Wolf Motorsports Magazine Chattanooga Fall Cruise USA 4.00 CA 5.00 06 00002 00002 February 2015 Issue 2 Volume 6
Table Of Contents: pg 3. Story Teller!!! pg 4. Chattanooga Cruise-In - Coker Tire & Honest Charley Speed Shop pg 46. NSRA Events 2015 pg 47. Goodguys Evens 2015 pg 48. Cruisin the Information Super Highway!!! pg 50. Subscribe!!! pg 51. Bench Racing!!! On the cover: Custom Merc!!! Wolf Motorsports Magazine Owner: Jeffrey A and Heather D. Wolf Editor/Publisher: Jeffrey A. Wolf Photographer: Jeffrey A. Wolf Contributing Artist: Heather D. Wolf Logo and Web site: Nancy Long Story Teller by: Jeff Wolf This weather is not very conducive to driving our cars This weather is not very conducive to driving our cars. I need to perform a little maintenance on mine. I ve got the parts but ever since they came in the mail it has been way too cold do install them. My garage is unfortunately not heated, and I ll probably run out of time before it gets warm again and my buddy and my schedules work together. So, with that being said, I ll just take it to my buddies at the Hot Rod Shop to complete it. I mean I can do it, but it would take me much longer than it will them. Besides, I need to get my estimate for paint and body to have it ready for the 2015 show season. I have complained quite a bit this week, as we had 3 days in a row with below freezing temperatures, ice and then snow.and although the roads are mostly clear now, we are expecting more of the same tomorrow just in time for the weekend. I will admit, I do miss Texas when it comes to this type of climate, however, I m very thankful I don t live in the North East or elsewhere that is buried in snow or very cold weather. After all this type of weather is not very conducive to driving our cars! WMM All material including but not limited to the logo, content and photographs are the property of Wolf Motorsports Magazine and cannot be copied without the written consent of Jeffrey A. Wolf of Wolf Motorsports Magazine. 2009 Wolf Motorsports Magazine does not guarantee acuracy of the content written by contributers to the magaine. 2009 2 www.wolfmotorsportsmagazine.com 3
It is called the Chattanooga Cruise-In, it started out as an open house at Coker Tire and Honest Charley Speed Shop now it s a cool laid back car show right in the heart of downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee! All the streets surrounding Coker Tire and Honest Charley s are closed off which allows hundreds of hot rods, cool customs, muscle cars and trucks to come in an enjoy a day of rest and relaxation in the hot rod world! This is currently a one day event that features an open house at Coker Tire and Honest Charley Speed Shop and has two versions, a Spring Cruise-In and this one here the Fall version! Enjoy, WMM!!! 4 www.wolfmotorsportsmagazine.com 5
(top) These patina d body style Chevrolet C-10 s are HOT right now! (bottom) This is one clean Chevrolet Chevelle, love the red line tires! While the little guy under the hood may have gone out of style the slammed, 5 spoked, lake piped, scalloped way cool 58 Chevrolet wagon certainly has not. 6 www.wolfmotorsportsmagazine.com 7
This is one cool hotrod. Check out the mile deep black paint, the red pinstripe and the polished 5 spokes! Simply Classy!!! I think I like two-toned Tri-5 pickups a bit better than ones that are only a single color. Tons of custom touchs all rolling on modern sized polished 5 spoke hoops! 8 www.wolfmotorsportsmagazine.com 9
This Tri-5 has a killer stance and is very bright with red and white twotone paint. The engine compartment is spotless and the interior has been modernized a bit but still looks very classy! 10 www.wolfmotorsportsmagazine.com 11 11
This is one cool Plymouth. That color is very elegant, the steelies match the color and the interior perfectly. Here is proof that you can take an early 60 s station wagon, give it a slammed stance and add some large hoops and have a cool cruiser! 12 www.wolfmotorsportsmagazine.com 13 13
