Words: Tommy Parry        Images: Taylor Some people like their classic muscle cars to spend their lives in dusty garages, and some like to take them to car shows. Then there’s a smaller contingent which pays little respect for tradition, retrofits everything, and takes muscle cars to the track. Taylor clearly fits into this last… Continue reading Taylor's Pro Touring Camaro

  Words & Photos: Tommy Parry When this build started, it was intended to be a casual cruiser. However, that wasn’t what fate intended for this ‘93 LX. With a tuned motor as a selling point, Josh grabbed the Ford for peanuts, fixed up the faulty clutch and decided that he’d turn it into a… Continue reading Josh's Pro Touring Fox Body

  Owner: Sal Barakat       Words & Photos: Clive Branson As they slipped the covers off its body during its inaugural car show in 1968, heads must have turned, mouths dropped, people walked into each other and conversations probably halted in mid-sentence. This was not your typical tool of transportation. As I gaze at it, its… Continue reading Muscle Car Madness: 1968 FORD MUSTANG FASTBACK

Concept One Pulley Systems highlights the unique design and quality of their pulley systems in the new edition of Shop Talk. Shop Talk is a regular video series produced by Concept One Pulleys to provide tech tips and how-to videos. The new video featuring co-owner Kevin Redd explains how Concept One Pulley Systems are designed… Continue reading Concept One Pulley Systems’ Shop Talk Explains Design Specifications for Their Pulley Systems

photos and text by Gary Rosier   Rick Holder and his wife Mary Ann Holder own this beautiful 1969 Plymouth Barracuda 340 “S”. Rick and Mary Ann are from West Virginia and now reside most of the year in Port Orange, Florida.    The first Barracuda’s were heavily based on the contemporary Valiant’s, however Plymouth… Continue reading Rick Holder's 1969 340 'Cuda "S"

Words & Photos: John Gunnell I just received an email saying that the annual PRI Show is coming up. The show takes place Dec. 7-9, 2017 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, Ind. This year will be the 30th anniversary of this event. Here are some bullet points on the show; take a look… Continue reading PRI 2017 is Almost Here

  Words & Photos: Tommy Parry Getting stationed overseas is always hard, but there’s usually some good money in it. Once Yahtzee had left Japan and returned to his hometown of Albuquerque, he took his money and started scouring Craigslist for a new toy to play with. The choice was simple: a classic Camaro with… Continue reading LS-Swapped '89 Camaro

  Words & Photos: John Gunnell There were plenty of outstanding muscle cars and Corvettes at the Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Ill., Nov. 17-18, 2017. Those were the dates of the Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals (www.mcacn.com), and besides those types of cars, we spotted a couple of big Pontiac Bonnevilles, a prototype Ford… Continue reading The Only Hot Rod at the Muscle Car and Corvette Show

Words & Photos: Paul Garson For millennia, the dragon has served as a pivotal symbol in Asian cultures, signifying the disciplined blending and power of body, mind and spirit. That area of the world is also seen as the nurturing ground for a variety of martial arts: judo, karate, aikido, kung fu, taekwondo and others.… Continue reading Red Dragon Karate Rod

By John Gunnell Industrial designer Raymond Loewy had trouble selling car designs to the Big 3 manufacturers in Detroit. Ford, GM and Chrysler wanted to design large cars with gobs of chrome trim. Loewy preferred smaller, sportier cars with sleek lines and low-slung looks. His cars were innovative and attention-getting. Smaller automakers such as Willys… Continue reading Salt Flats Studebaker