Rat Fink cruiser is the "MOTOR MEDIA Official Mode of Transportation"

Joe tending bar at the 2003 MOTOR MEDIA Christmas bash at Lava Lounge, Hollywood, CA.

Ira Gabriel, Publisher of HOT ROD Magazine (and one of the coolest guys in our industry) meeting and greeting our US Troops at Camp Pendelton during the 2004 HOT ROD POWER RUN.

This is a group shot of my '99 Chevy Corvette, 2004 Viper and new Cadillac 2005 XLR when we went on the HOT ROD Magazine POWER RUN.

This is one of my neighbor Joe's many cars that he built by himself. This Roaster was actually dug out of a river bed in AZ and rebuilt from scratch by this guy!

Me and my '51 Chevy Fleetline that I purchased from David Freiburger, Editor of HOT ROD Magazine who owned it at the time with Terry McGean of Rod & Custom Magazine.

This is my next door neighbor and close friend Bobby Pelli who is in the midst of restoring a primo California original '49 Merc Convertible. Drool! Drool!

Check out more of Bobby's amazing automotive and motorcycle artwork at www.motoarts.com

Ford Timberlake on the left (named after the Ford Motor Company) is my god son and the son of Scott Timberlake, a long standing Primedia and Petersen Publishing ad guy extraordinaire and another good friend of the MOTOR MEDIA family. Ford is hangin' with my main man and cousin Steve Mal (Cousin Eddie's son) in town for the Dodgers vs Yanks game in '04.

My brother-in-law, Gary, the original Marve and legendary originator of the ''Everybody is a Marve'' line!

"DA BOSS MAN" our beloved client Peter MacGillivray, SEMA's head honcho of Marketing and Communications making things happen again!

The SEMA PROVING GROUNDS, SEMA SHOW Daily, Overhaulin' TV Studio and Mopar Alley are a few of his latest brainchilds. Keep up the good work Peter!

"Well my accounting team just showed up!" Jay Leno SEMA SHOW '05