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1964 Plymouth Savoy Stage III Max Wedge of His Dreams Turned Out to Be Even...
Attending drag racing events at the Naval Auxiliary Air Station in Charlestown, Rhode Island, in the late 1950s and early 1960s left an indelible mark on a young Bob Chaves. Seeing big Chevys,...
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1966 Dodge Charger Spends 40 Years in Storage—Including 20 on a Lift!
This story begins 47 years ago, when 16-year-old Steve McCraw was a school bus driver for the Cleveland County (North Carolina) School District. His good friend Mitchell Guffey called him to rave about...
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Early Photo Gallery from the Car Craft Summer Nationals
The Chevrolet Performance Car Craft Summer Nationals opens today at Beech Bend Raceway Park in Bowling Green, Kentucky. For the first time in decades, the Summer Nationals is happening at a drag strip,...
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Drag Week’s Stick Shifted ‘Stang — Jeff Sias’ 9-second Fox
One of the best parts of the Gear Vendors’ HOT ROD Drag Week, powered by Dodge, is the people. The racers, co-pilots and the fans are what truly make the event stand out among any other race type...
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GALLERY: Griffith Grabs $10K at Seekonk
Derek Griffith found a little something extra in the second half of the US PRO/SLM Nationals at Seekonk Speedway Wednesday. Restarting in eighth after the lap-100 break, the 20 year old was able to...
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Week To Wicked 1966 Mustang: Day 5
It runs! And it’s bad to the bone! But not without some last-minute drama. We’re talking about our Week To Wicked 1966 Mustang, which we wheeled into the shop on Monday morning and thrashed on all...
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Week to Wicked 1966 Mustang: Day 5 GALLERY
Its been an incredibly busy week and we’ve completed our Week To Wicked 1966 Mustang build in just five days. Our crew consisted of everyone on the Mustang 360 staff, along with our TEN Tech Center...
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Car Craft Summer Nationals Friday Photo Gallery
Not even the scorching heat and stifling humidity could keep the die hard fans away from Beech Bend Raceway Park for the first day of the Chevrolet Performance Car Craft Summer Nationals 2017. This was...
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427-Powered 1966 Chevrolet Impala SS
In 1965, GM introduced entirely new fullsize cars in the Buick, Cadillac, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, and Chevrolet brands. At the time, hard as it is to believe now, GM controlled more than 50 percent of the...
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Doug Hoppe’s Scratchbuilt 1935 Ford Tin Woodie
Anybody who has ever walked around in public wearing a car magazine staff shirt is familiar with the most frequently asked question: How do we select the cars that appear in magazines and that win...
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Hot Rod Chassis’ 1967 Chevelle
Chad Hill and the crew from Hot Rod Chassis & Cycle brought their recently completed 1967 Chevelle they call Rush. Built in a road racing style, it has the right look with a front splitter, a rear...
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Custom Shop’s 1962 Big-Block Corvette
First-generation Corvettes aren’t a common sight at the Summer Nats, so even after a few laps around the Custom Shop’s Copper Topless 1962 C1 we couldn’t quite figure out where factory fiberglass ended...
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Schwartz Performance Supercharged, RHD Plymouth ‘Cuda
One look at this ‘Cuda and you can tell it’s not your ordinary E-body, and that’s saying something. ‘Cudas are some of the most brash pony cars to come out of Detroit, with shaker hoods, bright paint,...
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Car Craft Summer Nationals 2017 Josh Munson’s 1966 Chevrolet Suburban
Creating something different when just about everything has been done has become a rather difficult task, but Josh Munson and his team at Gear Mountain Gear Heads in Williston, Vermont combine a whole...
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Professor Hammer: Metalworking to Fabricate a Hood Blister
This is an aluminum blister being fitted to a Thunderbird hood. This month we’ll discuss some strategies for improving the way it fits the hood. Q. I have attached pictures of a hood blister I am...
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In Your Garage Making Doorsill Plates
As far as parts go, the sills—the thresholds below the doors—aren’t the sexiest parts of a car. Largely invisible, they seldom command attention … until they aren’t there. A body really isn’t right if...
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Introducing Roush’s P51 Mustang, a 727HP Ride
The P-51 Mustang fighter plane gave the Ford Mustang its name, and it’s also Jack Roush’s favorite aircraft—he has one in his personal collection. As a tribute to both of those facts, Roush has built...
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Car Craft Summer Nationals 2017 The World’s Fastest Model T
Mike Warren of Lobelville, Tennessee comes across as any typical, enthusiastic gear head you might run into at a car event, however, the vehicle he brought out to the Car Craft Summer Nationals this...
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Whitewall Tires 101: How They’re Made and Why They’re Cool
Trends come and go within our hobby, but there are a few things that stand the test of time. While many hot rodders have changed their opinion about stance, color combinations, and interior fabrics...
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Don’t chop a top until you read this first
If historical practice teaches us anything it’s that automakers got one thing terribly wrong: top heights. Don’t take my word for it; leaf through a batch of old hot rod–type magazines and you’ll see...
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