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Alan Mayes

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About Me

Managing Editor of Car Kulture DeLuxe and Ol' Skool Rodz magazines. Book author of Old School Hot Rods and Old School Choppers. Also freelance writer for various motorcycle magazines.Very happily married to world's coolest wife.No offense, but if you ask to be added as a friend and your profile is set to "PRIVATE," I'll deny the request.

My Interests

Kustom cars, real hot rods, fine American & European motorcycles (stock or otherwise).

Music:

Roots style rock & roll - Jerry Lee Lewis, Eddie Cochran, Carl Perkins, Little Richard, Gene Vincent, early Elvis, Roy Orbison, Beatles, Johnny Cash, John Mellencamp, Dwight Yoakam, Dick Dale, Dion, Ventures, Carl Mann, Wanda Jackson, etc.Good rockabilly & surf - Star Devils, Southern Culture On The Skids, Rumblejetts, Horse Cave Trio, Lonesome Spurs, Hot Rod Trio, Danny Dean & the Homewreckers, Mad Max & the Wild Ones, Jason Wilson, Reluctant Aquanauts, etc.

Movies:

Gone in 60 Seconds (the original), LeMans, The Sting, Hot Rod Girl, any James Bond, Dodgeball

Television:

Nah

Books:

Mine! and any hot rod and custom books by Tony Thacker, Robert Genat, Ken Gross, Pat Ganahl, Roger Jetter, Albert Drake, Dain Gingerelli. Rockin' Down the Highway by Paul Grushkin.

Heroes:

Men and women who've worked, died, and sacrificed for the past 250 years to make this the greatest place in the world to live.