Muscle Cars

  King of Hi Performance, Mr. Norm If you think of significant dealers who epitomized the spirit and voice of the ultimate high performance Mopar®, there’s only one…the legendary Mr. Norm’s Grand Spaulding Dodge in the heart of Chicago. When you walked into the Dodge Dealership at Grand and Spaulding in the 1960’s as a… Continue reading The Legendary Mr. Norm's Garage

Nickey Chevrolet was the “Original Super Car Headquarters”.  Some of the most radical street/strip cars known to exist were created in the 60’s and 70’s in Nickey’s Hi-Performance Shop.  Nickey was known for the monstrous big block Camaros, Chevelles, and Novas they produced as well as their catalogue selling almost any high performance accessory a… Continue reading Original Super Car Headquarters

Bob & Celine Lanting1971 Chevelle SS This car is a 1971 Chevelle SS, 454. (.060 over – 468 Cubic Inch at 580 HP) Color is “Active Red Metallic”. Took me 4 years to finish. Completely disassembled. Frame first on the rotisserie then the underside. New floor pans, trunk pan, quarters and inner and outer wheel… Continue reading A Four Year Project…..

  MUSCLE CAR AND CORVETTE NATIONALS NICKEY CHICAGO vs. MR. NORMS Special Displays: Donald E. Stephens Convention Center Rosemont, IL.6 Pages      At the SEMA Show this year we were talking to our friends Larry and Debbie Weiner of Performance West Group, telling them that we were planning on adding more Muscle Car “content” to our publication and Larry… Continue reading Muscle Car & Corvette Nationals

  San Francisco Chronicle|SFGATE.com52nd Annual International Auto Show Moscone Convention CenterSan Francisco, CANovember 26 – Dec. 2, 2009Pictures By Dean Court2 Pages   The 52nd. Annual International Auto Show in San Francisco had more than new cars . They had 30 great Classic Cars from the Academy of Art University.Dominator Street Rods brought 12 cars, and… Continue reading 52nd Annual International Auto Show

  8th Annual Ross Racing Pistons NMCA Muscle Car Nationals Bradenton, FloridaMarch 19-21, 2010Bradenton Motorsports ParkPictures By Jay Bernard   Jay and his 69 El Camino   Kick off for the NMCA Car Show Series for 2010 show, found a great Saturday of fun and sun, with some screaming drag racing and some high quality… Continue reading 8th Annual Ross Racing Pistons NMCA Muscle Car Nationals

  Rare And Seldom Seen CarsShowcased At Muscle Car Nationals Photos by Jack Lawford The windy city was the scene for the annual Muscle Car & Corvette Nationals this past weekend and spectators had an exciting list of vehicles to check out.  Once again, Nickey Chicago and Norm’s Garage faced off with only real documented… Continue reading Muscle Car Nationals Rare Finds

Earlier this year we got a tip on a fine young rodder who is also an artist in the rodding industry…so we decided to track him down.  Jason Rushforth is a 29 year old from Washington State.  He has been drawing for his entire life and doing it for a living for about 8 years.… Continue reading Jason Rushforth in 2001

Roving reporter Bob Choisser and friends were invited to join the Alviso Roadsters for a Tour of Willis Johnson’s Car Collection over Thanksgiving Weekend. We had a real post Thanksgiving treat on Saturday, November 28th. Invited to join the Alviso Roadsters group and their guests, we met at John Kelly’s hill side home deep in… Continue reading Roving reporter Bob Choisser and friends were invited to join the Alviso Roadsters for a Tour of Willis Johnson’s Car Collection over Thanksgiving Weekend.

Bob & Celine Lanting 1971 Chevelle SS This car is a 1971 Chevelle SS, 454. (.060 over – 468 Cubic Inch at 580 HP) Color is “Active Red Metallic”. Took me 4 years to finish. Completely disassembled. Frame first on the rotisserie then the underside. New floor pans, trunk pan, quarters and inner and outer… Continue reading Bob & Celine Lanting 1971 Chevelle SS