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Daily Driver Diaries: Repeat Offender
When you’ve had a car for many years, some repairs become second nature. You just know that the car isn’t starting because of that wonky neutral safety switch wire with the broken tab or the paperclip...
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25 Drag Racing Photos To Make You Miss The Good Ol’ Days
Proof that you don’t need a photo pass to shoot cool photos. This shot of the DiMatteo Bros. Fuel Altered was shot from the spectator fence at Orange County International Raceway in 1970. Don Garlits...
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The Strip at Las Vegas is Going Four Wide
Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Speedway Motorsports Inc. have announced the expansion of The Strip into a four-lane track. The NHRA DENSO Nationals April 6-8, 2018 will be the first event to take place...
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Street Racers Invade Bristol
An epic showdown happened yesterday at Thunder Valley, Bristol Drag Strip, in Bristol, Tennessee. Discovery’s Street Outlaws filmed an episode of Season 10 in front of a capacity crowd. A media...
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The Top Winners In The 2017 Hot August Nights Cup Contest
Participants in Hot August Nights have the opportunity to display their vehicles at individual judging events all over the area. There is show car judging with big money awards going on at the biggest...
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Hot August Nights 2017: Second Giant Gallery Of 200 Hot Rods
Hot August Nights 2017, the week-long celebration of America’s best hot rods is a bright memory now. The streets of Reno and Sparks, Nevada, have been turned back over to regular traffic and the resort...
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Eleven (More) Ways to Increase Your Social Media Following
Scenario: You have a race car, hot rod, or dragster that you are proud of. You’ve worked on it for years, burning the midnight oil with knuckle-busting effort. Now you want to show this amazing...
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Race Wrap-Up: The 2017 Buick/Olds/Cadillac Nationals
High heat and humidity didn’t deter racers and show cars from coming out for the 20th Anniversary Dick Miller Racing, Inc. Buick/Olds/Cadillac Race & Show Nationals in Norwalk Ohio. You read that...
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One of a kind Shelby GT350 with a lot of carbon goodness
El Nino Projecting Power Ashore Tommy Liveoak is no stranger to owning modified vehicles, he has customized just about every vehicle he has ever owned and that even includes his daily drivers. Each...
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How to Install a Set of Aldan American Coilovers on an Early Mustang
Aldan American has been manufacturing coil-over shocks in the USA since 1981, and recently the company has begun manufacturing vehicle-specific suspension kits for the Mustang, Fairlane, Falcon and GM...
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How To Install Suicide/Hidden Door Hinges
Pre-war cars, more specifically the ‘30s through‘40s Art Deco era models, have incredible styling with beautiful lines that flow together in an unparalleled way. Leaning down to gaze upon those smooth,...
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Pit Stop: Bolt a T5 Up to Traditional Ford Small-Block Bellhousings
QUESTION I’d like to put a mid-1980s T5 manual trans in my 1957 Ford with a 1990s 5.0L truck engine, but I want to use the Z-bar and Long-style clutch. Is there an adaptor to use a 1960s bellhousing?...
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Drag Week’s Grassroots — A Father’s Racing Through his Son’s Eyes
Editor’s Note — Unbeknownst to one of our racers of HOT ROD Drag Week, powered by Dodge and presented by Gear Vendors Overdrive, his 13-year-old son wrote about his turbo LS-powered Silverado pick-up...
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Making Stainless Windshield Posts
The windshield posts on a roadster are one of those details that help establish the look of the car and the style of the build. While most people work with original or aftermarket parts, there are a...
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Giant 100-Photo Gallery of Inaugural Hurst Nationals at Carlisle
Many muscle cars were available with a gimmick in the late 1960s, but it was raw power that helped Oldsmobile and Hurst establish the street notoriety that made them among the most important examples...
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Freak Show Friday: BMW CS NASCAR Coupe
Let’s say you love your BMW CS coupe, but you also love NASCAR, and especially Richard Petty and his 1970 Plymouth Superbird. The answer to this conundrum is easy, and here before you. Just convert...
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This Marine Owns Two Stellar Mustangs: 2002 Supercharged Saleen and 2012 GT
Chris Seijido • Haymarket, VA • 2002 Supercharged Saleen, 2012 Mustang GT Chris Seijido of Northern Virginia is the proud owner of two manual Mustangs, a 2002 supercharged Saleen (No. 731) and a 2012...
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Chevy Hydraulic-Roller Cam: Get the Right Distributor Gear
QUESTION I would like to install a 1988 small-block Chevy motor in my old 1953 Chevrolet truck, but I need good information so as not to make costly mistakes. The engine was equipped with a...
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200-Plus Photos of Saturday at the NSRA Nats
The 48th Annual NSRA Street Rod Nationals held at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Kentucky has resided here continuously since 1997…that’s celebrating 21 years showing up in Loooiville...
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The 2017 Woodward Dream Cruise
Back in the day, prior to even the dream of “self driving cars” being a possibility, people regularly fired up their hot rods, muscelcars, and even family sedans and hit the local strips in the pursuit...
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