Here is a cool little 5 Window Coupe with jet black paint, polished Americans and 3 deuces for power! The interior is decked out in bright red leather, has some cool gauges and is on fire!!! 14 www.wolfmotorsportsmagazine.com 15 15
I never thought that when these cars were originally produced that they would ever look this cool. It just goes to show you how creative people are in this hobby of ours! Ther interior has an all original appearence except the steering wheel and some aftermarket gauges! 16 www.wolfmotorsportsmagazine.com 17 17
This is one cool MOPAR! I love the Sublime Green color with black graphics, 440 MOPAR!!!!! Honest Charley Speed & Custom front row parking. Hopefully next year I can get their early enough to part out front! 18 www.wolfmotorsportsmagazine.com 19 19
All different shapes and sizes came out this nice fall day to play in downtown Chatanooga! (top) Coker Tire helped sponsor the show and has some of the best rubber on the planet! (bottom) Smooth 5 Window Ford!! 20 www.wolfmotorsportsmagazine.com 21 21
This cool little roadster had no shortage of motorvation with a Buick Nailhead for power!! The interior had a touch of old air craft with some distressed leather covering the seats! WAY COOL!!! 22 www.wolfmotorsportsmagazine.com 23 23
Traditional Kustom Merc purists may not appreciate what we have here but I ll have something for them in an upcoming issue! Not a Merc gauge cluster, but is till cool none the less. Check out the remainder of the interior...nice!!!! 24 www.wolfmotorsportsmagazine.com 25 25
I m so thankful to have had the opportunity to tour Honest Charley Garage! I ll have to go back multiple times to make sure I ve seen everything!!! Looks like there may have been a bit taken off the top. Interesting ride for sure! 26 www.wolfmotorsportsmagazine.com 27 27
More eye candy from inside Honest Charley s Garage. Check out the flathead setting there just waiting! The garage was clean and well organized as you can see in the photo to the right. Here we have photo of one of the walls in the front office of Honest Charley s Garage. Check out that intake and carb setup! 28 www.wolfmotorsportsmagazine.com 29 29
I really like the interior of this trucks, plane and simple and the new wood in the bed is just right and the finish matches the rest of the theme! They don t always have to have shiny paint on them do they? I think not! Check out the stance and the polished Americans! 30 www.wolfmotorsportsmagazine.com 31 31
Here we see two different tri-5 s with differing opinions of how things are supposed to be!! Neither of them are wrong! Both are AWE- SOME! I m beginning to see more and more white hot rods of various makes and models. Do I see a trend? this one has ghost flames! 32 www.wolfmotorsportsmagazine.com 33
The interior is a perfect match as is the nicely done wood bed with what appears to be body colored stainless hardware. This F-100 is simply stunning with it s mile deep purple paint 34 www.wolfmotorsportsmagazine.com 35 35
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(top) The parts counter at Honest Charley s Speed Shop (bottom) Check out one of the many photos of the museum and collections of Corky Coker! Need some speed parts??? 38 www.wolfmotorsportsmagazine.com 39
(top) check out the antique motorcycles on display (bottom) WOW!! Henry Ford would be proud!! Here is a fine example of the antique motorcycles on display!! 40 www.wolfmotorsportsmagazine.com 41
There was also several old engines on display at the Chatanooga, Tennessee HQ. 42 www.wolfmotorsportsmagazine.com 43
