Behind every cool ride is a story of how the car, owner, and builder came together to create a dream vehicle. For Homer and Alice Zamora, a chance meeting in a Las Vegas restaurant a few years ago connected them with Kenny Welch and his
The Fox Body Mustang platform is responsible for relaunching performance enthusiast’s love for the Mustang. In the mid-‘80s and early ‘90s there were Mustang-only drag racing events and series running across the country as racers embraced forced induction and EFI controls, sticky small tires, and
Almost every car enthusiast has a story about the car or truck that got away – the one you wish you’d kept. For Jeremiah Belk, that was the 1966 Nova that he sold 10 years ago to help start his fledgling Texas oil business. “Once the
In the fall of 1972, the design titans at General Motors unleashed the squarebody truck to the yearning automotive public. Chevy and GMC sold millions over the next 15 years and created a legacy that’s more fervent today than ever. With the help of Lakeside
Siblings compete with each other. From sports to academics, from tests of strengths to who has the coolest car, it just happens naturally. For Nick Dias, that meant growing up in a car-culture family. “My older brothers were into lowriders, customs, muscle cars, choppers,” Nick
What do you do when your wife’s grandfather is a lifelong hot rodder and still has his 1931 Model A coupe from days of old? In the case of Ryan Kalil, you get involved to make sure his old gow-job gets rebuilt into a beautiful
The story of Jerry Rodriguez’s custom 1956 Mercury serves as a reminder that patience, perseverance, and persistence can eventually pay off, even on projects that stretch out for decades. “I’ve had this car longer than any other vehicle I’ve owned,” Jerry says. “It’s been through a
If you’ve owned a 1968 Firebird convertible since 1989, you obviously have a few stories to tell. Jim Thomson certainly does. His ‘Bird was chosen by comedian Jerry Seinfeld for an episode of his long-running streaming series Comedians in Cars Having Coffee (season 8, episode
Goodguys and Porsches may seem like an unlikely pairing. Yet, once you lay eyes on Ron Sweet’s voluptuous, Jimmy Shine-built '53 Porsche 356, conventional rules and labels fade into irrelevance. What we have here is a stunning example of mid-century German industrial design from the golden
Larry Jacinto vividly remembers riding in this very ’41 Willys pickup as a youngster. His childhood pal John Peake owned it for years and Larry was able to track the truck down, buy it, and eventually hand it over to his friend and influential builder,
