Happy 3/20! Let’s Take A Look At The 320ci Buick Straight Eight – Fireball Power!
From 1931 through 1953 the Buick straight eight really made its mark in the American automotive landscape. They were made in varying displacements and even varying block sizes but the one most people...
Jay Leno’s Garage Car Feature: This 1968 Mustang GT 2+2 Fastback Cobra Jet Makes Over 700 Horsepower
Jay is always featuring cool cars, but for those of you who are into Ford’s Pony Cars, here you go. I’m a Chevrolet guy to the core, but I’ve always said that my favorite Mustangs...
Fuel System Tech Video: How To Size Holley Fuel Cell EFI Pump Modules For Your Application.
It has never been easier to build horsepower than it is today, and that’s partially because of engine technology and partly because of all the support systems that are now available for those...
Legends of Puke Hollow: This 1963 USAC Race Film From The Infamous Langhorne Speedway Is Amazing
Of all the interesting and infamous abandoned race tracks I have ever visited, the wooded remains of Pennsylvania’a Langhorne Speedway is a top three location. Now behind a department store in...
It’s Blown Baby: This Vintage Road Test Of A Supercharged 327 Powered Avanti II Shows Just How Neat These Cars Were
The Avanti is one of the most interesting automotive stories of the muscle car era. Studebaker introduced the car and sold it for a few years before sliding beneath the financial waves. The stunning...
Greg Heinrich’s 1967 Camaro: A Speed Demon in White
In the heart of Hesperia, California, a rust-covered gem lay waiting to be transformed into a roaring street racing legend. Rodger of Ironworks Speed and Kustom had just acquired the skeleton of a...
Happy 3/18 – Let’s Celebrate The Chrysler 318, The 318 Poly, and One Other 318ci Mill You May Not Think About
Ah yes, 3/18 the day we look back at the venerable 318ci Chrysler small block, the 318ci Chrysler Polyspheric, and a diesel engine that is not necessarily known for its displacement but more for the...
Hot Rod Hoarder Video: This MYSTERY V8 Austin Healey Hot Rod Has Sat ABANDONED Since the ’60s!
Tommy Lee Byrd, the Hot Rod Hoarder, is always finding killer hot rods and race cars in barns, fields, shops and wrecking yards and here is another one. This Austin Healey is really something...
The Right Line: This 1960s British Motorcycling Film Is Spectacular! Trials, Grand Prix, Moto-Cross, Isle of Man
Motorcycle racing is not exactly a burning passion of mine in the modern world, but I am fascinated by its history. This is especially true of the scene and the sport in Europe where it was and still...
An East Coasters Tour Of So Cal Hot Rodding History: Blair’s Speed Shop Tour Photos From Joe Grippo.
(Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) The next few stops on our East Coasters Tour of Southern California Hot Rod Shops took us to some legendary locations. First up on this day was Blairs Speed Shop in...
Old School Video: This 1960 Plymouth Sales Film For The Valiant May As Well Come From Mars
Selling cars is not an easy job. It’s something that we could never do. Not because we’d hate to see them leave the lot, but because it’s one of those professions where you are only...
Heavy, Haughty, and Downright Hilarious: Driving The 2024 Mercedes-Benz GLS63 AMG – The Cure For The Common EV
With all the noise, screaming, yelling, and histrionics that fill the airwaves these days about EVs and their impending blob-like growth to swallow the automotive marketplace, it’s good to get...
Historic Promo Video: Chevrolet’s Promo Movie Selling Ram-Jet Fuel Injection for 1957
What a world it must have been for a gearhead in the late 1950s. So much was happening with aviation technology, and car companies were innovating, inventing, and experimenting with stuff that would...