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TM 2014 Event Schedule 2015 EVENT SCHEDULE Southwest Street Rod Nationals Plus Southwest Street Rod Nationals Plus April 10th, 11th & 12th, 2015 606 West 28th Place State Fair Park Lawrence, KS 66046-4620 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 785-842-6890 Western Street Rod Nationals Plus Western Street Rod Nationals Plus April 24th, 25th & 26th, 2015 59518 Grandview Court Kern County Fairgrounds Elkhart, IN 46517-8215 Bakersfield, California 574-875-4032 Street Rod Nationals South Plus Street Rod Nationals South Plus May 1st, 2nd & 3rd, 2015 2058 Summitview Drive Chilhowee Park & Exposition Center Longmont, CO 80504-7761 Knoxville, Tennessee 303-776-7841 Mid-America Street Rod Nationals Plus Mid-America Street Rod Nationals Plus May 22nd, 23rd & 24th, 2015 59518 Grandview Court Ozark Empire Fairgrounds Elkhart, IN 46517-8215 Springfield, Missouri 574-875-4032 Street Rod Nationals East Plus Street Rod Nationals East Plus June 5th, 6th & 7th, 2015 2058 Summitview Drive York Expo Center Longmont, CO 80504-7761 York, Pennsylvania 303-776-7841 Rocky Mountain Street Rod Nationals Plus Rocky Mountain Street Rod Nationals Plus June 26th, 27th & 28th, 2015 606 West 28th Place Colorado State Fairgrounds Lawrence, KS 66046-4620 Pueblo, Colorado 785-842-6890 Street Rod Nationals Plus National Street Rod Association August 6th, 7th, 8th & 9th, 2015 4030 Park Avenue Kentucky Exposition Center Memphis, TN 38111-7406 Louisville, Kentucky 901-452-4030 Street Rod Nationals North Plus Street Rod Nationals North Plus September 11th, 12th & 13th, 2015 2058 Summitview Drive Kalamazoo County Expo Center & Fairground Longmont, CO 80504-7761 Kalamazoo, Michigan 303-776-7841 Northeast Street Rod Nationals Plus Northeast Street Rod Nationals Plus September 18th, 19th & 20th, 2015 606 West 28th Place Champlain Valley Exposition Lawrence, KS 66046-4620 Burlington, Vermont 785-842-6890 Southeast Street Rod Nationals Plus Southeast Street Rod Nationals Plus October 9th, 10th & 11th, 2015 59518 Grandview Court Florida State Fairgrounds Elkhart, IN 46517-8215 Tampa, Florida 574-875-4032 MARCH March 7-9 Scottsdale, AZ 5th SPRING NATIONALS WestWorld of Scottsdale Featuring Hot Rods, Customs, Classics, Muscle Cars and Trucks thru 72, Goodguys AutoCross, Vendors, Swap Meet, Cars 4 Sale Corral and All American Sunday. March 14-16 Fort Worth, TX 4th SPRING LONE STAR NATIONALS Texas Motor Speedway Featuring Hot Rods, Customs, Classics, Muscle Cars and Trucks thru 72, Goodguys AutoCross, Vendors, Swap Meet, Cars 4 Sale Corral, Track Cruise and All American Sunday. March 29 & 30 Pleasanton, CA 32nd ALL AMERICAN GET-TOGETHER Fairgrounds in Pleasanton Featuring All Years of American Made or Powered Hot Rods, Customs, Classics, Muscle Cars and Trucks, Goodguys AutoCross, Indoor Car Show, Vendors, Swap Meet and Cars 4 Sale Corral. APRIL THE BEST IN THE WEST! April 4-6 Del Mar, CA 14th MEGUIAR S DEL MAR NATIONALS Del Mar Fairgrounds Featuring Hot Rods, Customs, Classics, Muscle Cars and Trucks thru 72, Goodguys AutoCross, Indoor Car Show, Vendors, Swap Meet, Cars 4 Sale Corral and All American Sunday. April 25-27 Kissimmee, FL ALL AMERICAN NATIONALS - KISSIMMEE/ ORLANDO Osceola Heritage Park Featuring All Years of American Made or Powered Hot Rods, Customs, Classics, Muscle Cars and Trucks, Goodguys AutoCross, Vendors, Swap Meet and Cars 4 Sale Corral. NEW EVENT FOR 2014! MAY May 16-18 Nashville, TN 9th NASHVILLE NATIONALS LP Field, Tennessee Titan Stadium Featuring Hot Rods, Customs, Classics, Muscle Cars and Trucks thru 72, Goodguys AutoCross, Vendors, Swap Meet, Cars 4 Sale Corral and All American Sunday. MAY/JUNE May 31 & June 1 Pleasanton, CA 21st SUMMER GET-TOGETHER Fairgrounds in Pleasanton Featuring All Years of American Made or Powered Hot Rods, Customs, Classics, Muscle Cars and Trucks, Goodguys AutoCross, Indoor Car Show, Vendors, Swap Meet and Cars 4 Sale Corral. June 6-8 Loveland, CO 17th COLORADO NATIONALS The Ranch Events Complex Featuring Hot Rods, Customs, Classics, Muscle Cars and Trucks thru 72, Goodguys AutoCross, Vendors, Swap Meet, Cars 4 Sale Corral and All American Sunday. June 6-8 Indianapolis, IN ALL AMERICAN NATIONALS - INDIANAPOLIS Indiana State Fairgrounds Now Featuring All Years of American Made or Powered Hot Rods, Customs, Classics, Muscle Cars and Trucks, Goodguys AutoCross, Indoor Car Show, Vendors, Swap