30 Years Back: Watch The 1988 NHRA Winternationals TV Broadcast Right Here
About this time next week I’ll be heading to Pomona for the 2018 NHRA Winternationals, starting the 24-race (yes twenty four race) NHRA season. It’s a historic event and it is an awesome...
This Valley Pan For A Z11 427 W-Engine Is Rare and Expensive – What Would It’s Asking Price Have Bought In 1962?
You know that I love finding rare and expensive parts. This time it is an aluminum valley pan from a Z11 427 W-engine. The piece was cast in 1962 and likely was used on a 1963 Z11 engine. The pan is...
Morning Symphony: Big-Block El Camino Vs. Big-Block B-Body, Both On Spray
Last I looked, it’s still winter for another two months. Two more months of questionable weather. Two more months of quiet race tracks around BangShift Mid-West. Two months of garage time in...
America’s Most Beautiful Roadster WINNER: The Martin Special 1931 Ford
America’s Most Beautiful Roadster is a title that only one car per year gets to own, and it also puts you in a very particularly small and important group. This year’s contenders for the...
America’s Most Beautiful Roadster Contender: The Nickel Roadster
This 1932 Ford Roadster is unique, not for the stance or paint scheme, not for the interior or the drivetrain and suspension, but rather because of the finish on all the metal components normally...
America’s Most Beautiful Roadster Contender: The Eddie Dye Roadster
The Eddie Dye Roadster is a 1929 Ford that is as old school cool as can be. This car exudes cool and fast and it is one that really appeals to the traditional hot rod crowd. Especially when you see...
America’s Most Beautiful Roadster Contender: 1927 Ford Custom Concept
Daniel Hostetter’s 1927 Ford Custom Concept car is my favorite AMBR contender. There, I said it. It looks like no other car in the class, and with good reason. It is based on an old magazine...
America’s Most Beautiful Roadster Contender: Shangri-La 1936 Cadillac
Rick Dore is pretty well known for sexy, swoopy. sensual cars and this year his blue 1936 Cadillac called Shangri-La is all of that and more. The color on this car has been talked about non-stop at...
America’s Most Beautiful Roadster Contender: Blackstar 1932 Ford Roadster
The Blackstar is another AMBR contender that went with a bit different power plant. In fact very different. Mind you there was a time when the Cadillac Northstar dual overhead cam engine had some...
America’s Most Beautiful Roadster Contender: Pete Aardema’s 1934 Ford
Pete Aardema’s 1934 Ford is a really nice car. But that’s not what you’ll notice when you first walk up to the display for this thing. What you’ll notice is the fact that...
America’s Most Beautiful Roadster Contender: Deuce One Ford Roadster
I have to say, this is one of my two favorite cars in the America’s Most Beautiful Roadster competition. There is nothing I would change on this car. and I would drive the wheels off of it...
America’s Most Beautiful Roadster Contender: .36 Special 1936 Ford Roadster
Chris and Robyn Parmalee are the owners of the .36 Special roadster, and Chris is the one who built and painted it. This year’s field of America’s Most Beautiful Roadster contenders...
America’s Most Beautiful Roadster Contender: The Stinger 1932 Ford
Sean Black’s Stinger 1932 Ford is a pretty bitchin ride. There are plenty of reasons to like it and plenty of ways that it checks all the boxes on how to do a great roadster. It’s also...
