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    Girls With Cars: Photographs By Phillip Hall

    The Patinas Of Billetproof Nor-Cal 2009

    Rust, Tatts, and Straight Pipes: Billetproof Nor-Cal 2009!

    1961 Chevrolet Bel Air Station Wagon

    Project Car Hell, Fun With Engine Swaps Edition: Hero Of Billetproof!

    The Stupidest Awesome Car At Billetproof 2009: Lowest Car Ever

    Ya Don't Drive, Ya Aim! Motor City Drag Racing, 1958

    When You Need To Make That Old Truck Run This Weekend: Volvo-Powered Model T!

    Le Camino? Rat Rod Citroen 2CV Pickup Truck

    The Door Art Of Billetproof Nor-Cal 2008
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    10/27/09

    In reply to Girls With Cars: Photographs By Phillip Hall
    Nobody seems to have noticed that the first car is a green Chrysler Newport. All pinup girls look better in a Newport- it's a proven scientific fact! #photography
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    10/24/09

    In reply to Girls With Cars: Photographs By Phillip Hall
    Sugar and the Grand Inquisitor... which is which? Could be fun, either way. #photography
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    Image of AustinMiniMan AustinMiniMan
    10/24/09

    In reply to Girls With Cars: Photographs By Phillip Hall
    Can we please make the current front page of Jalopnik infinitely more bearable, and enjoyable, and post only #5? #photography
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    10/24/09

    In reply to Girls With Cars: Photographs By Phillip Hall
    Okay, maybe I missed the memo.

    But growing up in Southern California, there were Hot Rod and Muscle Car gatherings at everywhere on any given weekend in places like Redondo Beach, Hermosa Beach, Long Beach, Manhattan Beach, San Pedro, different parts of San Diego, etc. As a child, my dad took me to all of them. And as I learned to drive, I went to many of them with my buddies. We always went because the coolest cars in California could be found there.

    But the girls? Ummm...no. There were some cuties, as evidenced by the likes pictures 3, 5, 6, and 10 above, but most others were two hundred pound, chain-smoking blobs wearing too-small tube tops and boy shorts to show off their mass of poorly done and poorly thought-out tattoos with raspy voices, a cigarette in their mouths, asking us high school kids if we wanted to have a good time.

    Yeah, no thank you.

    If it was girls you were going for, Hot Import Nights, Import Showoff, etc. were the places to be. The cars weren't to our taste, but every kind of gorgeous girl you think of, from leggy blondes, tall and beautiful African American women, and cute-sexy little Asian models could be found there. Sure, some of them might have been bitches in real life. But you weren't there to get into relationships. You were just there for a little eye candy. #photography
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    pauljones was starred pauljones was unstarred
    Image of eggwich del fiero eggwich del fiero
    10/24/09

    In reply to Girls With Cars: Photographs By Phillip Hall
    F, F, F, FF, M, F, F, F, F, F'n M, F, F.

    I'm just not the killing type. #photography
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    eggwich del fiero was starred eggwich del fiero was unstarred
    Image of Scoutch Scoutch
    10/24/09

    In reply to Girls With Cars: Photographs By Phillip Hall

    Keep all your trailer queens and trailer trash; my heart (and other bits of my body I value highly) STILL belongs to three time NHRA Top Fuel champion Shirley "Don't call me Cha-Cha" Muldowney. These girls make better hood ornaments than top fuel drivers. Bruce Springsteen wrote lyrics about illegal drag racing in rural New Jersey, Shirley Muldowney drove the damned cars! #photography
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    Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet promoted this comment Scoutch was starred Scoutch was unstarred
    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    10/24/09

    @Scoutch: Heart like a wheel... #photography
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    Image of CptSevere CptSevere
    10/24/09

    In reply to Girls With Cars: Photographs By Phillip Hall
    I like punk rock betties and rockabilly broads. They can bait their own hooks and shit in the woods. I'd hang out with any of these beauties. #photography
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    Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet promoted this comment CptSevere was starred CptSevere was unstarred
    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    10/24/09

    In reply to Girls With Cars: Photographs By Phillip Hall
    Be nice to these girls, or they'll run you down.