Meet, Cars 4 Sale Corral and Goodguys Saturday Night Demolition Derby. June 13-15 West Springfield, MA GRUNDY WORLDWIDE INSURANCE ALL AMERICAN NATIONALS - W. SPRINGFIELD Eastern States Exposition Now Featuring All Years of American Made or Powered Hot Rods, Customs, Classics, Muscle Cars and Trucks, Goodguys AutoCross, Vendors, Swap Meet and Cars 4 Sale Corral. JULY July 4-6 Des Moines, IA 23rd HEARTLAND NATIONALS NEW LOCATION, DATE & FORMAT FOR 2014! NEW FORMAT FOR 2014! FATHER'S DAY WEEKEND! THE MID-SUMMER CLASSIC! Iowa State Fairgrounds Featuring Hot Rods, Customs, Classics, Muscle Cars and Trucks thru 72, Goodguys AutoCross, Vendors, Swap Meet, Cars 4 Sale Corral, Saturday Night Fireworks Extravaganza and All American Sunday. THE BIG ONE! July 11-13 Columbus, OH 17th GOODGUYS PPG NATIONALS Ohio Expo Center Featuring Hot Rods, Customs, Classics, Muscle Cars and Trucks thru 72, Goodguys AutoCross, Vendors, Swap Meet, Cars 4 Sale Corral, Friday Nite Vintage Drags at National Trail Raceway and All American Sunday. July 25-27 Puyallup, WA 27th WESCO AUTOBODY SUPPLY PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONALS Washington State Fair Event Center Featuring Hot Rods, Customs, Classics, Muscle Cars and Trucks thru 72, Indoor Car Show, Vendors, Swap Meet, Cars 4 Sale Corral, Friday Nite Vintage Drags at Pacific Raceways and All American Sunday. Goodguys Schedule as of 9/5/13. All dates subject to change. AUGUST August 15-17 Spokane, WA 13th GREAT NORTHWEST NATIONALS Spokane Co. Fair & Expo Center Featuring Hot Rods, Customs, Classics, Muscle Cars and Trucks thru 72, Indoor Car Show, Vendors, Swap Meet, Cars 4 Sale Corral and All American Sunday. August 22-24 Pleasanton, CA 28th WEST COAST NATIONALS Fairgrounds in Pleasanton Featuring Hot Rods, Customs, Classics, Muscle Cars and Trucks thru 72, Vendors, Swap Meet and Cars 4 Sale Corral. OCTOBER October 3-5 Fort Worth, TX 22nd LONE STAR NATIONALS Texas Motor Speedway Featuring Hot Rods, Customs, Classics, Muscle Cars and Trucks thru 72, Goodguys AutoCross, Vendors, Swap Meet, Cars 4 Sale Corral, Track Cruise and All American Sunday. October 24-26 Charlotte, NC 21st SOUTHEASTERN NATIONALS Charlotte Motor Speedway Featuring Hot Rods, Customs, Classics, Muscle Cars and Trucks thru 72, Goodguys AutoCross, Vendors, Swap Meet, Cars 4 Sale Corral, Track Cruise and All American Sunday. NOVEMBER November 8 & 9 Pleasanton, CA A SALUTE TO OUR 25th AUTUMN GET-TOGETHER VETERANS! Fairgrounds in Pleasanton Featuring All Years of American Made or Powered Hot Rods, Customs, Classics, Muscle Cars and Trucks, Goodguys AutoCross, Indoor Car Show, Vendors, Swap Meet and Cars 4 Sale Corral. November 14-16 Scottsdale, AZ 17th SOUTHWEST NATIONALS WestWorld of Scottsdale Featuring Hot Rods, Customs, Classics, Muscle Cars and Trucks thru 72, Goodguys AutoCross, Goodguys Top 12 Vehicles of the Year, Vendors, Swap Meet, Cars 4 Sale Corral and All American Sunday. National Event Friday Nite Vintage Drags AutoCross All American Sunday THE CROWN JEWEL! THE GRAND FINALE! National Street Rod Association 46 www.wolfmotorsportsmagazine.com 2014 GOODGUY ENTERPRISES, INC. Goodguys P.O. Box 9132 Pleasanton, CA 94566 925.838.9876 good-guys.com Goodguys... Cool Cars! Cool People! Good Times! 47
Cruisin the Information Super Highway... The February 2010 issue of Wolf Motorsports Magazine marked another first, the addition of Cruisin the Information Super Highway...! This section of the magaizne showcases links to special interest areas of the World Wide Web that deals with our love for the hobby! Sit back in your easy chair, grab a refreshing drink and expand your daily entertainment value with web sites that will get your mind wondering!!!!! Enjoy the latest addition!! Wolf Motorsports Magazine www.oldrustinweeds.com www.hiboys.com www.aemgarage.com www.gearheadgazzette.com www.darrylstarbird.com www.redmonsrockinrides.com www.hotrodthreads.com www.goodoleboyssandiedgo.com www.btskustomz.com www.good-guys.com www.hatfieldrestorations.com www.savethesalt.org www.mercurycharlie.com www.vintageair.com www.chattanoogacruise-in.com www.gtacc.org www.newstalgiawheel.com www.ridetech.com www.gmperformanceparts.com/erod www.theisca.com www.sema.org www.autorama.com/casi www.larrywilliamsgraphics.com www.lokar.com www.motoraustin.com www.barrygrant.com www.motortexas.com www.nhra.com http://www.johndagostinokustomkars.com/ 48 www.wolfmotorsportsmagazine.com 49
