At casual glance, most people mistake Rodney Harris’s 1979 Chevy crew cab short-bed pickup as a well-done old truck with a perfect stance, sweet paint, and really nice interior. As they look closer, it becomes abundantly clear that there is much more to this truck.
We’ve heard tunes that sing the praises of Hot Rod Lincolns, Little GTOs, 409s, Deuce coupes, a Little Red Corvette, and Sally’s Mustang. But nothing for a Hot Rod Rolls Royce. If you’re an aspiring song writer, how about composing lyrics for Brian Gantley’s 1961
Buying someone else’s almost-finished project can a gamble. In the best-case scenario, you can add some finishing touches, make a few personal changes, and hit the road. Sometimes, however, you end up redoing much more than you anticipated, either by choice or necessity. That’s a lesson
Whether it was a $300 beater or a new-at-the-time muscle car, many of us harbor the dream of owning that first ride again, or one like it. For Kenny Dillon, that dream car is the 1970 Mustang Mach 1 he bought after high school graduation. Flash
Bill Paul wanted to pay tribute to an iconic street rod and ended up creating a new classic street rod of his own. His “California Kid Express” 1934 Ford pickup has been named the Goodguys 2024 Classic Instruments Street Rod of the Year at the
Ed Ganzinotti wasn’t planning to transform his 1968 Charger into a modernized street machine when he bought it 20 years ago out of Bakersfield, California. In fact, he wasn’t even thinking about it when he took the car to Classic Car Studio for a paint
John Lamb has been a car guy as long as he can remember, from racing a ’55 Chevy with his brother, George, at Oswego Dragway in the early-’60s, followed by a Mustang in Super Stock later in the decade. Even as his family grew, there
John Bottger decided he wanted a hot rod, but it had it be dependable and spacious enough to haul his grandchildren. A ’32 Ford roadster or a ’40 Chevy coupe wouldn’t get the job done. So, he joined forces with builder Zac Love, found the
When the 1968 Plymouth Road Runner was introduced, the midsize car with the funny horn (Beep! Beep!) jumped right into the muscle car wars of the era. The model was launched as a no-frills, go-fast muscle car that was priced competitively with the more heavily
There’s an old saying that when you only have a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. That may be true, but when you have a shop full of fabrication equipment, every obstacle on a custom build project appears like an opportunity to craft a