    The photos seem to require a lot of processing to get these effects. Lovely work. #photography
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    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    10/24/09

    In reply to Girls With Cars: Photographs By Phillip Hall
    I enjoyed Phillip Hall's other galleries. The females in this gallery are a little tough-looking to me. #photography
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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    10/24/09

    @skaycog: The other galleries are better, but imagine my disappointment when I clicked on the link for the "headlights" gallery.

    I will refrain from judging the women in these photos, lest I be deemed a misogynist, so I'll let you judge them for me.

    But if you say anything disparaging about "Monika" (#5), or the nameless young lady in picture #10, I'll have to un-heart-clicky you. #photography
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    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    10/24/09

    @smalleyxb122: Yeah, yeah, yeah....I bet you and all the guys were disappointed in "headlights". Ha!

    My opinion of these females agrees with yours...5 and 10 are easier on the eye. The others are just 'ruff'.

    Did I keep my heart-click? #photography
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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    10/24/09

    @skaycog: Yeah, you're safe. #photography
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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    10/24/09

    @smalleyxb122: Monika and #10 are definitely the class of this field. The rest don't do much for me, but to each his own. #photography
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    10/24/09

    @Tomsk sez so long Ash78, and thanks for all the fish!: Yeah, but be fair. Consider the dudes you mostly see with their cars. It's a wonder the rear view mirrors don't crack. #photography
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    10/24/09

    @skaycog: I'm going to go ahead and come out and say that I'm glad I'm not the only one that found some of these girls a little out of my taste range, and I am especially glad that you made the post before me.

    /End awkward moment. #photography
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    Image of JesusHChrysler JesusHChrysler
    09/20/09

    In reply to Rust, Tatts, and Straight Pipes: Billetproof Nor-Cal 2009!
    okay number 12 in the second set has me baffled. what kind of motor (or aftermarket head)is that? that carb placement is odd for an inliner.
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    thunder; now eta-powered promoted this comment JesusHChrysler was starred JesusHChrysler was unstarred
    Image of thunder; now eta-powered thunder; now eta-powered
    09/20/09

    @JesusHChrysler: I was wondering the same thing... do they have intake & exhaust reversed on a couple of the cylinders?

    And that ClusterTruck... I think I need to have that, or one like it. That thing is all kinds of awesome! I'd probably need to lose the license plate tho.
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    thunder; now eta-powered was starred thunder; now eta-powered was unstarred
    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    09/21/09

    @JesusHChrysler: I s'pose if you've got the gear you can grind your cams however you want 'em. You want that cylinder inhaling through the breather vent? Uh, okay. Then you just weld up whatever crazy-ass plenums you need.
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    Image of Buickboy92 Buickboy92
    09/20/09

    In reply to Rust, Tatts, and Straight Pipes: Billetproof Nor-Cal 2009!
    I like that slammed Rolls-Royce. Never seen one like that. Very cool.
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    Buickboy92 was starred Buickboy92 was unstarred
    Image of 900pilot 900pilot
    09/20/09

    @Buickboy92: Agreed. That thing is teh straight-up biz-NASS.

    Typically, I'm not one for modded Rollers. I feel that Rolls-Royce (particularly 45+ years ago) had it right straight from the factory. This thing, however, transcends to a whole new level of sickness.

