ARP/Street Rodder AMSOIL Road Tour Part1
With the Shades of the Past Hot Rod Roundup wrapping up on Saturday in Pigeon Forge it was time to head north to the NSRA Northeast Nationals in Burlington, Vermont. It was going to be a five-hour...
View ArticleFreak Show Friday: Luke Skywalker’s Earth-pod
Looking like Luke Skywalker’s earth-pod, we are hard pressed to determine what this is, or what it’s for. It looks like a movie prop, but then it also looks like it is driven. We do recognize the late...
View ArticleEarly Gas Cap Differences and more Vintage Mustang Concours Technical...
Early Gas Cap Differences For years, I have heard that the 19641/2 Mustang gas cap differs from the 1965 version. What is the difference? Jean Pence Denver, Colorado The original Mustang gas cap was...
View ArticleBeginner’s Guide To Woodward Dream Cruise
Woodward Avenue, the location of the first mile of concrete roadway in the country, the first ticket for street racing and home to the largest one day car event in the world, the world famous Woodward...
View Article2017 Drag Week: Day Two
The second day of the five-day competition proved to be an interesting one for Mike Jovanis and Alex Corella. The roaming street race tour moved to Gateway International Raceway, located just outside...
View ArticleDrag Week On the Road Thursday – Drip, Drip, Drip
HOT ROD Drag Week 2017, powered by Dodge and presented by Gear Vendors Overdrive Wrapping up Day 4’s drive from Great Lakes back to where we started at Cordova, we’re near the end and it shows....
View ArticleMore Pit Photos and Track Action from Great Lakes Dragaway
HOT ROD Drag Week 2017, powered by Dodge and presented by Gear Vendors Overdrive Because they’ve suffered through more than 900 miles of interstate, farm road, and small-town gridlock, competitors get...
View ArticleMade it to Friday? Just One Last Pass and You Can Grab These Exclusive...
HOT ROD Drag Week 2017, powered by Dodge and presented by Gear Vendors Overdrive Right on, so you’re one of the 387 cars who’ve made it past the tech line of HOT ROD Drag Week, but the thrash has only...
View ArticleFreaks of Drag Week: The Ironically Hilarious Impala
We didn’t know what to make of Alan Robinson’s 1978 Impala wagon, and neither did the majority of the racers, spectators, and live-stream viewers. What’s a high-rising Donk doing at Hot Rod’s Drag...
View ArticleMaybe the Best Award at 2017 Drag Week!
HOT ROD Drag Week 2017, powered by Dodge and presented by Gear Vendors Overdrive Shifty Frank Romano will never give up his manual shift 1955 Chevy. If you talk to most people running manuals at Drag...
View Article2017 Drag Week-Race ‘em, Wreck ‘Em, Never Check ‘Em
HOT ROD Drag Week 2017, powered by Dodge and presented by Gear Vendors Overdrive Drag Week is the most fun you can have in drag racing—unless you’re blessed with lots of cubic-dollars or significant...
View ArticleHOT ROD Drag Week 2017 Official Results and Winners
POWERED BY DODGE AND BROUGHT TO YOU BY GEAR VENDORS After 1,000-plus miles of driving and racing over the last five days, HOT ROD Drag Week 2017 has finished at Cordova International Raceway. Those...
View Article1932 Ford pickup is all hot rod
Bauder’s Hauler A 1932 Ford Pickup for a Hot Rod Pioneer There are those who have blazed the trail, carving a niche for themselves in automotive history, whose aura transcends the use of a complete...
View ArticleFriday Fun Day at the Classic Industries F-Body Nationals
With Memphis being home of the blues and the birthplace of rock ’n’ roll, there is no better setting than Memphis International Raceway to hold the inaugural 2017 Classic Industries F-Body Nationals....
View ArticleInside Look at the new 2018 Coyote Block!
Sometimes you aren’t supposed to get something but you’re glad you did. That was the case for Tim Eichhorn of MPR Engines. A 2015 Mustang block order arrived as a strange variant. Was this a 6.2-liter...
View ArticleDrag Week 2017: Gallery of Burnouts and Wheelies
On Hot Rod’s Drag Week competition, five tracks and five days of racing with a car count of nearly 400 per track gives you plenty of opportunities to get some pretty awesome pictures. Here are some of...
View ArticleFreaks of Drag Week: The Trollvo
We have a secret affinity for these boxy Volvo’s of the ‘80s and ‘90s and would love to build one similar to this one: Billy Sijthoff’s 1984 Volvo 240. In place of the stock four-banger is a 5.3 LS out...
View ArticleShow and GO Engine’s at the 2017 Classic Industries F-Body Nationals!
The only thing we like looking at more than cool Chevys are badass engine bays. Yea, some are nicer than others while a few are downright tragic, but hey, variety is the spice of life and we dig seeing...
View ArticleLS1 Engine Performance Build and Dyno Test
It can be safely said GM’s all-new LS1 opened the door to a new world of technology and performance in the 1990s. It can also be accurately stated the LS family is easily the most successful V-8 in...
View ArticleFirst Camaro VIN 001 and Camaro 031 at the 2017 Classic Industries F-Body...
With everything in life there’s a first, and the same is true of our favorite pony car, the Camaro. Yep, VIN number 123377N100001 is the first Camaro every officially produced. And while you might...
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