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Chattanooga Cruise In–April 6th, 2013
As you know, we’re running wide open and rarely have enough time to sit down and blog about the happenings around here. One of the things that gets us fired up is the Chattanooga Cruise In, which is a massive gathering of hot rods, right here at Honest Charley! We try to tell all of…
Read MoreCruise In at Honest Charley Sept 29th!
In case you haven’t heard, we’ve teamed up with Coker Tire to host a huge Cruise In twice per year. Our April Cruise In was a major success, with 500 cars in attendance, so we’re doing it again on September 29th! We worked hard to choose a date that didn’t conflict with other local cruse…
Read MoreHarold’s 1913 Underslung Restored
After a full frame-off restoration, Harold Coker’s 1913 American Underslung is ready to hit the road. As the guys get the car ready for the first few shakedown runs, Harold and Greg Cunningham offer some impressions of the car and the restoration for the camera. The American Underslung may very well be the first “lowered”…
Read MoreHot Rods are Meant to be Driven!
We love it when a dude hops in an old car and drives it across the country. That’s exactly what John Gilbert is doing with this crazy chopped Model A coupe. John works for a guy that buys and sells cars, and caught wind that he had purchased this Model A on eBay. The car…
Read MoreThe Nationals!
That’s what we call it around here, but the long version is the NSRA Street Rod Nationals in Louisville, Kentucky. We go up there every year to join more than 10,000 of our closest street rodding friends, and this year was no different. We had a great event with lots of great business, but we…
Read MoreRemember the Days of Shop Class?
Unfortunately, our youth may not have the chance to experience all of the fun and skill-building instruction that shop class offered for so many years. Vocational classes are an endangered species these days, and it will take a big effort to keep shop class alive here in the United States. Luckily, the Collectors Foundation is…
Read MoreAmerican Pinstriping
When Howard Horn picked up a paint brush in the late 1970s he didn’t know he was picking up a career choice. Howard’s been lettering and pinstriping his way through cars, trucks and signs across the country. He’s worked on early cars, semi trucks, motorcycles and everything in between through the last five decades.
Read MoreT-Buckets Come to Honest Charley!
Honest Charley Speed Shop is known for its deep roots in the hot rodding industry, and T-Buckets have been a big part of the scene for many years. In fact, Mike Goodman (Honest Mike) built a T-Bucket in the ’70s and drove it all over the United States. Now, the National T-Bucket Alliance is bringing…
Read MoreNSRA Street Rod Nationals South
It’s really great to have a national street rod event just up the road from our shop in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Even if we don’t set up as a vendor at these semi-local shows, we always like to go check ’em out, to see all the cars and potentially find a cool deal in the swap…
Read MoreDavenport Deuce Update!
Will Davenport is a dedicated Honest Charley Speed Shop customer. We’ve been working with him to provide all the parts for his ’32 Ford roadster build, and it’s really looking good! Will keeps us posted on his progress by sending pictures and messages along the way. We’re glad to have him as a customer, and…
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