The early bird gets the worm but the second mouse gets the cheese. A queso-riffic metaphor that applied to Vergil Dawson that time he accompanied his buddy Dave on a trek to Bakersfield to look at a dismembered body. What they discovered was an assemblage
As we inch forward through the new millennium, hot rodders have an opportunity to take a peek at new realities and to enter a 2018 Goodguys event. Recently, we asked some of the best illustrators in our industry to take a look past 73rd street
The Big Three Muscle Car Offerings from Ford, Chevrolet, and Dodge are locked in a battle for performance supremacy not seen since the Sixties-era Camaro, Mustang, and Challenger horsepower wars. American muscle cars have evolved into world class machines that far surpass any legendary muscle
If you can look at a shell of a building, see beyond the rubble, years of neglect and disrepair, and you have a good idea how to make it better than before, then you understand what Oregon City, Oregon contractor John Rydzewski does for a
Jesse Vaughn and his wife Shawn, owners of Level 7 Motorsports, are perfect examples of new generation hot rodders. They pull into the autocross with their muscular 1978 C-10 Square Body on a low-buck steel open trailer. Called “The Shop Truck” the Level 7 pickup
When Dodge offered the Challenger and Charger SRT Hellcat package in 2015, it was a shot heard round the performance world. With its supercharged 6.2 liter, 707hp V8 and 650 lb·ft of torque, all car guys (not just Mopar enthusiasts) took notice of the most
When the Jaguar E-Type first debuted in 1961, the worldwide motoring press fawned over its beautiful lines and performance. This numbers-matching 1965 Jaguar E-Type Series 1 4.2 liter coupe has us equally smitten. Back in its time, some put the 1965 Jaguar E-Type ahead of
The Sixties was quite a decade and 50 years later we’re celebrating the 50th Camaro Anniversary. And 1967 was quite a year. Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club. Israel-Arab Six-Day War. Half a million troops in Vietnam. Twiggy. Bonnie & Clyde. The Graduate. Detroit race riots.
Legend has it that the Mura Brothers' 1941 Willys Gasser was built in the early 1960s by two brothers from Northern California, who bought the beat-up pickup for $25 bucks! They spent the next three years building it. It originally had a 426ci Chrysler wedge
Manuel has been driving this 1976 G10 Chevy Van around the country since he purchased it brand new in December 1975. It was less than a year after he bought it when the custom work and upgrades began. He tells us "I went to King
