Newburgh, Indiana – Indiana-based Route 2 Media will be providing daily video, photo and blog updates hosted/voiced by Chad Reynolds during the upcoming Rodfather/Goodguys Road Tour set to blast off Friday, September 14th. This special driving event will feature pre’49 hot rods streaking across the U.S. going from the Bonneville Salt Flats to Indianapolis… Continue reading Daily Web Coverage of Rodfather/Goodguys Road Tour to be provided by Route 2 Media and Chad Reynolds

  DETROIT – Jim Campbell, General Motors US Vice President of Performance Vehicles and Motorsports, served as the Honorary Chairman of the 24th Annual Motorsports Hall of Fame of America Induction Ceremony at the historic Fillmore Theater in downtown Detroit. As Honorary Chairman, Campbell presided over the formal black-tie ceremony and deliver the evening’s keynote… Continue reading Jim Campbell to Serve as Honorary Chairman at Induction Ceremony

  Stock Jeep Rubicon Transforms into a Show-worthy Gem at CarlisleLight Truck Accessory Alliance (LTAA) Backs Special Onsite Build  CARLISLE, PA – For three days at the 2012 Carlisle Truck Nationals, August 10-12 at the Carlisle PA Fairgrounds, the Light Truck Accessory Alliance and its partners transformed a brand new stock Jeep Rubicon into a… Continue reading Stock Jeep Rubicon Transforms into a Show-worthy Gem at Carlisle

  Now that we have taken Shelby’s Racin’ for a Purpose to the Drag strip’s an spreading our message thru Shelby’s love of Drag Racing with the Shelby’s Outlaw Shootout at Mountain Park Dragway in Clay City, Kentucky, we have decided to share our message of Suicide Prevention with our Love of the Hot Rod… Continue reading Shelby's Hot Rod RoundUp

Anyone who has worked with early “Bodies by Fisher” knows that they are held together with wood framing. I recently re-discovered this 1934 Cadillac dual side mount sedan still attached to the “Fisher tree” waiting for someone to harvest it. I first spotted this car forty years ago, but was never able to get permission… Continue reading 1934 Cadillac Dual Side Mount Sedan

Photo were taken in Boonton, NJ old Packard. ThanksAlfonso Porfido  Car Images: 

Bob Larivee Jr. of Championship Auto Shows Inc Passes Away. Bob Larivee Jr., CEO of Championship Auto Shows, Inc. (CASI), which runs the Autorama’s, Detroit Autorama among the top on the car show circut, also the “World of Wheels” and “Cavalcade of Customs” events at venues across the United States, passed away from a Heart… Continue reading Bob Larivee Jr. of Championship Auto Shows Inc Passes Away

Goodguys Rod & Custom Association August 31, September 1 & 2, 2012Kansas City, KS, Kansas Speedway  Event Hours Friday August 31: 8am to 5pmSaturday September 1: 8am to 5pmSunday September 2: 8am to 3pm   Features Over 2,000 Rods, Customs, Classics, Street Machines, Muscle Cars & Trucks thru ’72. Super Sunday Get-Together-all American made or American powered cars and… Continue reading Goodguys 11th Mid-Western Nationals

Classic Instruments Classic Instruments is extremely proud of our Inside Sales Manager, Adam Friedrich. He was selected by SEMA News as one of their 35 under 35 promising industry professionals. This is a huge honor and we couldn’t be happier for him. In order to receive this honor, a candidate must be nominated and show… Continue reading Classic Instruments 35 under 35

This book is a guide from Le Roi Tex Smith, intended solely to give you ideas for your own basic hot rod design, including a few interesting building scenarios. Recently rediscovered by rodders intent on regaining the roots of the hobby, these cars are known as retro-rods, rat rods, nostalgia rods . . . The… Continue reading Tex Smith "Basic Hot Rods" Special