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2018 All-Ford Nationals At Carlisle: Our Last Gallery Of Photos Is All About Cool Ford Stuff!

(Words and photos by Joe Grippo) – We recently spent a few days wondering around 2018 Ford Nationals at the Carlisle Pennsylvania Fairgrounds. 3000 plus cars and Ford trucks packed the place...

Holley Hot Rod Reunion 2018: Our Coverage Starts With The Show Car Field!

It’s my anniversary! No, not the mark where I married my wife, that’s later on in the year. The Holley Hot Rod Reunion marks the point where I went full-time and on-the-scene for...

Hot Rods, Trucks, Customs, Muscle Cars, And More Pomona Swap Meet Photos!

We’ve got a bunch of photos from the Pomona Swap Meet, including cars, trucks, customs, muscle cars, hot rods, and more. Parts, cars, trucks, bikes, toys, accessories, tools, you name it and...

The 45th NSRA Nationals In York Had Something For Everyone

(Words and Photos by Troy Thomas)Technically a Street Rod is a pre-1949 modified or custom vehicle, while 1949 and newer fall under the category of Street Machine.  Years ago the National Street Rod...

Here Are More Photos From The Race Of Gentlemen That You Won’t Want To Miss

(Photos by Kobus Reyneke) Yesterday we shared our first batch of photos from The Race of Gentlemen in New Jersey and today’s gallery promises not to disappoint either. The organizers describe...

There Is Only One Pomona Swap Meet! And We’ve Got The Photos

We’ve got a bunch of photos from the Pomona Swap Meet, including cars, trucks, customs, muscle cars, hot rods, and more. Parts, cars, trucks, bikes, toys, accessories, tools, you name it and...

Hot Rod Power Tour at Beech Bend: Our Final Gallery From The Beginning Of The Road Trip!

If you take anything away from our galleries from the first day of Power Tour at Beech Bend, it’s this: this is only just scratching the surface of what comes out. This is one day…this...

Ford Carlisle Nationals 2018 Coverage: Iconic Ford Trucks AND Tractors From Across The Decades!

(Words and photos by Joe Grippo) –  The 2018 Carlisle Ford Nationals is a celebration of all things blue oval. While the show is naturally Mustang centric, the largest selling Ford vehicle...

Hot Rod Power Tour at Beech Bend: The Swarms And The Showers

If there is one certainty about Bowling Green, Kentucky, it’s that you do not plan around the weather. What had been a hot, muggy and sunny day was quickly darkening and cooling. It was...

2018 Carlisle Ford Nationals: Cool Mercury, Edsel, and Ford Machines From A Bunch Of Eras

(Words and photos by Joe Grippo) –  The 2018 Carlisle Ford Nationals went down the other week and we continued our streak of never missing this blue oval extravaganza. While this show has...

Hot Rod Power Tour at Beech Bend: The Crowd Grows Thicker And Thicker!

They just kept coming in. The stream of cars that were coming from the registration area at the Sloan Convention Center to Beech Bend never relented. Everytime you looked, there was just a steady...

Car Show Photo Gallery: Pontiacs Featured At Original Parts Group Spring Summer Series!

With summer in Southern California, the Original Parts Group held their second show of the Spring Summer Series for Pontiac customers over the weekend at the OPGI Headquarters in Seal Beach.  ...

Hot Rod Power Tour At Beech Bend: We Have Much More To Show You From The Cruise!

If you have never been to Beech Bend Raceway in Bowling Green, it’s going to be difficult to explain just how surprising it was to see cars parked from the entrance at the main gate to past the...

Hot Rod Power Tour 2018 At Beech Bend: Our Coverage Starts Now!

Over two thousand cars, who knows how many thousands of people, and a historic track that is offering up autocrossing, drag racing and even a burnout contest…did you think for one second that...