Anyone who's read Hot Rod, Rod and Custom, Street Rodder or Rodder's Journal will be familiar with Pat Ganahl - he was one of the best automotive journalists ever. Sadly, he died yesterday in an incident with his vintage dragster.
Bummer.
RIP.
Wow. I honestly didn't think he was still around. I have books that he wrote that are almost as old as I am.
RIP Too Tall Ganahl
He was my man hero. I long idolized him and I finally met him and spent a good part of a day with him about 20 years ago. I was not disappointed. They say you should never meet your heroes. That doesn't apply if it's Too Tall !
RIP
I saw him at a lot of swap meets and car shows around the SoCal area for years ,
Always a freindly guy....
Man, that guy seemed like he knew everything about hot rods. He taught me so much throughthe printed word.
Pete. (l33t FS) said:Wow. I honestly didn't think he was still around. I have books that he wrote that are almost as old as I am.
He was 75 years old but was still very active with hot rods and customs. He had a semi-regular blog about their history, based on writings and photos from his files; I've been a long time subscriber and it's a must read. He just sent out a new entry a week ago or so: https://patganahl.com His son Bill has followed in his father's footsteps and runs a high end hot rod shop: https://www.southcityrodandcustom.com
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