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Is This The Most Badass Oldsmobile 442 Ever Built?

Ironworks Speed and Kustom out of Bakersfield, CA is no stranger to high end builds. Rodger Lee and crew have built rides that have won awards at SEMA and been in every car magazine out there....

Crusty 2.0: Less Patina, Better Performance, Still Crusty. Original Paint, Modern Comfort, And Performance!

When building cars, Greg Heinrich isn’t all about massive horsepower, or flashy paint. What matters to him more than anything, is how drivable the car is. Not how fast it can go around a corner...

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...

Grand National Roadster Show 2023: Here Are Photos Of All The America’s Most Beautiful Roadster Contenders!

(Photos by Wes Allison) America’s Most Beautiful Roadster is a title given to just one roadster per year and is considered one of the two highest hot rod award honors in the world. Given out at the...

Muscle Car And Corvette Nationals Photos: Bob Chiluk Chooses A Bad Ass Mopar For The BANGshift Pick Award.

Here’s our final gallery of photos from Bob Chiluk, and this one is of the 1971 Plymouth Sport Fury owned by Dave Arent that we chose for our BANGshift Pick Award. Bob did an awesome job,...

America’s Most Beautiful Roadster 2022: Jeff Breault’s 1934 Chevrolet Takes Home The Win In A Sea Of Fords

When you think 1930’s roadsters you usually think Ford, and with good reason. They built more of them than everyone else and they have been hot-rodded since the beginning. So it is no surprise...

LSFest Photos: Carnage And Fun At The Powerwheels Downhill Challenge During LSFest!

(Photos by Wes Allison) Holley’s LSFest East is in the books, and we got a ton of cool photos from the show, drag racing, autocross, dyno, drifting, and more. There is so much going on at this...

Electrified Or Electro-Fail? We Spend A Week With The 2021 Mustang Mach-E

(Photos by the author) – If we want to talk about vehicles that are important to the Ford Motor Company and which indicate what the company’s path forward is, the 2021 Mustang Mach-E is...

Here Are 50 Roadsters (And A Couple Of T-Buckets) We Would Love To Own

Here’s a collection of 50 photos showing a load of roadsters built in a multitude of different styles. You may like some and hate others but each of these cars has a personality and we dig...

This Willys Coupe Was Bought New And Kept In The Family. This Survivor Is Now Fully Restored And Awesome

When we first heard about the guys at MetalWorks restoring Sheridan Hales one owner Willys Coupe, we knew we had to check it out. And man were we glad we did. The history of the car is awesome, and...

Hot Rod Hullabaloo Coverage: An Awesome Gathering Of Photos Featuring Late Model Muscle and Performance

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Let me start off by apologizing for missing a whole string of newer stuff.  I saw them from a distance and figured I’d find them later.  I never found...

Hot Rod Hullabaloo Show Coverage: Trucks Take Center Stage At This Event – Loads Of Rigs To See Here

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – When it comes to variety of manufacturers in trucks let’s just say the FoMoCo and Dodge peoples let us down.  I expect better next year.  One highlight...

Here’s Our Last Gallery Of Photos From Mecum In Harrisburg – Hot Rods, Trucks, Memorabilia And Lots Of Cool Stuff We Wish We Owned!

(Photos by Joe Grippo) Mecum Auctions have been growing by leaps and bounds the past few years. In a time when automotive auction houses find themselves battling for the biggest and best collections,...

If You’ve Missed Any Of Our SEMA Show Photo Coverage, Then Check Them All Out Here!

We’ve shot a ton of photos from the 2019 SEMA Show in Las Vegas, and we have a lot more to share, but if you have missed anything so far then this is where you’ll find them. Click the...