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3D Printing Will Change How We Fabricate Speed Parts
CTL + P for Performance Parts? When new technology shows up, it’s up to a hot rodder to see if it’s worth working into our way of building cars. As each newly accepted tech becomes the norm, a new wave...
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The Adventures of Krass & Bernie: The A/Stock Belvedere
The guys find a real factory race car with a checkered past. Just how did the body get so twisted? Maybe it was all that power and tires that were just a bit too big. The post The Adventures of Krass...
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Randy Grubb’s Latest Project Is A Double Decker RV With A VW Bus On Top
The Oregon-based metal sculptor is at it again Randy Grubb’s obsession with all things metal and Art Deco has lead to this latest project, a double decker RV of sorts with a VW bus perched on top....
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Installing and Dyno-Testing a Vortech Supercharger on a Chevy 4.8 L Engine
Car Craft has always been about the underdog. Anybody with a water-cooled checkbook can go out and buy a supercharged LS9 and make big power. That leaves the rest of us looking for a less-expensive...
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Kick Out The Jambs it’s Classic Instruments 40th Anniversary Bash
Come one-come all to the 2017 NSRA Appreciation Day held at Classic Instruments open house and 40th Anniversary celebration. But don’t leave yet it’s not until Saturday July 29, 2017 in Boyne City,...
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How to Customize a Gen II Camaro Front Bumper Cover With Fiberglass
Long considered undesirable relics of the disco era, 1978–1981 Camaros are quickly gaining popularity among car builders. Several factors contribute to this phenomenon, including skyrocketing prices on...
View ArticleTwo Industry Veterans Release New Books On Hot Rodding
How fortunate we are to have two hot rod industry titans release new books featuring their unique perspectives on the history of hot rodding. We’ll start with Isky’s since he’s the senior veteran at 95...
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The Righteous Super Bee You Wish You Had In High School!
High school. For those of us who grew up when muscle was available cheap and hot girls were sometimes not, late Saturday nights spent cruising was part of the fabric of our lives. We lived for the...
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WATCH: On Board a PASS Super Late Model
Day one of the Icebreaker weekend at Thompson (CT) Speedway Motorsports park was a busy one with practice, qualifying, and heats and features for some of the support divisions. Circle Track had John A....
View Article16th Annual Lonestar Round Up: The Hot Rods & Customs
To say there’s a “main attraction” at the Lonestar Round Up would be rather misleading—the entire show is the main attraction, and that’s not just limited to within the boundaries of Travis County Expo...
View Article16th Annual Lonestar Round Up: Beyond The Show Cars
If you’re a meat and potatoes kind of person, let’s put this into perspective by saying the cars of the Lonestar Round Up in Austin, Texas, may be the BBQ brisket, but it would take a variety of...
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Giant Pile Of Mopars Hit The CPW Spring Fling In Los Angeles!
When it comes to the bigger, more established Mopar shows, one can argue that the Chrysler Performance West (CPW) annual Spring Fling (and by extension CPW’s Fall Fling) stand out in a couple of...
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The Iconic Ike Iacono Dragster From 1958
This is one of the longest continually run dragsters of all time; the infamous Ike Iacono rail, originally featured on HOT ROD’s January 1959 cover. That’s one of its HOT ROD connections, but a more...
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Hilton Head’s Land Speed Automotive Faces-off Against Cancer
On March 25th, Land Speed Automotive, a full service hot rod shop based in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina held its first annual “Cars Against Cancer” benefit to support the Savannah Georgia...
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Rare Mopar Swap Meet Gold From The Spring Fling!
There’s not a Mopar guy on the planet who hasn’t at one time spent massive amounts of time looking for a new project or parts for one. You might even argue that guys don’t finish projects because...
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Restored 1969 Chevrolet Camaro SS396 Goes Back for a Helping of Day-Two Goodness
Mike Angelo’s shiny Tuxedo Black 1969 Camaro SS juxtaposed with the shabby paint of the ballyhooed barn finds of recent years led me to a surprising conclusion: Shiny paint looks better than shabby...
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200 Photos of Hot Rods from NSRA Tampa!
The 30th anniversary of the Tampa, Florida NSRA event, held at the Florida State Fairgrounds, was easily the city’s largest vintage car show. The collection of pre-1988 rides included muscle cars from...
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Knee-jerk reaction to stoplight inaction
Is there a way to put into words the feeling that one experiences when you’re sitting at a red light and your mind starts to wander … “What’s that noise?! Is that rod knock?! Naw, probably just the...
View ArticleDrifting Down the Streets of Long Beach
It’s the first event of the 2017 season, 14th for Formula DRIFT as an organization, and the 12th year of drifting at Long Beach. Every year, drifters and fans from around the globe make their...
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150+ Mopar Photos from Spring Fling
SoCal’s Mopar Family Reunion Every spring, Chrysler Performance West puts on a two-day Mopar show in Van Nuys, California. This year was a great turnout for swap meet fans, with everything from AMC...
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