Jalopy Pins and Buttons
Description: Classic retro tribute to the California Jalopy Association (CJA) from the golden era of Ascot Park in Gardena. Perfect vintage cartoon style design with a smoking radiator and blown tire for hot rod enthusiasts, custom car builders, mechanics, and old-school dirt track racing fans.
Vintage California Jalopy Association CJA Ascot Park Pin
by DRIVEN MACHINES
$2.75 $3.25
Description: Classic 1970s nostalgia distressed illustration of a smiling donkey driving a patched-up, smoking, rusty antique jalopy loaded with gear and a flat tire. Features the iconic sarcastic quote "Don't Laugh, It's Paid For!" Great gift for car enthusiasts, mechanics, and vintage humor fans.
Don't Laugh It's Paid For - 1970s Retro Rusty Jalopy Donkey Pin
by Fisheyed Graphics
$2.75 $3.25
Description: Rep the grease, grit, and glory of old-school California motorsport with this vintage California Jalopy Association garage design. Featuring the classic smoking radiator and blown tire cartoon style, it’s the perfect retro speed shop tee for custom car builders, professional mechanics, backyard grease monkeys, and hot rod enthusiasts.
CJA California Jalopy Racing Vintage Speed Shop Garage Pin
by DRIVEN MACHINES
$2.75 $3.25
Description: Classic 1970s nostalgia graphic featuring a cool goat in sunglasses driving a rusted green station wagon loaded to the roof with suitcases, labeled "Old Reliable Est. 1974," with the phrase "Don't Laugh, It's Paid For!" Great gift for road trippers, retro car lovers, mechanics, and vintage humor fans.
Don't Laugh It's Paid For - 1970s Retro Road Trip Goat Wagon Pin
by Fisheyed Graphics
$2.75 $3.25
Description: In 1940, the owners of Seattle’s Playland Amusement Park decided to build a racetrack where they could host various motorsports events. Calling it Aurora Stadium Speedway, the new 1/4 mile dirt track opened in 1941 and quickly became a popular attraction. Aurora hosted hot rod races one night and midgets on another night, usually Fridays and Saturdays, but as America entered WWII, racing was put on hold at the end of '41. The end of the war saw the boys come home, and racing resumed in '46. Soon, the track would get paved and stock cars were added to the mix. As Seattle's population grew into the once rural area, noise complaints by neighbors coupled with the slow decline of the amusement park led to the track was closing down in '58.
