street rod saturday

Spent my last saturday afternoon at the european street rod nationals in Thun. The weather was awful but thanks to the roofed location, no one got hurt, um...wet. Being a street rod event, it wasn't an easy task to spot traditionally built cars, so the selection got quite limited. Here are some of the rides that caught my attention.

hangar rockin' 2008 st. stephan

The Hangar Rockin' 2008 is history. It was one hell of a weekend, I met so many great people and time was even too short to party with everyone I wanted to... Well I hope to catch on at the 2009 edition. The new location is far bigger than the previous one at the Birrfeld airfield. In fact, it was almost too big. Maybe that's why I felt like having spent a weekend hiking through the mountains. Actually, it was sort of that, as St. Stephan is close to the alps of the Berner Oberland. Two things that really sucked were the toilets and showers, or rather the lack of both of them. But as said, I had a killer time and even found the time to take some photos. Check out the cool slideshow or click through the pics by yourself.


Bitchin' 1932 five window coupe from the Aces car club


Stöffel beating the shit outta his '41 coupe


The fastest car of the day: 1932 roadster


Hot rod rumble


Nice model A coupe from Italy


All the way from Hamburg, Germany: 1951 Ford Panel


Killer caddy coupe from the Crazy Cruisers


49-50 chevrolet coupe shootout


Nice scenery!

coming soon: hangar rockin' 2008 photos

We had a killer time at the 2008 Hangar Rockin'! While I'm recovering from the weekend, I'm digging through the pics I took in order to select a few for you. Until I'm ready with that I gotta show you one teaser pic of a bitchin' Chevy coupe blasting down the 1/8 mile race track. Stay tuned.

get ready for the hangar rockin' 2008

Get ready for the Hangar Rockin' 2008! It's gonna be a blast, it's at a new and bigger location, and there is even an 1/8 mile drag race! If you're still not sure whether or not you're gonna attend this event, check out those pics I dug out from my archives. The photos below are from the 2006 edition and I even found some 2004 pics on my "other" website. And click here for the 2007 photos. See ya.







Say hello to my old vw bug! I still regret that I had to sell it, it was so much fun to drive.

barn build

Sometimes you find the coolest stuff at the most unexpected places. It started with the invitation to a vintage style summer night party on the countryside in central Switzerland. When we got there, we were welcomed by a more than 100 years old hotel. As some other guests brought some old american iron to the event, I took a few photos. While running around the hotel site, I passed an old barn where some young guys were working on a ricer. Nothing interesting I thought. But when I got closer, I spotted the roof of an old Ford in the small garage. I got even closer and noticed that the roof of what turned out to be a 1930 Ford pickup truck was chopped! After a chat with the countryside hot rodders, I found out that the owner of the truck is going to channel it. And there's even a french Cargo flathead waiting on a shelf... Cool as hell.

just another chopped merc

There will always be a place in my heart (and in my garage, too) for a chopped Mercury Coupe. Especially if it's such a badass car like the one you see above. As there are literally tons of chopped mercs around in all sizes and shapes, it must be hard to build one that's subtle and classy but stands out from the (merc) crowd at the same time. This one definitely does. Pictures from the HAMB.

1947 chevrolet aerosedan

Sandro Vogel lives in the western part of Austria, close to the swiss border. I met him at the Solèr Speed Shop Open House, together with his daily driver and grocery getter, a bagged 1955 Chevrolet 210 with a 350 engine. His first car ever, by the way. He told me about his new project, a 1947 Chevrolet Aerosedan. In my eyes, they are something like factory customs and don't need much improvement, apart from lowering and maybe a cool paintjob. He just sent me the pics above and I did a quick photoshop, as I simply couldn't wait to admire the future stance of this awesome car. Of course, he's gonna bag it and it should be up and running next summer. Way to go, dude!