There are plenty of ways to approach a survivor vehicle project. You can enjoy it stock; you can give it minor mechanical updates, leaving yourself the option of returning it to original at a later date; or you can go all-in with major upgrades while
In the fall of 2009, Dave Schaub embarked on hot rodding’s ultimate road trip. Driving his ’32 Ford roadster, a black Brizio-prepared “reacher,” Schaub traversed all 49 continental United States in just eight days. Billed as “49 in 9,” Schaub finished the 9,856-mile journey a
Goodguys is using an online entry and evaluation process to determine four of its “Of The Year” awards in 2020, including Custom of the Year, Hot Rod of the Year, Street Rod d’Elegance, and America’s Most Beautiful. We put the word out in late August,
It takes a lot to go from 0 to 470mph: guts, determination, planning, skill, teamwork, and a little bit of luck, to name just a few things. The Speed Demon team needed all of that and more to accomplish their number-one goal for 2020 Speed
How cool would it be to build a mild custom vintage car like they did in the ’50s and ’60s, when the cars were new enough you didn’t need to worry about rust repair, complete mechanical rebuilds or body refinishing. Instead, you just focused on
It’s not unusual for a hot rodder to seek out a car or truck like the one they had (or wanted) in high school. It’s much less common to be like Harve Evans, who still owns his first vehicle – this 1940 Ford pickup. Harve
Serendipity: The occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way. There is simply no other word more fitting for Michael Knispel’s adventure with this unrestored, 800-original mile, 426 Hemi-powered ‘66 Plymouth Belvedere. Yes, you read all that right. Michael was diagnosed with
Chris Ryan and his wife Lori own and operate Ryans Rod and Kustom from their home in rural Ninety Six, South Carolina. It’s quite the homestead – a sprawling property with a vintage filling station just around the bend. But it’s inside their shop that
If you’re looking for topography that’s as flat as a dry lakebed, Kansas isn’t a bad place to start. That’s where you’ll find James Wolk and his wife Michelle blasting around in their heavily chopped three-window 1934 Ford coupe, a back-to-basics rod that incorporates plenty
“The wagon Ford shoulda’ built, so we did!” That’s the way Riley Morris describes this 1955 Ford Sport Wagon on the thread he posted on the Jalopy Journal’s HAMB message board chronicling its build at his Sunnyside, Washington shop, Rocket’s Hot Rod Garage. “The Chevy Nomad
