Mopars Shoot It Out On The Dyno At The 2017 Nats!
Ever since the second automobile was built, gearheads have been battling each other like rock ’em sock ’em robots. There’s something about gasoline and gears that brings out the primal competitor in...
View ArticleFinding and Stopping Chevy Valve Cover Leaks
The Chevrolet small-block engine was a brilliant piece of engineering, attested by the fact that well over 100,000,000 were built. However the first generation was not as oil-tight as later...
View ArticleNitrous and Stroker LS3 Make This 2000 Corvette Fast … Real Fast
For Anthony Coppola, his lifelong passion for going very fast started out when he was just a teenager. It all began with a 3-horsepower mini-bike that was given as a gift to the then 14-year-old racer...
View ArticleBehind the Build: Pat Ganahl’s Cross-Country Cruiser Heads Home
Well, as far as South City Rod & Custom is concerned, the Ganahl Model 40 sedan, which Pat has christened “Roadie” (despite the DMV’s backup name, “Roadee”), is now back in Glendale awaiting its...
View ArticleHoonigan Drops Climbkhana! The latest Hoonicorn Adventure up Pikes Peak.
Gone are the days when vintage iron and boxy all-wheel-drive rally cars slide their way up the gravel to the top of Pike’s Peak. Despite the course being paved from top to bottom, the allure of the...
View ArticleHot August Nights 2017: The Heat Meets The Street In Reno
Seeing the streets of downtown Reno packed with street rods, muscle cars, classic trucks, and other assorted varieties of specialty vehicles is a sight that brings enthusiasts from all over the...
View ArticleLow and Mean 1972 Chevrolet Chevelle with Over 640 Horsepower
Over the years we’ve seen enough Chevelles to last several lifetimes. Like a lot of them, this one’s bagged but has a thoroughly modern engine and brandishes some of the biggest back tires known to...
View ArticleF-Body Madness – Super Chevy checks out the 2017 Classic Industries F-Body...
F-bodies (that would be Camaros and Firebirds for those not hip to the nomenclature) are arguably one of the most iconic cars ever churned out by General Motors. It was Chevrolet’s answer to the...
View ArticleNeed a Rental Car? Choose a Classic.
Renting a car with some street cred is not realistic for many. Remember on Roadkill Ep. 5 when the guys rented a Lamborghini Aventador? Yeah… that cost around 8,000 bucks just for the day which is more...
View ArticleThis ‘71 ’Cuda Packs A Knock-Out Punch You Won’t See Coming!
Back in the day, the Chrysler factory guys took approximately two days from the time a body was panel-jigged ( or “gated-up”) from raw stampings until it rolled off the final line and out the door. At...
View ArticleGold-Blasted, Hemi-Powered 1932 Sedan Rules the Streets
Growing up on the other side of the Atlantic, Richard “English Rich” Green developed a love for hot rodding and big American muscle rides at an early age. By the time he was in his thirties, Rich was...
View ArticleMuscle Cars From the 1970s: This Street Freak 1968 Chevrolet Camaro Is the...
“Day two” is the 21st century term that today’s car hobby has hung on muscle cars modified with period-correct speed equipment. They weren’t called that back then, just like World War I wasn’t referred...
View ArticleGreat Art Takes Whatever Time It Takes!
Many of us became enthusiasts at a young age thanks to parents who introduced us to the sport and fired our passions. Some however, started early for entirely different reasons. John Davis from Port...
View ArticleThis Cool 1986 C10 Is Low-Buck and Owner-Built
It’s hard to top the satisfaction of driving a classic truck—unless it’s driving a classic truck you’ve built yourself. Many of you reading this right now know all about that satisfaction, including...
View Article2 Trans-Am Icons Found Stashed in the Same Barn: 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 &...
“You find a good car, you cannot sit,” Matt Barczak says. Just 35 years old, Matt feels he was born 30 years too late. “I love, professionally restore, and collect muscle cars. I work with Frank Arone,...
View ArticleARP/Street Rodder AMSOIL Road Tour Part 4
Friday morning the gates opened at the Champlain Valley Expo Center in Essex Junction, Vermont, just north of Burlington. It was the first of three days of the best weather that we have experienced at...
View ArticleARP/Street Rodder AMSOIL Road Tour Part 3
Our visits to the greatest auto museums in Pennsylvania continued on Tuesday afternoon with a stop at the AACA Museum in Hershey, Pennsylvania. This is fantastic museum sits on a hill overlooking the...
View ArticleARP/Street Rodder AMSOIL Road Tour Part 2
Monday on the AMSOIL INC. Road Tour started off at Woody’s Hot Rodz in Bright, Indiana. Chris Sondles and the team at Woody’s are responsible for the assembly of our Road Tour 1957 Chevy convertible....
View ArticleThis Tub, a 1923 Ford Model T Touring, Has Been in the Hynes Family Since Tom...
Brother. When Tom “Red” Hynes went into the Navy in 1943, he was tooling around Los Angeles in what his son Rod calls a “bitchin’” ’29 Model A roadster. He served his country as a machinist’s mate on a...
View ArticleWhat to Know About Three Historic Short Track Races this Weekend
With the final weekend in September (or first weekend of October) comes a trio of short track races with a shining history. In the East it’s the Milk Bowl at Thunder Road International Speedbowl. In...
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