The Rodder's Journal is a full-color, premium, coffee table style quarterly; the result of a lifelong mission to capture the soul of hot rodding and its vibrant history.
Appearing on both covers are the re-created T-buckets of Norm Grabowski, as cloned by kustom kulture artist Von Franco. He finished the later version, the famous "Kookie" T, a decade ago. Just recently the first version of the T-the very first T-bucket, in fact-rolled out of his garage. This one, the "Lightnin' Bug," looks subtle compared to the later version, but it changed the hot rod world in 1955. We show both cars, reveal their history, and cover their re-creations in TRJ #36.
