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Gallery: More Muscle From Barret-Jackson Scottsdale
Every January, Scottsdale, Arizona’s WestWorld turns into an automotive candy store as Barrett-Jackson displays the world’s most famous automotive auction. Inside was a marvel of 1,700-plus consigned...
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Rebuild Your Blown-up Race Engine
Don’t give up on a blown race engine. Here’s our efforts at a better rebuild. Racing is not a gentle sport. A golfer may have several sets of clubs tucked away in a closet, or a baseball-loving dad may...
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Chevrolet 427 ZL-1 Engine Block Found New in Crate Stored For 40 Years
Nothing is more highly regarded by Chevrolet purists than the 1969 ZL-1 427 all-aluminum big-block engine that appeared briefly in the Camaro and Corvette. This engine is considered by many as the Holy...
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Tested: The First-Ever All-Wheel-Drive Dodge Challenger
The Dodge Challenger has been enjoying its niche in the pony car market. While its crosstown rivals Mustang and Camaro have gone smaller and more agile, the Challenger has continued to offer the only...
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Haul Monitor
A half dozen or so years back when I took over the reins of Custom Classic Trucks magazine, we had a column on the very last page titled “The End?”. It was created by John Gilbert originally when he...
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Latest News From the Street Rod Hobby
Nick Arias, far right at Bonneville. Pete Chapouris, right. RIP to Aftermarket Giants Nick Arias and Pete Chapouris We were sad to two say goodbye to two significant contributors to hot rodding in the...
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Gallery: First Look Before the Chaos at the 2017 NHRA Winternationals
Bookending much needed storms on Wednesday and Friday, today teams set up shop for what looks to be a rain-shortened qualifying schedule for the 2017 NHRA Winternationals at the Pomona Fair Grounds....
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This 1940 Fordor Sedan Is Street Rodder’s PPG Rod of the Month
When STREET RODDER ran across Mike and Marcia’s 1940 Ford at the 2017 Grand National Roadster Show, we were knocked out by the impressive Fordor sedan. Like a lot of enthusiasts, we like all ’40 Fords....
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In the Chevy vs Ford battle, the Blue Oval takes a commanding lead with the...
In 2016, the long-standing American rivalry of cross-town rivals Chevrolet and Ford was rekindled at Daytona when Ford threw its hat into the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTLM circus with a...
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Five Star to Host Body Tech Summit
Five Star Race Car Bodies has announced it will hold a summit for tech inspectors at its Twin Lakes, WI facility on March 10-11. The summit will act as a training and informational seminar for...
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Doyle Gammell’s 1935 Ford Contemporary Custom
In 1956, a 12-year-old lad by the name of Doyle Gammell, like many adolescent blossoming gearheads in Southern California at the time, spent his weekends peddling the weekly race rag, Drag News, at the...
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Smithfield Is Giving Away This Superbird Clone! Build Part 1
Everyone thought Richard Petty would forever stand alone as NASCAR’s only seven-time champion, but Dale Earnhardt and Jimmie Johnson somehow did the unthinkable by joining The King in the sport’s most...
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How to Modify Your Carburetor to Run Oxygenated Race Gas
Q16 race gas has earned its reputation as the fuel to use when looking for extra power. When we tried running Q16 a while back, our carb wasn’t set up properly and we hurt some parts, so this time we...
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Street Rodder Road Tour: We’ll Be Cruising In Style In This 1957 Chevy
This is the 22nd season for the ARP/STREET RODDER Road Tour, and the 12th year that you have been invited to come along for the ride. We have put together ten weeklong vacation tours to major...
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The Allure of the Odd
It’s a condition we’re at a loss to explain but most enthusiasts succumb to at some point: the allure of the oddball car. As much as we all love a classic Deuce roadster or 1955 Chevy sedan, you have...
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Day-Two 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona Still Wears 1970s Psychedelic Paint
Usually when we pay a call on Stefano Bimbi at Nickey Performance, we expect to see either the latest in Gen-Six Camaro performance vehicles or a unique and highly collectible muscle car from GM’s...
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Gallery: 1970s Drag Racing Through the Lens of Dave Kommel
Dave Kommel fell in love with drag racing in 1960 as a 10-year-old reading about Don Garlits in Hot Rod Magazine. He went to his first race in Union Grove, WI, in 1966 and started shooting trackside,...
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SEMA CEO Urges Continued Support for RPM Act
It’s a message that bears repeating: the RPM Act is still in need of support. The following video released earlier this week week by the SEMA Action Network features an overview and explanation from...
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Join Now! 2017 ARP/STREET RODDER Road Tour Registration Info
The ARP/STREET RODDER Road Tour is celebrating its 22nd season with 10 great Tours for 2017. This year, STREET RODDER also celebrates the 60th anniversary of the iconic 1957 Chevy with a newly...
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Are New Cars Better?
You guys know I love the Dodge Viper. Well, I finally got a chance to put someone else’s money where my mouth is and spent the past three months daily driving the 2015 Viper GT that Freiburger and...
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