Downtown Winston-Salem, North Carolina – the cigarette capital of the world. On a small two-way street in the art district, the noise of an 18-wheeler echoes off the buildings, catching ears that hear the pitter pattering of a beast approaching. People turn to see only a flat black Cadillac with a metal-flake red hard top with four riders inside. Everyone looks down the road past the Caddy to see where the source of that truck-like noise is, and then they are rudely startled by a romp of the throttle and a billow of black smoke coming from the Caddy’s four-inch side pipe in its front fender. That’s followed by some cursing from those on the sidewalk. Jason Livingston and crew laughing from inside the car make a perfect scene at the Heavy Rebel Weekender bash on July 4th. Livingston, a construction worker who hails from Lenoir, North Carolina, built a Frankenstein of a car: a 1965 Cadillac with a Turbo Diesel Cummings drive train. He, like so many, wanted to do something different, but he had no etchings or drawn-out plan. Rather, a combination of efforts and fate led his wife’s (Amanda Livingston) Cadillac to become what it is today. ”Plus, I like blowing black smoke on people on the side walk. They’re waiting on a truck to come by or something. This car comes by, and we blow black smoke on them. I guess it makes people mad that we laugh about it and go on,” said Livingston. Livingston has owned the car for five years. Last year, the car was a flat Carolina Blue color with a gold top, but it was changed for good reasons. ”We did a flat black because with the pipe out the side, it would spew black smoke on the side from the front to the back,” said Livingston. “After a day’s driving you can still see black smoke all the way down the side. Plus, we just needed a change.”
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TOYOTA Speedway at Irwindale 500 Speedway Dr., Irwindale, CA 91706.
Any girls attending the show that are interested in modeling for Garage stop by the Rebel Rouser Vintage booth for a meet and greet and pick up information. We will also have some magazines and media kits for potential advertisers if your there for business.
We’ve got some shirts that are lookin’ for some backs to go on! And they start at only $5! But if you’re looking for a little “fancier” item, say for that special man or little lady in your life, we’ve got some for $10 and $15 too! Come on in and make it rain! Make it rain! And for you real high rollers…playas who ain’t afraid to pay full price, we’ll have our new winter line of T’s and Hoodies making their debut. Be the first on your block to own one. Store opens at 7am this Saturday, November 14th. BLOWOUT items will go fast, so get your lazy ass out of bed and get on down here.
Not that we encourage people being stalkers but we got a request from Rob up in Canada to see some more of Hotdog’s work. Here ya go Rob! More Hotdog pictures than have ever been assembled in one place at one time. Fabulous, glorious, and metal flaked within an inch of their life. Keep the requests rollin in … but not your Rob, you’ve had yours for the year.
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