Classic Instruments Classic Instruments is excited to announce its participation in the NHRA Contingency Program. The company will be a contingency sponsor for all Sportsman races in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series and the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series. Owner John McLeod stated “We are proud to join forces with the NHRA and… Continue reading Classic Instruments Will Participate in 2017 NHRA Contingency Program

  Words & Photos: Tommy Parry   It’s easy to get a little spoiled with the number of Model As that make up these pages. The car is so popular, and the platform so universally recognized, that it’s easy to take them for granted. Well, as comfortable as we are with them, there’s still one… Continue reading One of the Cleanest '31 Model As Around

  Words & Photos: Tommy Parry   Starting with a gorgeous aquamarine paint job, this ‘69 F100 could’ve ended right there and still had a few admirers. However, this was a classic rebuild, so the seafoam green paint was eventually scrapped for something a little more sinister and eye-catching – but not before a detailed… Continue reading Beastly on a Budget: One Clean F100

  Words & Photos: Tommy Parry   Land speed cars are odd creatures. Designing them to remain stable and surefooted at terrifying speeds over a slippery, salt surface is demanding enough, but they also usually lack much downforce and sometimes the engine sits over the wrong axle. That entails a whole number of different demands… Continue reading '28 Ford Roadster Land Speed Machine

  Photos: Tommy Parry   After a bad motocross accident prevented him from continuing in bike sports, Matt Urch decided to built a completely custom car in which to race. He didn’t set his aim low, either – rat rods aren’t often used as drifters, but Matt built this 1953 Ford Anglia to burn rubber… Continue reading Matt Urch's '53 Ford Anglia Drifter

  Words: Avery Finnivan         Photos: Courtesy of Aussie Invader Facebook Page   Rosco McGlashan and the Aussie Invader team have spent about a decade designing and planning the Aussie Invader 5R, a land speed race car intended to break the sound barrier and hit a record-shattering speed of 1,000 mph in 20 seconds. Such an… Continue reading Aussie Invaders Go-Fund-Me

  Words & Photos: John Gunnell   It’s called Goal Oriented Education, and the goal in the Waupaca High School Auto Shop is to completely restore a 1967 Camaro hardtop. Instructor Bill Kroseberg is the car enthusiast who started the program at the school in Waupaca, Wis. He didn’t realize at the start how big… Continue reading Waupaka High School Camaro Build

  Words: Avery Finnivan     Credit and Photos: Kustomrama   Way back in the 1950s, the famous Ed Roth purchased a ’56 Ford F-100 truck. He airbrushed a mural on the tonneau cover and painted red flames on a white background at a number of key areas on the truck. The truck worked as a very… Continue reading Ed Roth's Flamin' '56 Ford

  Words: Avery Finnivan     Credit and Photos: Kustomrama   In 1965, Egeo Barci hired two new employees for his father’s steering wheel and car sport accessory company in Brazil, Germano Franzoni and João Neves Filho. While working together to expand the company, the three car enthusiasts decided they wanted to build a hot rod. They… Continue reading Egeo Barci's 1934 Ford Hot Rod

’17 Dodge cab ’40s Ford front ’59 283/292 Rochesters with Maund stacks on Fenton manifold Joe Hunt magneto Vintage Mr. Gasket valve covers Baffled pipes Turbo 350 Chris Craft brass windshield brackets ’62 Chevy 10-bolt posi rear, 4-link SW gauges Harley mirrors and directionals FRP seats molded from Scandinavian ergonomic, wood-slat yoga chair Jerri Bergen… Continue reading Rodboy's 1917 Dodge is Sweet & Low