    I'm trying to imagine what the interior looks like. Do I want it to be flawless Corinthian leather, but with no door panels and Vice-Grip window cranks? Or perhaps it should be a 100-hour example of expert duct tape hand-craftsmanship? Murilee, please tell me you have some more shots of this, my new symbol of jalop lust.
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    Murilee Martin promoted this comment 900pilot was starred 900pilot was unstarred
    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    09/21/09

    @900pilot: The owner of the car is a friend of a friend, so I'm going to see about doing another photo shoot, this time with all the info. I know it has a modern Ford Modular engine.
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    Image of Franzouse Franzouse
    09/20/09

    In reply to The Patinas Of Billetproof Nor-Cal 2009
    In the voice of my french 11th grade art teacher:"Beoldl ze paradoxicall biootea of ze work of ze rust monster...dat, my chill-drehn is arrrt!"
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    Image of discontinuuity has left the Jalop until further notice discontinuuity has left the Jalop until further notice
    09/20/09

    @Franzouse: It took me a minute to understand that. I was wondering what "bio-tea" was.

    In the voice of my ageing hippie 11th grade art teacher: "Yeah man, it's like a metaphor for life. Like, we all get old and decay, but there's still beauty in that, man."
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    09/20/09

    In reply to The Patinas Of Billetproof Nor-Cal 2009
    I think you should do a test and pick a couple of these, print them as an abstract painting and see how much you could sell them for in a gallery. I don't mean they are a con; I mean they are that interesting, that entrancing. Plus, of course, cash is good. Murilee can get that little MG finished that much more quickly!
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    Image of Rockford Brodie and the Masters of the Hooniverse Rockford Brodie and the Masters of the Hooniverse
    09/20/09

    @Novaload: Or just claim that they all have hidden images of the Virgin Mary and sell them on eBay.
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    09/20/09

    @Novaload: Austin-Healey! Austin-Healey!
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    Image of Theimbellis Theimbellis
    09/20/09

    In reply to The Patinas Of Billetproof Nor-Cal 2009
    Uhm, Jalopnik, 800 x 600 screen size is excellent for computer displays...

    ...10 years ago!

    You guys need to stop downsizing the pictures and leave it anywhere around 2560 x 1600 because that is today's displays' screen size.
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    Matt Hardigree promoted this comment Theimbellis was starred Theimbellis was unstarred
    Image of Matt Hardigree Matt Hardigree
    09/20/09

    @Theimbellis: Click fullsize.
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    Matt Hardigree was starred Matt Hardigree was unstarred
    Image of Theimbellis Theimbellis
    09/20/09

    @Matt Hardigree: We did and it shows up the same (800 x 600, that is). We double checked with Photoshop and it certainly is the same. Sorry to disappoint you.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    09/20/09

    @Theimbellis: Uhm, Theimbellis, getting pictures at all is a great thing. Stop complaining.

    Also, you must be doing something wrong, because when I click "fullsize", the picture I get is at least 1280.
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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    09/20/09

    @Theimbellis: "Full size" most definitely provides up to 1600x1200 images. Which is pretty standard to generous for most of "today's displays" whatever that means. Murilee has sized the images to 1280px wide, but it's still a fair bit larger than your 800x600 claim.
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    Edited by Ben Wojdyla at 09/20/09 5:01 PM Ben Wojdyla was starred Ben Wojdyla was unstarred
    Image of MrHowser: Now on XBL as NoReturnPolicy MrHowser: Now on XBL as NoReturnPolicy
    09/20/09

    @Ben Wojdyla: He was a Giz troll before he was a Jalopnik troll... oh lordy.

    I can imagine the flame wars he must have started over there.
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    Ben Wojdyla promoted this comment Edited by MrHowser: Now on XBL as NoReturnPolicy at 09/20/09 9:53 PM MrHowser: Now on XBL as NoReturnPolicy was starred MrHowser: Now on XBL as NoReturnPolicy was unstarred
    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    09/20/09

    @MrHowser: i'm well aware and Theimbellis' status internally is appropriately reflected.
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    Ben Wojdyla was starred Ben Wojdyla was unstarred
    Image of Paul Y. don't drive too fast. Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
    09/20/09

    In reply to The Patinas Of Billetproof Nor-Cal 2009
    Excellent. My wallpaper slideshow right now is last year's set. I'll have to add these to the rotation.
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    Paul Y. don't drive too fast. was starred Paul Y. don't drive too fast. was unstarred
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