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Throwback Tuesday: 1966-Grumpy’s Second, First Toy
Grumpy Jenkins with his second Stock Eliminator 1966 Nova that ran in both SS/C and B/FX. After his first Nova was destroyed in a towing accident after the 1966 US Nationals, he showed up later in the...
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Simplifying the Gen IV Chevy by Removing Active Fuel Management
Way back in 1981, Cadillac, reacting to the same pressure to maximize fuel economy automakers face today, came up with America’s first mass-produced, variable-displacement, gasoline, V8 engine. Known...
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World’s Slowest Ford GT Goes to Auction
CP-1 prototype could sell for big bucks For those who were not hand selected by Ford for the opportunity to pay nearly half-a-million dollars for the new Ford GT supercar, here’s a once in a lifetime...
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Just Listed: Rare 1964 Bill Thomas Cheetah with L88 427
A shapely Cobra competitor When Carroll Shelby shoehorned the first 4.2-liter (260 ci) V-8 under the hood of the A.C. Ace, enthusiasts took notice. When the Cobra began to win races left and right, the...
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The Midwest Nostalgia Pro Stock Association Recreates Pro Stock Past
If you’re longing for the glory days of Pro Stock when it represented Chevy, Chrysler, and Ford, with mountain motor majesty and gear banging action, you are in luck. A touring group of Pro Stock...
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This Vintage-Look Radio Is Really State-Of-The-Art Audio!
At some point in the restoration of your classic muscle car, you’ll need to decide what kind of audio system you want. In the overall scheme of things, it might not be as important as horsepower or a...
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Replacement Frames to the Rescue?
Many stock car racing classes around the country on both the dirt and asphalt still base their chassis of stock GM frames. Due to time, wear and tear, and a “cash for clunkers” policy, those frames are...
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Wrenchin’ Wednesday: Create Custom Picks With Obsolete Car Antennas
Sometimes, there’s not a tool on earth that fits your needs. Picks are under-appreciated life-savers, for everything from cleaning the crevices of an o-ring surface, to grabbing that one hard-to-reach...
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Cordova, Gateway, Byron, and Great Lakes! Drag Week 2017, Presented by Gear...
HOT ROD Drag Week, presented by Gear Vendors, runs September 10 — 15, 2017 While some folks are planning how much weight they’ll lose with diet and exercise in the new year, the racers of HOT ROD Drag...
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Dode Martin and Jim Nelson’s Dragmaster T-Bucket
One of the hottest crazes in cool transportation in the 1960s was the T roadster—as evidenced on the pages of numerous Petersen Publishing titles and TV shows. Seeing an eager market and business...
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This Street Hemi Crate Motor Cranks Out 825 HP On Pump Gas!
You can say we’re very excited to be finishing up and dyno-testing our Ray Barton Racing Engines (RBRE) 528ci Street Hemi crate engine. Before we began building this street beast, our goal was a...
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Barn Find Rare 1970 Camaro
Sitting since 1977, this 1970 Camaro will soon once again be ready to hit the road No doubt, most of us dream about that elusive barn find in hopes that dumb luck will lead us to a super cool piece of...
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Hot Rods, Customs & More Make the Scene at the 2016 Mooneyes Xmas Party
We should all give the Mooneyes team credit for organizing two major events in December, certainly not the most popular month with car show promoters. Festivities began on the first weekend in Japan...
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Everything You Need To Know About Roadkill Zip-Tie Drags And Cruise
We’re going drag racing at Tucson Dragway on January 13th and 14th. It’s called the Roadkill Zip-Tie Drags. You should come. That’s all you need to know. Oh, all right, there’s probably more you want...
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Comparing East and West Coast Customs From 1956
Some hot rod enthusiasts want to go fast and some want their cars to be unique, but whichever way you flip the coin, the essence of hot rodding is self-expression. There are a million ways to go fast...
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Mansfield Goes Dirt
Mansfield Motor Speedway will have a completely different look in 2017. The 0.44-mile track in Mid-Ohio will go back to its dirt track roots this season. The facility was originally built as a...
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1990 Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1: 2016 Barrett-Jackson Las Vegas Sale Feature Car
Red over red interior. 5.7-liter, 375-hp, DOHC V-8. Six-speed manual transmission. Just 300 miles on the odometer from new, has been stored and now sold by original owner. Exterior and interior in...
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Alex Short’s Modern Custom 1958 T-Bird
Back in the day, some had an issue distinguishing traditional ’50s-’60s customs with what others had newly classified as custom rods, the latter typically being more modern performance-oriented. In...
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Danny and Diane Shaffer’s 1964 Fairlane
Ford Motor Company proved in the early ’60s that bigger isn’t always better. Though their full-size fleet was bigger and better than ever, typically with each new large model came complementing midsize...
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Anniversary A: Donald & Karen Greenlee’s 1929 Ford Roadster
For a couple who originally tied the knot and were whisked away as husband and wife in their 1929 Model A roadster, what better way to celebrate 50 years of that blissful wedded unity than giving...
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