Ideas
16 Unbelievable Classic and Vintage Vehicles
16 Unbelievable Vintage Vehicles including the 1960 Pininfarina X, the 1959 Cadillac Cyclone, the Stout Scarab, and other unique vehicles… [More…]
Buick
Builds and Examples
1950 Buick Special Sleeper Build
Watch the build process unfold as this 1950 Buick Special gets transformed into a true sleeper… [More…]
Rides & Roadkillers
1962 Ed Roth “Mysterion” Re-creation Goes to Auction
RM Sotheby’s is offering the exceptional recreation at its Petersen Automotive Museum Auction on December 8, 2018. The hot rod is expected to go for six figures. [More…]
Rides & Roadkillers
Ride Along ~ Jeff Brock’s Record Setting Bonneville Run
Ride along with Jeff Brock in his 1952 Buick Super Riviera, “Bombshell Betty”. Filmed at the Bonneville Salt Flats during Speedweek 2012 — the in car footage shows Jeff’s world-record setting run clocking in at over 160 miles per hour. [More…]
Builds and Examples
5 Forgotten V8 Engines From The Muscle Car Era
Every self-respecting hot rodder is familiar with or has heard of: Chrysler 426 Hemi Chevrolet LS6 454 Buick Stage-1 455 Pontiac 455 HO Oldsmobile W-30 455 Ford 427 large displacement V8s These were some of [More…]
Technical Info
Big Vehicle Overdrive ~ 4L80E Transmission Basics
When your big engine and TH400’s lack of overdrive has your engine screaming on the highway, a 4L80E transmission might just be the answer. The 4L80E transmission’s roots trace back to the Turbo-Hydramatic 400 automatic [More…]
Car Shows & Events
Ventura Nationals 2018 ~ Drive-Ins and Cruise
The Ventura Nationals is one of the biggest traditional hot rod/rockabilly car events in Southern California. [More…]
DIY Projects
1949-54 GM Car Torque Tube to Open Driveshaft Conversion
The enclosed driveline, or torque tube, is really a quite effective design — It’s advantages are positive location of the rear end, with no Panhard bars, traction bars or four-link setup needed for rear-end stability. [More…]
DIY Projects
How To Build Your Project Car On A Budget
You’ve pulled the trigger on that project car and dragged it home. Project cars come in all shapes and sizes, so let’s assume you’ve found yourself one that runs, but just barely. Only your true die-hard hot-rod buddies get it. Everybody else thinks you’re crazy. You see what the non-believers can’t, not a rusty junkyard escapee but a soon-to-be cruiser that just needs a little tweaking to become a loyal daily driver… [More…]
DIY Projects
How and Where To Score a Cheap Junkyard Engine
For generations hot rodders have pulled bigger and more powerful engines out of other cars to use in their DIY hot rod projects. Back in the ’50s gearheads would spend hours hunting for Cadillac and Oldsmobile engines to use in their rods. In the ’60s builders started pulling Hemis, Pontiac 455s, Ford Cammers, and of course the big-block Chevys out of cars to power their gassers, T-buckets and other custom powered street machines. [More…]
Lifestyle
10 Best Hot Rods for 16-Year Olds
10 cool cars that could be built on a 16-year-old’s budget. [More…]
DIY Projects
Original Exterior Sun Visors For Sale ~ Chevy, Ford, Mopar, More
Sunglasses not enough? Looking for that Classic or Lowbrow Style? Go with an Exterior Sun Visor — Adding sun visors to your vehicle can help you see while driving in bright sunshine or to add that full custom classic or vintage car look… [More…]
Projects & Parts For Sale
Classic Cars and Trucks For Sale – Great Bend, Kansas
Nobody Else’s Auto Recycling 332 N US Highway 281 Great Bend, Kansas Call 620-786-4428 Specific questions about parts or a specific vehicle needs – CALL: 620-786-4428 Many Parts and Vehicles can be viewed on eBay [More…]
DIY Projects
How To Chop a 1947 Buick Sedanette in Two Minutes
It took Kjetil Kvipt and his crew of Norwegian Coupe Devils car club members 9 hours to chop the top on Hans Ola Christensen’s 1947 Buick Sedanette… This video was compiled by Kustomrama and sums [More…]
Builds and Examples
1951 GMC/Chevrolet Resto Mod Chassis Swap
This 1951 GMC truck sits atop a 4th generation GM B-body chassis, in this case, a 1992 Chevrolet Caprice, which is one reason why this GMC truck has a Chevrolet tail gate – the other [More…]
DIY Projects
How To Narrow a GM B-Body Chassis
The General Motors 4th Generation B-Body Platform is perfect for a lot of 40s, 50, and 60s cars and trucks, except… its frame rails are too wide for most of these Classic vehicles. The tins [More…]
DIY Projects
Shift Knob / Shift Handle Thread Sizes
Shift Knob and Shifter Handle Thread Sizes may vary depending on make, model and trim package of a vehicle. The shift knob thread size information provided below is as accurate as possible and should be [More…]
Builds and Examples
1936 Ford Humpback Rat Rod Roadster
Project: 1936 Ford Humpback Rat Rod Roadster This is what was delivered: Straight axle, wishbone, spring and a 1936 Ford Four Door Humpback that was at some point cut down to a two-door roadster. The first [More…]