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Aaron Welle Has Applied His Engineering Expertise to This Exquisite C10
Aaron Welle has long appreciated the lines and character of classics and began his search initially looking for a C3 Corvette. After a lukewarm and slightly chagrined conversation with his better half...
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Lights Out 9 Thursday Coverage
It has been a challenging start to the Lights Out 9 radial tire madness as the track conditions threw the racers a curveball. Day one concluded with Radial vs. The World and No Time 315/29 cars...
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All the Specs on This 900HP 5.2L Ford
One of the rarest modified engines we’ve seen lately is this Mustang Shelby GT350 engine, which was topped with a black-on-black centrifugal supercharger. As Ford enthusiasts know, the GT350 engine...
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Robert Foley’s 426 Max Wedge–Powered 1963 Polara Overheats. We’re Gonna Fix It
The Combo Law enforcement officer by day, hot rodder by night—Robert Foley always wanted to get his hands on an early Mopar Max Wedge car. Robert Foley always wanted to put together an early big-block...
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First Look: 68th Annual O’Reilly Sacramento Autorama
It’s mid-February, and all you Central and Northern Californians know what that means—no, not roses and boxes of chocolate, rather, customs at the Cal Expo…the Sacramento Autorama. This year’s 68th...
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Your Next Tow Rig from Dodge
Driving your hot rod on a daily basis gives you plenty of street cred, but they’re not very practical if you need to haul tools or equipment, or, say, go camping. Sometimes you just need a functional...
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Five-oh with a 5.0: Test drive and review of a legendary SSP Mustang that...
As we fondly reflect upon all the various Fox Mustangs that have been built over the years, the SSPs truly stood out when new and now, some two decades later, the fabled SSPs continue to be notorious...
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Fuel Tank Varnish and more Vintage Mustang Tech Questions and Answers
Fuel Tank Varnish My 1965 Mustang has been sitting in a field since 1984 and I am worried about varnish buildup in the tank before I fire the engine. I drained the fuel and it smells OK, but I am...
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Chris Holstrom Talks the Latest Trends in the Muscle Car World
I’m not sure who first coined the proverb, “the more things change, the more they stay the same.” I think there is a lot of truth to it in our little corner of the hot rod world. Much like clothes or...
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Retired Steel Worker Wins ’63 Split-Window and New 800-HP Corvette
On January 17, 2018, John Williamson received a phone call telling him that he won the 2017 Corvette Dream Giveaway. “When I learned that I had won, I was shocked,” he said. “It took a while to sink...
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Youth Mentoring Program Builds a Killer 1965 Restomod Mustang
The story of this 1965 Mustang fastback is about much more than just a car. It is about two groups of people: Blair Anglin and his father, and Kevin Keep and his Rebuilding Generations mentorship...
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2018 Optima Search for the Ultimate Street Car Schedule
The Ultimate Street Car Association (USCA) was created in 2013 with the goal of showcasing “real” street cars using aftermarket parts to perform better. It serves as an outlet for owners of...
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Sacramento Autorama’s West Coast Kustoms Gathering
Back in 1992, a couple by the name of Rich and Penny Pichette set out to preserve a part of SoCal car culture they were particularly fond of: Cruisin’. With volunteered help from a tight-knit group of...
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Friday Coverage—Lights Out 9
The second day of the four day Lights Out 9 competition showed the fields tighten up as the South Georgia Motorsports Park racing surface provided an excellent stage for quick times. It was no surprise...
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The 68th Annual O’Reilly Sacramento Autorama’s Drive-In
Mother Nature had a thing or two to say about outdoor activities in the Sacramento Valley this time last year—and they weren’t at all too positive. This year, however, she reeled in the rain clouds and...
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Bolt-On a Small-Block Billet Serpentine Accessory Drive
The accessory drives—meaning the pulleys and belts used to drive stuff like water pumps, generators/alternators, power steering pumps, air conditioning compressors, and the like—used on all vehicles...
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His Childhood Dream Car Was This 1967 Shelby G.T. 500
Near the end of 1966, a significant change took place at Shelby American. In a decided shift away from the antisocial G.T. 350, a road-racing rogue of a car, Shelby smoothed out the rough edges to...
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1958 C1 Corvette with More than a Few Surprises
From start to finish, there was no hesitation as to why this Corvette was being built. Certainly no snowball effect took place either—none of that, “I’m just going to paint it and freshen up the...
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2018 NHRA Winternationals Chevy Drag Race Photo Gallery
Major league drag racing hit the dragstrip for the first time this season when the fabled Auto Club Raceway at the Pomona Fairplex played host to the legendary, 58th annual Lucas Oil NHRA...
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2018 Winternationals Explosions and Fireballs
All we can say is WOW! The NHRA Lucas Oil Winternationals was a thriller from the first pass the to the very last run. Action kicked off Thursday with the sounds and smells of burning rubber,...
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