Articles of hot rods, customs, classics, bikes and other rides.
A Redneck 33 Cabster from Redneck Hot Rods in South Dakota. This car was Sheila Chavez’ father’s project. He is an avid hot rodder with about ten cars and this one he was going to finish after he retired. He ended up developing cancer and couldn’t finish the car. Sheila took over the reigns and […]
The Wild Indian Photos/Story by Mike Slade I originally pick up the assignment to shoot the feature on this Gober Sosebee 39 Ford coupe race car when I was covering the 1988 Daytona 500 for Circle Track Magazine. After getting to Daytona that week I headed over to the Circle Track Trade Show to catch […]
A RESTORED ORIGINAL KAR KRAFT ASSEMBLED PONY Some call them Grails. You know, the one car. The car they always dreamed of. In this case Jim Simpson’s ultra-rare all original muscle car. This is a highly restored, fully documented, very original, 1969 Boss 429 Mustang. It is one of the 93 rarest, Raven Black, Boss […]
A Manuel Muller Restoration from the Blacktop Archives. Have you ever been to an event and all of sudden the room get’s silent, the people disappear, and a bright light hits you in the eyes? This happened to me the other day. I was stumbling through the Whitewall Nationals and this blue baby stopped me […]
Kasia Jones’ 1954 Studebaker Commander Do you believe in love at first site? For this car gal, love was in the air when she first saw this Studebaker two years ago. The lines were far ahead of the times in the mid 1950’s. Just take a look at the cars the big three […]
Bob Patlian’s 1971 Ford Pinto Resto-mod Sometimes a car just stops you in your tracks. Am I right? I am at the Historic Main Street Car Show in Garden Grove on Friday Night, for this special event with the Wienermobile coming into town. Well, after all the commotion of a 30′ Hot Dog cruisin in […]
At the Historic Main Street Car Show I got a call out of the blue from Allison with the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile. She asked if it would be alright if they brought the Wienermobile out to our car show. She is referring to the Historic Main Street Car Show on Friday Nights in Garden Grove, […]
Bizzarrini 5300 GT Corsa Revival Deliveries Continue as Company Embarks on Significant USA Tour Covering Over 8000 Miles Through 18 States Deliveries of the Bizzarrini 5300 GT Corsa Revival – the most authentic interpretation of the legendary 5300 GT – continue to customers all over the world. This latest example, one of just 24 cars meticulously hand-built, […]
Shiney Mike’s Hot Rod Shop Truck For as long as he can remember, Mike Grawunder has always wanted a hot rod truck. For his 65th birthday his wife Wendy was all about granting that wish. Mike is a retired trucker who has a passion for polishing metal. The seductive, almost zen-like process allows all […]
Today we meet with Tom Olson at the Big Wednesday Car Show and learn about his ’57 ‘Bird that he has owned since 1968! Can you imagine still owning your car when you were a senior in High School in 1968? Tom can, his T-Bird has gone through a few iterations throughout the years as […]
Karl Ardo & Josh Winderman’s Historic Born Free Build The story of this bike starts with an invitation to build a bike for the Born Free Show. Karl Ardo and Josh Widerman had great success with their previous collaboration a Triumph Drag Bike, and were looking to build another similar but different scoot. Then word […]
When you roll up on this ride at the local car show, there isn’t anything that jumps out at you. Subtlety at its best. You dig deeper and get lost in the deep black skin, the chrome accents just hit the rather snubby looking roller into the stratosphere with rocket cues and adorned fins. Then […]
