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Chili Bowl Nationals Entries Eclipse 300
It’s about time to pick your favorite for the 2017 Chili Bowl Nationals. The world famous indoor Midget Car event held at the Tulsa Expo Raceway eclipsed 300 entries this week. The event takes place...
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Brandon Harlin’s Hammered C10
Brandon has always had a liking to lowered classic trucks and he knew that someday he would have one of his own to build. One day when Brandon was working at a body shop a coworker showed up with a...
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Dale Dinse builds an Iconic Classic
We always love to hear the details behind the construction of a classic, knowing that sometimes the story behind the truck can be as interesting as the truck itself! Dale Dinse is a custom car and...
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Noticing the Little Things in a Daily Driver
Boiling Point You know that saying about the frog in the pot, and how if you turn the water temp up slowly, it’ll just sit there till it boils? It’s not true, of course. Anyone who knows anything about...
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Hemi-Powered, Front-Engine Dragster Unearthed After 50 Years
Unearthing a Legend Racing legends are often hidden in plain sight. Whether referring to legendary cars or legendary people, it’s common for them to blend into society after they’ve run the course and...
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New Dirt Late Model Tour Forms
Sunday marked a historic day for Dirt Late Model racing in the state of Wisconsin. The Dirt Kings Late Model Tour announced its formation in a press release that included nine races already scheduled...
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Faraway and Funky Hot Rods from the Mooneyes Christmas Show in Japan
The technical name for this is the Yokohama Hot Rod and Custom Show, but since it happens near Christmas and is run by Shige Suganuma, who also owns Mooneyes, you can assemble the rest in your head....
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Big-Block Chevy Intake and Cylinder-Head Dyno Test
Big-block engines are awesome because they make it easy to put together some crazy big-inch builds. If you are in the “no replacement for displacement” camp—never a bad idea—a big-block is your golden...
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Paul Gilliam’s Triple Crown–Winning 1953 Studebaker
How does one follow up a 900hp, salt-searing land rocket such as “Stupidbaker”—Paul Gilliam’s 200-plus mph 1953 Stude? Well, in Paul and builder Alan Johnson’s case, you simply finish the project the...
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This 1927 Ford Shakes the Neighborhood
There’s a lot to be said about growing up in a hot rod family, especially when it helps pave your way into the hobby. For Shane and Jessica Lile of Shepherdsville, Kentucky, it was natural since their...
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Window Shopper
Steering & Floor Pedal Boots Everyone appreciates car parts that are both attractive and practical. A good example is the steering column and floor pedal boots recently introduced by Jeff Johnson...
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20th Annual Cruisin’ the Coast Rod Run
It’s hard to believe this is the 20th Annual Cruisin’ the Coast; early numbers indicate this will be the biggest ever with registered cars approaching the 8,000 mark! The weather was absolutely perfect...
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One approach to making complicated patch panels.
On complicated panels, it often helps to break the job into smaller pieces. This almost always makes the shaping much easier. Q. I am trying to form rear fender tips on my 1950 Willys Jeepster, and...
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How a Rusty 1970 Cuda Won the Triple Crown of Rodding.
There’s an old adage seasoned customizers often cite when the query is how to begin a build and that’s to start with the very best example of the desired car one can find. And that’s really good...
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Larry Dixon Tells his Drag Week Story in “One More Pass”
Drag Week tends to make you reflect on what you love about the sport. As Larry Dixon puts it, Drag Week is the “Ironman Triathlon for the hot rodder,” an accurate description given the part where we...
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Classic Performance Products gives your vintage muscle car modern, high-tech...
When classic muscle cars were rolling off Detroit assembly lines a half century ago, crisp handling wasn’t an A-list of priority; buyers wanted muscle cars that went fast in a straight line on Main...
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Previewing GRIP Seminars with RE Suspension
The GRIP Seminars presented by Circle Track are fast approaching. We took the opportunity at PRI to catch up with the hosts of the seminars, Jason Enders of RE Suspension and Gary Crooks of Crooks...
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Incredible New Block Can Make Both A Hemi & A Wedge!
When your core business is building big-inch high-performance Hemi and Wedge engines for street and race customers, a hiccup in the supply chain of thick-wall, aftermarket cast-iron engine blocks can...
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Race Wrap-Up: Redemption 6 No-Prep
The white knuckle, no holds barred excitement of no-prep drag racing continues to pack the grandstands of drag strips all across the southwest, and the first lady of no prep is undoubtedly Shannon...
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Find Out Why This 1940 Olds Won Street Rodder’s Best Street Rod Award
The Best Street Rod award at the inaugural STREET RODDER Triple Crown of Rodding presented by Painless Performance Products was given to this 1940 Oldsmobile, owned by Wes Rydell of Grand Forks, North...
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