22 Crazy Mopars From The Muscle Car Nats In Chicago!
The annual Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals held each November showcases truly amazing cars. MCACN event co-owner and manager Bob Ashton gathers machines from around North America, with each year...
View ArticleA Racer’s Perspective of PRI #TENPRI16
By this time we’ve shared a couple different perspectives of the PRI Show. However, we haven’t shared the most important perspective – the race driver’s. We caught up with a couple of winning drivers...
View ArticleGeorge Edwards’ “Other” Garage Holds a Real COPO Camaro and a Sterling Cement...
A couple months ago, we showed you George and Carol Edwards’ showcase garage area in their home in Pennsylvania, complete with their bought-new 1968 Yenko Camaro and a 1937 Cord. George’s ownership in...
View ArticleDaytona Turkey Run Turns 43
It’s one of the larger events in the country and most assuredly within the state of Florida but the Daytona Turkey Run which turned 43 this year is a proven winner when it comes to hot rod events. And...
View ArticleInspecting a Used Engine
They say that knowledge is power and when it comes to building an engine, that’s literally the truth. Incorrectly spec’d components can make all the difference in the world when it comes to making...
View ArticleInstalling an affordable interior
When you use a classic truck on a regular basis some things are bound to wear out. A case in point is the interior of our 1973 Ford, aka the Hot Rod Hauler. The F-series is our trailer towing swap meet...
View ArticleA Sneak Peek of the Car in Our PRI Booth #TENPRI16
Members of the racing community from across the country are preparing to make the trek to Indianapolis for the PRI Show this week. Circle Track made sure to catch up with our friends at Racetech...
View ArticleThrowback Tuesday: “Fast Eddie” Schartman
1967 “Fast Eddie” Schartman getting a little out of shape at the newly opened Orange County International Raceway in 1967. The Air Lift Rattler Funny Car was one of four built that year with a Logghe...
View ArticleNitro Returns To NHRA, Lotus Invades Indy, GM Bans Racing In 1963
1963. After reviewing the many controversies that made headlines and headaches this year, we can only conclude that something must’ve been in the air. Maybe it was the nitromethane-methanol cloud...
View ArticleMuscle Cars, Customs, and Hot Rods From MOONEYES Japan
Muscle cars and hot rods are as American as apple pie and baseball. But just because they are indigenous to the US of A, doesn’t mean they aren’t adored the world over. One shining example of that is...
View ArticleTwin-Engine Tremendousness With the Freight Train and Motes & Williams Dragsters
Duel of the Duals Hail to twin-engine tremendousness! You know the hot rod credo is that bigger is better and two is better than one. To celebrate one of the hot rodder’s Ten Commandments, here’s the...
View ArticlePatina … In A Can
“Barn find, barn find, barn find.” “Patina, patina, patina.” Just when you thought you’d heard enough and couldn’t take any more, we’re combining the two in the following tech article. Have we ruffled...
View ArticleJapanese take on Custom Classic Trucks at MOONEYES Japan
Though they began life as purpose-built work machines, haulers, and heavy lifters, trucks have become as much a part of the classic-vehicle scene as muscle cars and hot rods ––some would argue even...
View ArticleWatch CSU Build a 1,000-plus Horsepower Blow-Through Carb
It was not even 10 years ago that the concept of a 1,000 horsepower street car was a mind boggling proposition. Now, anything less than quadruple-digit power barely makes news. While EFI is more user...
View ArticleMind-Blowing Carbon-Fiber ’Cuda—With Parts You Can Buy Too!
Considering that SEMA is far and away the largest automotive aftermarket show on the planet, how you present your company and its products there can have a large impact on potential clients, other...
View ArticleAlan & Julie Snyder 1956 Cameo
Alan Synder’s first encounter with seeing a Cameo truck was when the local funeral director hauled flowers from the church to the cemetery. From then on that first sighting was all it took for him to...
View ArticleTrains, Tractors and Junked Cars Amongst The Redwoods
Just above the Silicon Valley is an area you could call the iron mountains. West of San Jose, patches of land in the hills near Saratoga, California are covered with sky-scraping redwood trees. It’s a...
View ArticleLifelong Oldsmobile Enthusiast John Trial Builds the Car of His Dreams
John Trial’s passion for Oldsmobile traces back to earliest childhood. “My father was an Olds man,” he explains. “His first new car was a 1961 Dynamic 88. I was hooked on Oldsmobiles early on, and...
View ArticleComing in the March 2017 Issue of Hot Rod Deluxe: The Wet ’n’ Wild Race of...
Who cares if it was raining? The West Coast version of The Race of Gentlemen was an outstanding event. Ask anyone who was there. If you weren’t, we’ve devoted some 12 pages of the March issue of HOT...
View ArticleThis Gorgeous and Rare 1970 Oldsmobile 4-4-2 W-30 Was Once a Basket Case
The passion Bob Stokes has for cars was formed early. He drove his dad’s 1956 T-bird in high school, and he has owned a diverse array of classic and muscle cars since, from a 1963 Impala to a 1959...
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