The Iron and Steele podcast

Have we run out of actual historical cars to discover? Now we’re just inventing history and manufacturing provenance out of the ether? Listen and decide for yourself.

The Dream is a spooky departure from car-related stuff just for Halloween. Give it a listen if you want to be creeped out by the story of a reoccurring dream that eventually proved to be a puzzling glimpse into a real event.

The process of building a hot rod can be daunting. Two Hours A Night offers a few ideas for staying focused on the task at hand.

The story of a ‘32 Ford 3 Window Coupe that spent 60 years in the rafters of a barn.

The follow up to a story I told a while back about a Model A Pickup that made its way to me not once, but twice. Original article on IRONANDSTEELE.COM

The story of how my hot rod Model A Coupe, “The Business” came to be. Original story on IRONANDSTEELE.COM

You’ll never regret a drive in an old car. Don’t make excuses! Drive them!

In this episode I talk about some of the dos and donts when it comes to trying to make a deal on an old car.

The basics when it comes to selling an old car. It may seem straightforward, but about a million poorly-constructed classifieds ads beg to differ. Don’t be a dufus, build a proper ad, here’s how.

We all get it: The non-car-guy screeching at you, asking what year your old car is, or telling you about how their dad “had one just like it” - How you handle it, that’s up to you!

Robert Stack, the stoic, stern-faced baritone-voice host of Unsolved Mysteries may have scared the hell out of kids in the 1990’s, but 50 or so years before that he was tearing up the dry lakes in his hot rod Model A Roadster.

A story I wrote last year recapping 2021’s event, and some words about 2022 and Pat Ganahl.

Part 1 of a 2-part story about a model a truck that followed me home twice. Full story on ironandsteele.com

The story of a beautiful 1932 Ford 5 Window Coupe built by a life-long car guy with an incurable disease: the hot rod addiction!

A quick story about some of the lessons I’ve learned when trying to buy and build a traditional hot rod.

Jack Corley was a fixture in the PNW hot rod and racing community for decades. This, is Jack’s story.

The story of a father and son that travelled from Portland, Oregon to Anderson, Indiana to purchase a forgotten hot rod built in 1964, and then drive it all the way home.

A short rant about our ever-shrinking hot rod and custom car community, plus a Q+A about hot rods, custom cars, writing, operating a website, and other related subjects.

The story of how a spare tire cover somehow led to the purchase of my dream car, a 1936 Ford Roadster.

Erwin Von Homeyer terrorized drag strips in the PNW for a majority of the 1960’s. Fifty years later, the cars he raced have been rediscovered and put back on the track by enthusiast and car collector, Robbie Davis. This is the story of how it came to be, and how the Von Homeyers are still winning to this day.

For a decade, I tried to buy a 1956 Chevy Nomad I found sitting in a lean-to in rural Oregon. This is the story of the chase, and ultimately, the purchase.

Kevin Burton, a mild-mannered business man, secretly toils away in his garage for years to build his dream car. The result is a stunningly-executed 1934 Ford hot rod.

The story of how an obscure listing for an estate sale turned into the Holy Grail of automotive finds.