Bench Racing Bench Racing is defined in several different ways. The urban dictionary defines Bench Racing as: 1. To discuss quarter mile elapsed time of a car based on a list of modifications or horsepower estimate. 2. To discuss the estimated output (in horsepower) of one engine versus another based on lists of modifications done to each engine. 3. To discuss the estimated output (in horsepower) of one engine versus another based on lists of modifications done to each engine. Subscribe to Wolf Motorsports Magazine? If you really like what you see in the magazine and would like to be added to the subscriber distribution list to be notified of upcoming issues. It s simple, all you have to do is visit www.wolfmotorsportsmagazine.com and click on the subscribe link. Fill out the subscription form. This will place you on a distribution list, and an email will be sent to your email address when a new issue is ready for your viewing pleasure. THAT S IT!! On the other hand, if you don t care for the magazine and you would like to be removed from the distribution list and not receive any future communications from Wolf Motorsports Magazine, you may unsubscribe at the same link at www.wolfmotorsportsmagazine.com. Note: Wolf Motorsports Magazine will not sell or use your email address for anything else but communication of upcoming issues and other changes going on at Wolf Motorsports Magazine. Thank you for your interest and support!!! Jeff Wolf Motorsports Magazine While I do agree with the Urban Dictionary s definition of Bench Racing, Bench Racing in the context of this section of the magaine will be defined as: 1. Discussion of ANYTHING automobile related between at least two individuals with the goal of passing time at a car show, sharing automotive related ideas, opinions or entertaining themselves or others. Please feel free to share your bench race session wtih the readers by emailing: benchracing@wolfmotorsportsmagazine.com Choosing the right paint color As all of you out there in Hot Rod Land know, choosing the right paint color is the most important choice you have to make for your ride next to wheel selection. As you know if you make the wrong color choice or wheel choice it can make or break the look! My first car was a 71 Nova SS and it left the factory with that infamous lime green color, which I loved! It was an easy choice of what color to go with when I had that car repainted. Even though it wasn t probably the first choice of many, it was mine! It was a color that at that time wasn t very popular! So, with that being said there wasn t many of them around or even at the shows back then. Now my car is a 67 Impala SS and it was originally covered in Butternut Yellow. While this color is factory, it is certainly not the one I want on my car. Now the car is a shade of purple that once was full of shine and void of any imperfections, however, there were years where the car had to set out in the elements rendering it a purple primer now and has received the nickname of Barney. As the car has grown up from its younger years and will be known for high end class, modern performance and holding some other modern touches while still retaining the classic B-Body lines, the car will be going to paint very soon and will likely still be known as Barney but will emerge a more classic, elegant and refined Barney. When choosing the right paint color, make sure you do your homework, I hope I studied enough! WMM Let s Bench Race!!! benchracing@wolfmotorsportsmagazine.com 50 www.wolfmotorsportsmagazine.com 51