Editor’s Note: We’re getting into the Holiday Spirit this year! Sometimes the littlest things can bring a big smile to your face, and that’s exactly where this 12 Cars of Christmas idea came from. I was scrolling through some of my favorite social media outlets
It’s rare for a drag racer to think farther ahead than the next quarter mile. The nature of competition is such that they focus on the next run, the next round, or the next race in front of them, not on the years and decades
In the late-’90s and early-2000s, a growing number of drag racers, fans, and car builders began to take it upon themselves to restore or recreate historic race cars and fire them up at events across the country. The majority of what you’ll see at these
First-generation Dodge Chargers are pretty polarizing cars – it seems like guys either love them or hate them. The model was introduced in 1966 by essentially adding a fastback top, hideaway headlights, and a four-bucket-seat cockpit to the midsize Coronet platform. Though they’re sleek and
As we enter the final weeks of 2020 there is little doubt it has been an unusual year for all of us and a disappointing one for many of us. Most Americans have been stuck at home much more than usual, unable to attend Goodguys
Nearly every town and neighborhood back in the day seemed to have one car that all the local gearheads knew and admired. Harris Kern’s straight-axle ’69 Chevelle was one such car in South San Francisco in the mid-1970s. Featured on the cover of the July
Look around a Goodguys event and you’re sure to see a steady stream of street rods, ’50s and ’60s cruisers and customs, muscle cars, and classic trucks. You’re increasingly seeing something else rising above the crowd, too: vintage four-wheel drives and SUVs. The classic overland and
At his memorial service, George Barris’s casket was festooned with large black fins, a paean to his most famous creation, the Batmobile. It also would have made sense if the hearse that hauled Barris to his final resting spot would have been painted pearl white
It’s interesting how early hot rodding styles can still captivate enthusiasts who have no direct connection to the time or place where the form originated. The practice of stripping fenders off old Fords and swapping in hopped-up V8s to make them go faster endures, more
Tracy Fisher not only had the good fortune of growing up in Southern California during the car-crazy ’60s and ’70s, he also had the benefit of a father who shared an interest in cool cars. How many of us can say we grew up cruising
