Category: VALT Stories
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We Have a New Format for Talking Cars!
Check out the new format on our interview with Jason Woods from Chasing the Apex. We had a ton of fun with this one folks, so give it a watch and be sure to sub to our channel for more videos in the future. Cheers!
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HIGHLIGHT REEL: BLACKHAWK
By Gabriel Ionica I go to a lot of car shows in my free time and I’ve seen a lot of incredible cars ranging from your cousin’s Lexus to that CEO’s Ferrari/Lamborghini. Even having experienced such automotive excellence, nothing could prepare me for what I saw at the VALT Auto Club x Blackhawk Museum show…
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TALKING CARS VIDEO 002: MONTY TAYLOR’S 300ZX 50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
Here we go folks! Video no. 002 in the Talking Cars series is finally up. Expect to see a whole lot more coming at you in the next few weeks. Thank you Monty for joining us on episode two with your pristine Z31. Like what you see? Let us know by email: robert@valtautoclub.com. We’d love…
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DIGITAL SHOWDOWN: HAMILTON PSR VS BULOVA COMPUTRON
See who prevails in this collision of two pioneering digital watches. By Alexander Clark Shelton and Morgan Clyde Welcome to a contest of ones and zeroes, a showdown of two digital timepieces that kickstarted the quartz revolution. In one corner we have the Hamilton PSR, a modern-day homage to the Pulsar, the first digital watch…
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Speedmasters and Canyon Carvers
One VALT Autoclub member shares how he ended up with the watch bug. By Alexander Clark Shelton When I first met Joe, the Co-founder of what would come to be known as VALT Autoclub, I immediately noticed we were nearly watch twins. On his wrist was an Omega Speedmaster Automatic like the one I was…
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Talking Cars #004: Nissan 300zx Turbo 50th Anniversary Edition
Having never sat in a Z of any kind, I went into this drive totally unaware of what to expect. This particular example stuck out in the looks department at our first Cars and Craft event at Canyon Club Brewery a few weeks back, so we asked the owner, Monty, if he’d be down to…
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Talking Cars #001: Don’t Underestimate the CTR.
It’s a Monday afternoon. The air is crisp. My windows are down. And my girlfriend is yelling at me for doing too many car things. She’s confused because I told her I was reviewing a Honda Civic today. She just didn’t get it. Neither did I. But now I do. I showed up to The…
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Welcome to VALT Stories
Until now, many of you have known us for our two monthly shows in the East Bay – Second Sundays at the Shipyard and Fourth Sundays on Solano. If you’re a regular, you’ve probably become accustomed to our custom show posters (designed by our resident lunatic Eric Rothenhaus), our love of Peet’s Coffee (the Bay’s…