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Editor's Bench:
13 gone, 9 on...
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2004 Wheels
in Paradise - Ronald Jose’s shook Kaneohe with his
ground-pounding 1966 Chevy Super Sport Nova “No
Rat Here!” |
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By
Danny
Sachs
Honolulu
Streets Magazine.
It’s been a disturbing 13 years since
I moved away from Hawaii, but I’ll admit nine of them have been
soothing. Why?
Because it didn’t occur to me until
after I read last months Hawaii Motorbeat anniversary issue that
this coming November will officially mark nine years I have been
posting Honolulu Streets magazine on the internet. Wow, that’s a
long time! And it might not seem like it now but if you add it up,
Honolulu Streets has covered a lot in that time too.
What’s even more surprising is that
back in 2001, when Honolulu Streets began, it was essentially the
only hot rod and automotive news magazine for Hawaii being posted on
the internet.
Info on when and where the next cruise
night car show would be was tough to find on the internet too. And
if you weren’t frequently going to auto parts stores or a barber
shop around town every month or so, chances were pretty good that
you’d never really see a lot of the cruise night posters that had
been hanging in their windows. I remember the only surefire way to
know when the next cruise night would be was by word-of-mouth.
Yep, and prior to 2004, there were no
message boards or forums for Hawaii’s automotive community like
there are today. In my opinion three of the best have got to be,
Hawaii Talks, Hawaii Performance Mustangs and of course Jalopy
Journal, which covers everything hotrod from everywhere.
So like our Hawaii Motorbeat friends
have done, here’s a run down of what we’ve covered through the
years. But Rather than show you what you can already find in our
street news section, here are nine Honolulu Streets featured
articles that have been tucked away in the archives, and one of the
most all time popular- making the list an even ten.
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1) December, 2003
Originally from Palolo Valley, Sal Salvador makes his futuristic
designs come to life called Space Rods. (Sal
Salvador Space Rod Designs)
2) February 04, 2004
Wheels in Paradise: Ronald Jose’s shook Kaneohe with his
ground-pounding 1966 Chevy Super Sport Nova "No Rat Here!"
3) Also in February 2004
Steven Tavares `37 Ford Pickup was Oahu's delightful Scream-in
Yellow Dream Machine which had been another feature in, (Wheels
in Paradise.)
4)
October 16, 2004
Hawaii Independent Cruise Nights started their own new website filed
under,
(the
article pages)
5)
From August 2005 to June 2006,
Honolulu Star Bulletin Wheels
Columnist, Ed Kemper shared his new car auto reviews with Honolulu
Streets readers. (Wheels
Road Test)
6) In September
2005 Honolulu Streets posted a products-pick page that covered new
hot rod parts from that year. (What's
out there for your Coooool hot rod?)
7) Posted: September 8, 2005
Honolulu Streets Shop Tour: We took a look at Hawaii Plating and
explained what was involved with the chroming process appropriately
titled, Hawaii Plating;
(Keeping
the 50th State Shining Brightly)
8) Posted: Saturday, April 1, 2006
Hot Nostalgic Nights Drags and Show was the last event held at
Hawaii Raceway Park before the track closed for good. (Hot
Nostalgic Nights at Hawaii Raceway Park)
9) Posted on February 16, 2007
And there were a few NEWS FLASH'S in Honolulu Streets too like when
Maui Classic Cruisers hit the net. MauiCarShows.com turned out to be a refreshing
website that delivers info on what’s happening with the car scene on
Maui. (Maui
Classic Cruisers)
10) The all time most popular
to date feature in Honolulu Streets is: Don Pierce’s (Hawaiian Rat Rod / 8-Ball series) first
posted in May 2005. Were gonna do another update very shortly on
Don’s 8-Ball coupe so keep watching for it.
Until next month - Aloha
a hui hou,
If it happened on the streets of Hawaii,
you just might hear it first in Honolulu Streets.
Hawaii's Hot Rod and Automotive News Magazine.
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