Long time subscribers to Garage Style Magazine will recognize the byline of columnist Rodney Kemerer and his popular “Tales From the Garage” column and sometimes feature from the magazine. Good news!
Rodney is back and his collection of the “best” Tales in now available in his new, highly illustrated book, “Tales From the Garage” available on Amazon, which also includes the history of the column and a forward from Garage Style Magazine’s publisher, Don Weberg.
Talesfromthegarage.com will give you the amazing advance reviews and ordering info. Nice to see another member of the GSM family in book form!!
Check out the follow-along notes, transcript and more details for this episode at GTM
Here are a couple of excerpts from Tales to enjoy…
From Issue 31, November 2015 “The Reigning Queen” by Rodney Kemerer
The longest reigning queen on the throne of England, Queen Victoria, was often described as “ample and stately.” This applied not only to her physical appearance but also her deportment. “Victoria,” a 1963 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud III, named also for her ample and stately nature, was the longest reigning queen of film director John Frankenheimer and his wife, Evans, many garages. Over a lifetime of automobile ownership that included some of the rarest and most refined vehicles on the planet, only one remained in their possession through fad, fashion and gas crises. See more on Amazon!
From Issue 32, February 2016 “Our Father’s Car” by Rodney Kemerer
Joe Massengale made perhaps the longest journey in American society. One of fourteen children, the son of a sharecropper, in a part of the South that, at the time, felt as primitive and as backward as anything in America. Joe promised himself upon leaving Texas as a young man, that he would be a success. His own vision of that success would pale in comparison to his actual life. See more on Amazon!
From Issue 45, May 2019 “Split Second” by Rodney Kemerer
Well past midnight, I heard the distant rumble of a high-powered engine approaching and sure enough, at high speed, a 1963 Split Window Corvette Coupe flew past me with a deep roar. I was a car crazed kid, so I knew exactly what it was. Hard to miss the 327 V-8 with its foot in it.
The car zoomed past me, and way off in the distance, it suddenly hit the brakes. As I started my run toward the car, it quickly went into reverse at the same speed it had passed me only seconds before. Tires smoking and screaming, the car raced backwards and came to a complete stop right next to me. The passenger door popped open and a voice from the dark interior said, “Where you goin’?” See more on Amazon!
