Ever the perfectionist, Petersen Publishing Company’s longtime lead photographer still regrets one oversight: “Looking at the ‘chromes after the shoot, I thought a bunch of decals on the window would have been a nice touch—Mooneyes, Isky, Edelbrock.” Big Bob also revealed that the convincing wooden prop was custom-built by Randy Holt Sr., Robert E. Petersen’s brother-in-law. HRM Editor Bob Greene (squatting) is shown directing cover models Bob Runyon, proprietor of Runyon Marine and Automotive, and Bill Johansen. This previously unseen scene was captured by another staff photographer, Pat Brollier.
BEST YET.
Starting in 1955, employees whose Petersen Publishing Co. duties involved cameras were required to submit a brief description and location for each roll or batch of exposed film turned in for processing. Someone on the small lab staff assigned each roll a file number and transferred the information by hand onto one line of notebook paper inside of a three-ring binder. After that particular strip of film dried, technicians cut it into sections for folding into a number-matching paper sleeve for filing behind locked doors, accessible only to department head Bob D’Olivo and a handful of trusted lab workers. Whoever shot the film got back a numbered proof sheet, only, from which to order prints for publication. Not even editors expected to ever see actual negatives.
Even after Xerox machines became commonplace in Petersen’s early Hollywood buildings, nobody bothered to photocopy the only set of directions to millions of B&W negatives stored since D’Olivo initiated the archiving system with his own film of Palm Springs road racers (including five action shots of a nondescript Porsche entered by an unknown newcomer, name of Dean).
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Cal, Nick & T-33
REBORN.
Backstage Past Part 10:1963
This Glendale, California, photo session produced the Bob D’Olivo (behind camera, right) transparency that became one of HOT ROD’s most-artistic covers.
Travellin Deuce
A stock height windshield, in conjunction with a body that’s been channeled the full width of the frame, gives the ex–De Fillipi/La Masa ’32 roadster a chunky, almost perky appearance. Discrete lakes pipes peek out beneath the framerails, just behind the firewall. In the mid-’50s, the lakes plugs exited (curiously) in front of the rear wheels.
back to basics
bountiful. the ’32 ford has become the quintessential hot rod, thanks to its good looks and the fact that the model year coincided with ford’s release of a v-8 engine in addition to the reliable four-cylinder.
Nothing Screwy About It
In this space in the Sept. ’16 issue I wrote about several topics, including the Screwdrivers car club of Culver City, California, and whether or not the famous cocktail was named after the club.
Blue Bird
Fathers. The plan was this: My son Sebastian and I had just finished one of many restorations, the Blood Sweat & Gears 1948 Prefect.
Mark of Excellence
Tilt. Somewhere in a small farming town in central Illinois is a garage with a couple of car builders who live in a time warp that starts and ends in the 1960s.
his purple passion
eli english was a grade schooler when he first spotted this '34 couple peering through the open doors of a local garage. thirty years later, he got to work on this period-perfect late-'50s hot rod and put her back on the road.
waterlogged trog
waterlogged trog
