2018 Detroit Autorama Painless Performance/STREET RODDER Top 100 Winners
The 2018 Painless Performance/STREET RODDER Top 100 award program continues at the 66th Annual Meguiar’s Detroit Autorama Presented by O’Reilly Auto Parts. It’s only March and we’re already four events...
View ArticleClean Coyote Dreamin’ 1965 Mustang Fastback
The dreams and goals we aspire to accomplish someday from a young age can start to fade away as we mature. Though that can often be a sad fact of life, the reality of it is we are not in need of...
View ArticleHundreds of Vettes Cruise the Smokies for the 2018 Corvette Expo
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, is the car show capital of the Southeast, as it is the host city for more than a dozen car events throughout the year. From specialty events like the Corvette Expo to rod runs...
View ArticleCar Craft’s Favorite Cars of the 2018 Detroit Autorama
The Detroit Autorama is never wanting for wild automotive creations. Hot Rods, Street Machines, Race Cars, Muscle Cars, Street Rods, Traditional Rods, Rat Rods, Motorcylces, and Trucks can be found on...
View ArticleSecrets For Setting Panel Gap & Alignment Before You Paint!
It’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking that a good paintjob is one single job, when it is in reality a series of smaller jobs that most always have to be done in a specific sequence. Getting...
View ArticleDyno Tested: Dual Conical Valve Springs
We’re always on the lookout for new stuff, so when information on Comp Cams dual conical valve springs came across our desk, we were eager to take a look. Comp introduced these dual conical springs in...
View Article2018 Detroit Autorama: The Best Driven Award by Lokar
The Meguiar’s Detroit Autorama Presented by O’Reilly Auto Parts is a celebration of the world’s greatest street rods, customs, muscle cars, and more. It celebrates the stunning beauty, incredible...
View Article2018 Detroit Autorama Best Ford In A Ford
We’re seeing more and more Ford 5.0L Coyote modular engines being planted between the fenders of classic Blue Oval iron. Your Ford doesn’t have to be Coyote-powered to qualify for a Ford...
View ArticleThis Grabber Blue 1971 Mach 1 Cobra Jet Has Been Years in the Making
In the classic-Mustang era that ran from April 1964, when the first Mustang was sold, to the Fall of 1973 when the downsized Mustang II was introduced (and followed two months later by the first OPEC...
View ArticleEdelbrock Announces 2018 Catalog Availability
No doubt one of the biggest and well-known names in the performance aftermarket, Edelbrock has been supplying us Ford enthusiasts with all manner of hard parts for engine builds, EFI systems,...
View ArticleReunited ’69 Dodge Dart
In late September of 2001, just a few weeks after 9/11, Tim Winnie and his buddy Gary Klotz took a trip out the Canfield Swap Meet in Canfield, Ohio, to try and locate a decent ’69 Dodge Dart to have...
View ArticleGiving it Away: 1965 GT350CR and 2017 GT350X
Getting a great deal on a Mustang is very rare. It takes a combination of money on hand, and an owner needing to liquidate in a hurry. That’s usually the only time you can get a smokin’ deal on a...
View ArticleAssembling and Dyno Testing a 582ci Low-Deck Big Block
In the last installment of our big-block build, CNC Motorsports in Brookings, South Dakota, assembled the top end of a 582ci low-deck big-block Chevy. As a quick refresher, the engine is based on a...
View Article2018 Piston Powered Auto-Rama: Thunder Row
STREET RODDER is at the Summit Racing Equipment I-X Piston Powered Auto-Rama this weekend. More than a car show, this event is widely known as the largest indoor show for rods, customs, muscle cars,...
View Article2018 Piston Powered Auto-Rama: Hot Rod Asylum
Every big specialty car event welcomes the traditional vintage-style, low-budget rods, customs, and race cars that reflect the roots of hot rodding. STREET RODDER is at the Summit Racing Equipment I-X...
View ArticleSebring SVRA Vintage Corvettes
Where can you go to watch seven generations of Corvettes competing on a racetrack on the same day? Sebring International Raceway at the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) – Trans Am event is...
View ArticleBoss 302 Coil Bracket and more Vintage Mustang Concours Technical Questions...
Rear of bracket showing light overspray. Boss 302 Coil Bracket I have a question on what type of bolt was used and the correct finish of said bolt to attach the coil bracket to the cylinder head on a...
View ArticleStifflers Stiffening Rails Make Jacking a Breeze
Lowering springs give your Mustang a sweet stance, but they make jacking up your pavement-hugging pony an annoying, multi-step process. 1979-2004 Mustangs are too low for most floor jacks to slide...
View Article2018 Piston Powered Auto-Rama: Hot Rod Action In The Basement
There is a big flashing sign above the east exit doors at the Summit Racing Equipment I-X Piston Powered Auto-Rama with a giant arrow and the words “More Cars Downstairs.” That sign keeps participants...
View Article2018 Piston Powered Auto-Rama: Giant Gallery from Cleveland
You can’t really call it a car show. The Summit Racing Equipment I-X Piston Powered Auto-Rama has the word “auto” in its name, but naming this event for everything it’s about would make the name too...
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