Sometimes, if you’re lucky, dreams do come true. Chris Collins is a hardcore squarebody fan hailing from the great state of Texas. Back in high school, he was taking agriculture classes and the department had a squarebody crew cab to haul livestock around. It was
Thomas Dickerson’s grandfather bought a new 1967 Chevy C10 pickup in Crawford, Georgia. It was a no-frills, bare-bones truck – inline six-cylinder engine, three on the tree, and not much else. Thomas says his grandfather liked things simple, and to work. That truck worked for
If you’ve been following along with the progress of the Goodguys 2027 Grand Prize Giveaway ’66 Chevelle being built at GAP Industries, you know that it’s shaping up to be one stellar street machine. It has a firm and agile foundation in the form of
The old adage that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover also applies to buying a hot rod or custom. That nice-to-look-at car crossing the auction block or in a seller’s driveway might be hiding a slew of problems beneath the shine. That was the
It started simple enough. Joe Guillaume had always wanted to have an older truck of some sort that he and his wife, Melinda, could putt around in on the weekends or an evening cruise. Something a little different that would be fun and provide a
Some builds earn attention by breaking every rule. Others stand out because they show what can happen when readily available parts, strong vision, and great craftsmanship come together. Chuck Reich’s ’62 Chevrolet Impala belongs in the second category. Recently finished by Will Posey and the
Odds are slim that the car you drove to learn how to master a manual transmission is still in your possession decades later. For Brett Clemens, though, his friend Butch’s 1956 Chevy that endured the grinds of that learning experience still resides in Brett’s garage,
It’s safe to say that we’ve all dreamed of stopping by an estate sale and finding a classic car tucked away in the corner of the garage. Alas, in reality, it seems that most cars found at these house-clearing sales are Camrys, Accords, or similar
One sign of a good hot rod builder is when they’re still passionate enough about the hobby to pursue personal projects. That’s certainly true for Harold Chapman, owner of Texas-based Customs and Hot Rods of Andice. Harold always seems to have a few projects in
Most of the cars running for theGoodguys 2026 Tanks, Inc. Hot Rod of the Year title took several years to build. However, there was one in the Top Five that took nearly 30 years to complete – the blazing orange ’32 Ford roadster of Scott
