Words: John Gunnell The Jeep is heading for its 80th birthday in 2020. World War II military Jeeps like the Willys MB and the Ford GPW made history. During the war, Industrial Designer Brooks Stevens penned a magazine article that predicted a line of Jeep-based civilian vehicles would evolve after the fighting stopped. Barney Roos,… Continue reading Hot Rod Jeeps are Hot Tickets Today

Words: John Gunnell In the good old days of Hot Rod magazine, the publication had green-toned pages that featured articles about hot rods, racing cars, lead sleds and sport customs. What’s a sport custom? A man named Tim Hutchinson coined the term in the 1950s to identify home-built sports cars. Hutchinson ran a club called… Continue reading 1939 Ford “Door Knob” Deluxe Racing Car

Words: John Gunnell A 1937 brochure announcing three new 1937 Covered Wagon brand trailer coaches bragged that Arthur G. Sherman had built the first house type trailer in 1929. Historically, it could probably be argued that a trailer-type Motor Chapel built for itinerant preachers around 1915 held that honor, but the “trailer house” that Sherman… Continue reading 1930s Covered Wagons: Luxury on Wheels

Words & photos: Clive Branson    Car owner: Daniel Bourdeau Safe, conventional work is a ticket to oblivion. Great creative should stun by presenting the viewer with an idea that disrupts conventional thinking. It started with an idea for designer Richard Silas, or to be more precise, a burning desire: not to conform, but to excel.… Continue reading 1969 Dodge Charger 440 Fuel Injection

Check out Butch Lee’s cammed ’62 Impala rocking a Holley 750 cfm with braided lines and pressure guage. He even threw in a throw back photo of his 65 Chevelle running Super Street at the Texas Motorplex! Car Images: 

Words: Tommy Parry After Colton got his first taste of autocross watching a Goodguys event a few years back, he knew he had to try it himself. “Even though at the time it just looked like a sea of cones and I couldn’t understand how the drivers knew exactly where to go, I was totally… Continue reading Colton's "Project Rocket" '63 Nova

Words & photos: Gary Rosier Ed Budd of Port Orange, Florida now owns this cool 1965 Dodge Coronet 500, which he is very quick to point out is a “tribute” car, meaning a car built to resemble the Super Stock factory cars of its era. The Coronet was marketed by Dodge as a full-size car… Continue reading TRIBUTE: a 1965 Dodge Coronet 500

Words: Tommy Parry Always enamored with Firebirds from the early seventies, Jeremy jumped on the chance to acquire one when this tarnished beauty went up for sale. This ‘72 Firebird, which he bought from a friend for peanuts, reminded him of a car he lusted after in his youth: a Formula 455 in Buccaneer Red.… Continue reading Jeremy's '72 Trans Am Clone

Words & Photos: Gary Rosier The 1972 Hurst/Oldsmobile was actually developed by Hurst Performance, not Oldsmobile. Due to a tragic accident involving the 1971 Indy Pace car, a Dodge Challenger, the major auto manufacturers were reluctant to provide the pace car for the 1972 Indy race. Hurst Performance stepped up and volunteered to sponsor the… Continue reading '72 Hurst Oldsmobile… a Love Affair

Car Owner: Gary Eve       Words & Photos: Clive Branson “It is 51 years old, and not a day goes by when I’m driving it that someone doesn’t make a reference to what they liked about the movie,” declares Gary. We gaze at his assiduously restored replica of the Mustang used in the movie Bullitt. “The… Continue reading Muscle Car Madness: A LEGEND IN THE MAKING: 1968 MUSTANG ‘BULLITT’ GT 390 FASTBACK REPLICA