New Chairman of Petersen Museum Sees Expansion Ahead Source: The New York Times A new leadership team plans to make the 20th anniversary of the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles more than a milestone on the calendar. The anniversary — in June 2014 — provides an opportunity “to lift the Petersen into global recognition…
Source: Michael Harley | Autoblog.com As a jaded automotive journalist, exposed to some of the world’s finest automotive machinery on a regular basis, it takes something extraordinary to raise my pulse. Yet here I was, standing in the chilly underground vault of the famed Petersen Automotive Museum, and I was getting choked up. Last month,…
Source : Return of the Cafe Racers Customising any motorcycle is a challenge, getting the aesthetics of the bike right along with a good balance of performance modifications is an artform and of all the motorcycles that are being converted to Cafe Racers, modern bikes are arguably the most challenging. Complicated wiring combined with restrictive…
Motor Trend’s Online Show, “The Downshift”, made its way down to HRE Wheels to get a behind the scenes look at what makes this American company and its products so special. [engine_button url=”http://www.youtube.com/motortrend” color=”#ff0000″ text_color=”#fff” size=”tiny” corner=”radius” target=”_blank”] Watch the Video[/engine_button]
We are proud to be part of the marketing efforts for HRE Performance Wheels. Thanks to an extremely targeted Facebook campaign and incredible content/photography, we’ve just passed the 500,000 fan mark. We’re thrilled to represent the best wheels in the business. [engine_button url=”www.facebook.com/HREperformancewheels” color=”#ff0000″ text_color=”#fff” size=”tiny” corner=”radius” target=”_blank”] Find them on Facebook[/engine_button]
Are young enthusiasts disappearing? A panel discussion at The SEMA Show covered this very topic, with speakers from HRE Performance Wheels, Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords Magazine, Formula Drift and powerTV Media. The latest “bonus” episode is a recording of that panel discussion, and its very interesting. [engine_button url=”http://www.carsforaliving.com/cars-for-a-living-podcast/c4al-19-sema-2012-bonus-seminar-2-are-young-enthusiasts-disappearing-from-the-industry/” color=”#ff0000″ text_color=”#fff” size=”tiny” corner=”radius” target=”_blank”]Listen Here[/engine_button]
The Petersen Automotive Museum recently received two vehicles to add to its world-class collection of more than 400 vehicles—“Double Dozen,” a hand-built roadster with a design based on a ’33 Ford, and “Victoria,” an immaculate ’63 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud III. [engine_button url=”http://www.sema.org/sema-enews/2012/50/double-dozen-and-victoria-added-to-petersen-automotive-museum” color=”#ff0000″ text_color=”#fff” size=”tiny” corner=”radius” target=”_blank”]Read More[/engine_button]
In this episode of Cars For A Living we’re presenting the first of two “Bonus” shows that we were given access to record during from SEMA 2012. Specifically, during the SEMA show there are many educational and business development seminars that occur throughout the day, and Dan and I asked to record two specifically that…
Radio hosts Dan Kahn and Rob Kibbe launch a new homepage for their show ‘Cars for a Living.’ You can find all new and old shows in the archive. [engine_button url=”http://www.carsforaliving.com/page/2/” color=”#ff0000″ text_color=”#fff” size=”tiny” corner=”radius” target=”_blank”]Visit C4AL[/engine_button]
Alan Peltier of HRE wheels wows Adam again with his tight science and tells us a dirty little secret about HRE. [engine_button url=”http://www.adamcarolla.com/CarCastBlog/2012/11/live-from-ebay-motors-booth-at-sema/” color=”#ff0000″ text_color=”#fff” size=”tiny” corner=”radius” target=”_blank”] Full Article [/engine_button]
