An ancient proverb says, “You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.” Hot rod and custom car builders have been disproving that adage for years by turning old, unattractive vehicles into beautiful and exciting mechanical pieces of art. Mark Morehouse described the discovery
TJ Thompson’s ’57 Chevy pickup could very well serve as the poster vehicle for the growing popularity of vintage four-wheel-drive trucks. Blending classic style with modern refinement, contemporary mechanical elements, and incredible attention to detail, it’s the sort of rig that commands attention wherever it
Old farm trucks usually spend a rusty retirement in the back of a barn or communing with nature out in a field or under a tree. One lucky Kansas farm survivor is living the lush life after Thomas and Ashley Cauthen brought their ’56 Ford
It’s not uncommon for a ’60s muscle car to be reinvented by each succeeding owner. For Keith Sasich, though, three of the four lives of his ’67 Firebird are his work. “I bought the car in 1974 with 78,000 miles on it from a rancher in
After scoring a pretty clean OBS on Marketplace a few years ago, Brian Wojcik figured he would take it into Scott’s Hotrods ’N Customs for a drop and maybe an engine upgrade. But even at the very beginning of the project, he could sense that
It’s easy to think that the final stretch of a long automotive project is going to be easier. That’s not always true. Sure, it’s good to be past the welding, grinding, and other heavy-lifting stages of a build. But when you enter final assembly, you
The classic 1955 Chevy has been sliced, diced, chopped, channeled, raised and lowered over the past seven decades. You name the move and someone’s done it to a ’55. The work on Rick Start’s Bel Air hardtop, though, would challenge any ’55 enthusiast to discover
Many of us at one time or another have wondered what happened to our first car. Is it still around somewhere or is it long abandoned in a field or junkyard? Georgia resident Mark Reece has no reason to wonder. His 1968 RS/SS Camaro is
Winning a nod as a LMC Truck of the Year Early finalist takes more than flawless sheet metal, killer craftsmanship, and the right attitude. The trucks that rise to the top usually have a story, and Bryan Sumruld’s voluptuous ’52 Chevy has one more than
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
