Builds and Examples
Resurrecting a Rusty Buick Nailhead V-8 Engine ~ Time-Lapse
There were many trials and tribulations along the way with this 401 Buick Nailhead engine rebuild, but it’s finally done. [More…]
Buick
Rides & Roadkillers
This ’61 Skylark was NEVER meant to go THIS FAST!
The 1961 Buick Skylark is back, this time at Pikes Peak Airstrip Attack, for a half-mile run — which is what this car was BUILT to do. [More…]
Technical Info
Tech Talk ~ Buick-Style Finned Aluminum Brake Drums
You can slip these Finned Aluminum Buick Brake Drums onto several of our hubs. No machining. No re-drilling. Not a cover. Just style… [More…]
Builds and Examples
1951 Buick Special Deluxe Custom Chop Top Build
“THE SHANE ASYLUM” ~ H.A.M.B. Member hacknwhack’s custom ride: A home-built 1951 Buick Special kustom chop top. [More…]
Builds and Examples
1964 Buick Riviera Custom Build
I picked up this 1964 Riviera from the grandson of the original owner who had big plans to restore the car and never quite got done. [More…]
Rides & Roadkillers
Kurt McCormick’s Legendary Lead Sleds
Dennis Gage visits Kurt McCormick in Imperial, MO and goes for a spin in a couple of legendary custom lead sleds. [More…]
Builds and Examples
1949 Buick Custom Chop Top Build
Got a ’49 Buick – Planned to paint it and drive it. Things got out of hand and the next thing I knew I was building a full custom. [More…]
Lifestyle
Body By Fisher
The Fisher logo on the doorsill of autos was a hallmark of reliability and American manufacturing and style for most of the last century. [More…]
Rides & Roadkillers
1961 427ci Buick Skylark ~ The GTR Destroyer
What started as a typical LS swap project, turned into a 200+ mph half-mile car in no time! [More…]
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…]