It took Jerry Reiter 6 years to build the “Bugamillo” and if you can’t tell by the pictures, is a half VW Bug half Armadillo, and we love it!  Jerry started with a junkyard find Bug and sent it over to a friend of his to do the art/body-work to give it the armadillo look. Under… Continue reading Jerry Reitter's "Bugadillo" is the Perfect Desert Cruiser

  Words: Tommy Parry Starting in 2009, Zach set off to build a car for open road racing events like the Silver State Classic. With the lofty goals that come with inexperience, he followed dreams much larger than his driving experience. Nevertheless, he plodded on and set his aims on building a machine which could… Continue reading Zach's "Half-Breed" Mach 1

  Words: Tommy Parry In 2013, just before the birth of Dan’s second daughter, he bought a ‘64 Mustang from a friend of mine who needed to clean house. Up to this point, Dan had been intimately involved with old Porsches – most specifically as a Porsche Club of America instructor – and felt the… Continue reading Dan's Track-Tuned '64.5 Mustang

  Words & Photos: Gary Rosier René Paquette resides most of the year in Terrebonne, Quebec. I caught up with him recently at a car cruise-in, where he was attending with his unique and rare 5-Window Chevrolet Pickup. It’s a 1300 series, which was Canada’s version of the 3100 Series stateside (U.S.) trucks. Seems that… Continue reading "BAZOU" – a '51 Canadian 5 Window Pick-Up

  Words: Mike Aguilar    Photos: Tyler McCormack and Enilda Aguilar Tyler McCormack is the proud owner of a beautiful 1970 Chevy Chevelle into which he’s thrown a Big Block Chevy motor. I ran into Tyler in a group on Facebook quite a bit ago. He’d posted pictures of the car alongside his other car and… Continue reading Tyler McCormack and His '70 Chevelle BB Block Build

Words & Photos: “Big Al” Leibmann Each visit to Ida Automotive to see my friends Rob & Bob Ida Sr. is more exciting than the last. The Tucker 1044 Open House was today; the pics start with the restoration of Tucker #1044. A little history of the 1044 – work started when it was purchased… Continue reading Tucker 1044 Open House

  Words: John Gunnell Mike and Jim Ring are nationally known for building resto-mods. When a friend said there was a vehicle they should buy at a classic car auction, the Ring brothers said to buy it. Their acquisition was a ‘72 Winnebago motorhome which couldn’t make it back to Wisconsin without repairs. It was… Continue reading Ring Brothers Happy Camper

Words & Photos: “Big Al” Leibmann Here is a quick update on the Tucker Torpedo. Rob Ida and his staff have been working on this project since my first installment around 4 years ago. Today it’s getting closer to life. The boldly styled coupe, shaped by designer George Lawson, never progressed beyond a quarter-scale model,… Continue reading Tucker Torpedo Update/Ida Automotive

Owner: John ‘Scott’ Erratt          Text & photos: Clive Branson An automobile icon of the 1970s, such as the Plymouth Roadrunner, was deconstructed to its primordial form to bring out the purity of the design. Imagine just the road and you. Whether it’s a long stretch of highway or a meandering ribbon of country road, step… Continue reading Muscle Car Madness: 1970 Plymouth Roadrunner

Any car in the running title of America’s Most Beautiful Roadster at the Grand National Roadster Show is certain to be an amazing example of automotive art. The cars in this year’s competition are no exception. Roger Rohrdanz managed to snap pictures of 13 of the 15 contenders, which we’ve gathered here for you. The… Continue reading Our First Look at the 2018 AMBR Contenders