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To check out some of my "old" rodding and/or racing pictures, click on the respective arrows below.

LINKS

HotRodHotline / Car Shows / Midwest / Leal Brothers

Whenever my brother and I cover Houston area car shows, we submit extended coverage to Hot Rod Hot Line. To check out the images, follow the path
above. Go the HotRodHotline website, click on the Car Shows tab, look under the Midwest list of their "Roving Reporters" and click on Leal Brothers. I'll
keep y'all posted on which events we've submitted and when Hot Rod Hot Line posts the respective coverage.

HotRodHotline / Car Shows / Midwest / Leal Brothers

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*extended show coverage on Hot Rod Hot Line (Leal Bros.)

I've added a new "page" to my website where I'll be posting images of the monthly "COFFEE AND CARS" event
held down here in Houston the first Saturday of every month. What started as a gathering of exotic vehicles has
become the largest "cruising" event in the area that now includes every imaginable vehicle possible. The event time
is posted as 8am - 10am but if you want to catch it all, I strongly suggest 7am - 9am. Click on the arrow (right)
to check out the latest images and click on the logo to check out their website.

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NOW, ON HOT

Hot Rod Hot Line has just posted
our extended coverage of the
"Oilfield Helping Hands" Auto
Show at Minute Maid Park (Houston
Astros) presented by Erica Enders
Racing and the Space City Cruisers
semi-annual Show and Shine at
Walter Hall Park in League City.
Click on the preview images and
visit Hot Rod Hot Line for more!

ROD HOT LINE!

It's been awhile since I've posted a "STAR CAR" on my
website and recently I was transferring images from my
external hard drive to disk and came across this wild
conversion my brother came across at a Houston area high
school car show (Memorial HS). Without doing any
research, it appears to be a vintage Bentley that's been
converted to an impressive looking street rod. I don't have
any information as far as the owner goes and even though
we go to quite a few car shows, we've never seen it again.

STAR CAR

I saw this photo (left) several times while surfing the Internet so I
decided to find out the story behind it and the story is a very pleasing
one. The photo is of James Rees from Pennsylvania and his pristine 1951
Chevrolet Bel Air coupe. Guinness Book of World Records just gave
Rees the title of "Longest Ownership of a Car Bought New". James
bought the '51 just before going into the Army in June 1951 for $2,163
and needless to say, he's owned it ever since. This year (2013) marks
his 62nd year with the obviously dependable Bel Air. Other than basic
upkeep, the car is still stock from it's 92 horsepower straight six to
the spare in the trunk. It has been repainted once though, to it's
original color of course. The proud owner takes the car out at least
once a week and even now, 62 years later, the car has just under
98,000 miles on it. Great story and obviously a great car.

35th ANNUAL SPRING FLING, ROSENBERG, TEXAS. I'll be sending coverage of the Spring Fling in Rosenberg to Hot Rod Hot Line soon but
until then, here's a sneak preview of a some of my favorite vehicles that were in attendance for it's thirty fifth edition.

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A couple of years ago I started
carrying a compact camera
around with me 24/7. So many
things I had seen on the road but

could never "capture" them. Of course 99% of the images I capture are
automotive related, case in point, the five images posted here. All were taken
while I was about town in the past month or so.

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I took the four-wheel wheelstand of Dennis Piranio's Performance Engines
Vega Funny Car in the late '70s at Houston International Speedway just
south of Houston in Dickinson (check out the ticket price above!). I got to
the track late and Dennis had already fired the Vega up so I took a
picture of his burnout (above) from the opposite lane. Not wanting to miss
a shot, I stayed where I was and focused down track. The Vega came into
the "frame" wheels up and I clicked off a quick shot. Back then, before
digital, I had my own darkroom and when I developed the film, it looked
like all four wheels were off the ground but it wasn't until I developed a
print of the image that the wheels up launch was confirmed. A funny note
concerning this shot. I had a friend who liked the shot so much, he wanted
a copy. He took the copy to the track and gave it to Piranio and told him
that he took the shot. No Charge. No Friend.