Rolling Bones Drove Here From New York

By Jen Dunnaway

Editor-at-Large

Keith Cornell and Ken Schmidt’s ‘32 Three-Window Coupe struck a nice contrast to SEMA’s scads of glittery show cars, looking spare and mean in the Motorbooks booth with its oil-leak-smelling Y-block and highway crud still clinging to the chassis. Incredibly, the guys actually drove the ‘32 here from New York, setting out for SEMA on October 26th and even managing to score a speeding ticket along the way. When you look into this ride’s Mexican-blanket interior and check out the wiperless windshield, minimalist dash, and louvers-and-chicken-wire ceiling treatment, it’s hard not to consider how much we take our modern cars’ creature comforts for granted. Rolling Bones certainly gets the distance award for their burly roadtrip, and extra points for running a SEMA show car in the weather on the open road, just as it should be. More pics below the jump, and check out blogs of Rolling Bones’ cross-country adventure at the Motorbooks RideHub page.