first got our El Camino, we swapped out the decrepit Pioneer head unit for a more modern JVC piece that featured eight watts of raw power to each door-mounted speaker. Our friend Peet got in the car and said, "Sweet. Your radio's got a 'Metal' button." And indeed, it did. We miss the Metal button. Sometimes we…
