Story via Kutomrama This Sports Custom owned by Thomas M. Tetzloff of Sandusky, Ohio is a mish mash of awesomeness. Tetzloff found the remains of the car near Cleveland, Ohio, and he purchased it back in late 2019. “It’s mostly 1940 Ford” he told Sondre Kvipt of Kustomrama in 2020. It was in a rough… Continue reading Thomas M. Tetzloff's Sports Custom

Image and info courtesy SEMA SEMA’s 2020 Battle of the Builders Young Guns Regional Competition will kick off at the Heat Wave Spring Break Jam, March 7-8, in South Padre Island, Texas. Celebrating its fourth year in 2020, the SEMA Young Guns competition is open to anyone age 27 or younger (as of Nov. 6,… Continue reading 2020 SEMA BATTLE OF THE BUILDERS® YOUNG GUNS COMPETITION KICKS OFF

Thanks Kerry for the tour of ACP and wealth of knowledge of composites and your race car shop.   Advanced Composite Products, Inc. (ACP) was founded in 1983 by Kerry Hitt who has assembled a team of uniquely skilled people that enables ACP to be a highly efficient prototype and production facility.   Having a… Continue reading SHOP STOP – Advanced Composite Products

Going back in time to see how headers are really made !! with Greg and Shane at ACP now hand forming the “STAHL CLASSIC” Headers   The idea of exhaust systems intrigued Jere Stahl as early as 1955 when he built his first “Hot Rod”. This led to Jere creating Stahl Headers, known as Stahl… Continue reading SHOP STOP – Stahl Classic Headers

Words: Tommy Parry He’d wanted one since high school. Days as a sophomore spent dreaming of cruising around in a ‘67 Chevelle, with a Mötley Crüe cassette in the tape deck, motivated Lance to save and plan out the perfect build. Fast forward three decades, and he found a ‘67 roller he could make his… Continue reading Lance's '67 Chevelle

Great morning stop with Rob and Joe to talk about the clutch biz along with the partnership of ProTorque. Boninfante Friction, Inc. is the world leader in friction clutch manufacturing for the motorsports market. Boninfante creates custom clutches for an array of applications from street car to full race clutches, from top fuel dragsters and nitro… Continue reading SHOP STOP – BONINFANTE FRICTION

On the road to see Joe and  Pat Stefanicci of Stef’s Fabrications long time friends. STEF’s Fabrication has been designing and producing race proven oil pans that meet or exceed the many requirements and configuration diversities of today’s racer dictates a commitment to a specific and highly specialized field with a never-ending list of goals… Continue reading SHOP STOP – STEF'S FABRICATIONS

Words: Tommy Parry This Chevy started in Bryson’s hands as an heirloom. Once his Grandpa’s work truck, he inherited this car when he was 19 and his Grandpa had just passed away. As you might imagine, the car had a lot of old-fashioned styling. At the time, it had sheepskin seat covers, Lincoln chrome hub… Continue reading Bryson's Chevy C1500

Kee Auto Top Manufacturing Co Thermozite, constructed of Eco-fi fiber, the high-quality polyester made from BPA-free recycled plastic drinking bottles, is a superior performing, environmentally sustainable sound deflector and heat barrier solution for engine hatch covers, hot rods, RVs, door panels and firewalls. Features and benefits: – Made of Eco-fi: the environmentally sustainable polyester fiber… Continue reading Thermozite – Kee Auto Top Manufacturing Co

Car owner: Mike Nittolo        Words & photos: Clive Branson There are cars that promise to deliver and cars that truly deliver. This is one of the latter. It is beastly fast, but handles exceptionally well for a big sports car. If you want power, don’t let just anyone choose the size of the muscle –… Continue reading Muscle Car Madness: 1970 Ford Mustang Mach 1 351 Cleveland V8