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Hot Rod Legends Tuesday Time Capsule
Don Garlits

Don Garlits – The Big Daddy of Drag Racing

March 22, 2022

Every month, Goodguys Gazette editor Damon Lee and I kick around ideas on who will be our next Legend of Hot Rodding. This month, we agreed: Don Garlits. We were both flabbergasted that to date he had eluded our attention. It would be like a

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Fueled Rides Hot Rod Legends Tuesday Time Capsule
Pierson Brothers Coupe, Pierson Coupe

The Pierson Brothers’ Coupe – Sliced Straight-Line Speedster

February 25, 2022

In the quest for speed, aerodynamics has proven just as important as horsepower. The machines that hurdled across the dusty dry lakes of SoCal and the salty flats of Bonneville caught on early that reducing aero drag resulted in a boost in top speed. While the

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Retro Rumblings Tuesday Time Capsule
Mayberry Mick Kieffer

Retro Rumblings – Mayberry Mick

February 22, 2022

It was a hot Friday afternoon at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. This was in the mid-’90s. A call came over the radio that an unauthorized police officer was directing event traffic at the top of Grand Ave. A few of us loaded up in golf carts

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Hot Rod Legends Tuesday Time Capsule
Dean Batchelor

Dean Batchelor – Hot Rodding’s Famed All-Purpose Journalist

January 11, 2022

Over the course of hot rod history, journalists have played an equally important role to that of car designers, engine maestros, and metal craftsmen. And no scribe was as influential as Dean Batchelor, whose given name was prescient: He was widely recognized as the dean

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Retro Rumblings Tuesday Time Capsule
Larry Westervelt

Retro Rumblings – “Low Fat” Larry Westervelt 1943-2021

January 4, 2022

The week before he passed away, I heard someone briefly mention that “Low Fat” Larry Westervelt was dealing with a health issue. Less than a week later came the dreaded call that we all get at some point in our lives. It’s shocking. You wish

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Fueled Rides Hot Rod Legends Tuesday Time Capsule
John Buttera 1926 T, 1926 Ford T, Lil John Buttera

John Buttera’s 1926 T – Hidden Gem from the Father of Billet

December 16, 2021

Some outstanding hot rods look the part. Their brilliance is immediately apparent. Others are more muted. Parked on a fairground these rides barely merit a head-turn. But if you did peer underneath or squint under the hood, a dazzling display of style and ingenuity would

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Retro Rumblings Tuesday Time Capsule
twister camaro, 1969 camaro, pro touring, g machine, street machine, kyle tucker

Retro Rumblings – Twister 2000

December 13, 2021

When a movement begins, be it in sports, politics, music, community, or otherwise, a lot of moving parts have to come together to create synergistic momentum. Hot rodding has seen its share of major movements. Postwar dry lakes racing was hot rodding’s first signature movement. Young

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Hot Rod Legends Tuesday Time Capsule
Craig Breedlove, rocket man, rocketman, spirit of america

Craig Breedlove – Rocket Man

November 23, 2021

To this point in our exploration of Legends of Hot Rodding, our heroes have been powered by internal combustion engines, all those warmed-over Flatheads, tweaked small-blocks, and nitro-gulping Hemis. But this month’s subject – Craig Breedlove – took another tack. He eschewed petrol-driven piston power

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Retro Rumblings Tuesday Time Capsule
Bob McCoy

Retro Rumblings – McCoy!

November 10, 2021

If you ever had the chance to hang out with San Diego’s Bob McCoy, you were richer for the experience. You would be hard pressed to find a man with a deeper tapestry of life experiences. Throughout his life, McCoy had that rare ability to

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Fueled Rides Hot Rod Legends Tuesday Time Capsule
1948 Cadillac Sedanette, CadZZilla, zz top car, billy gibbons car, custom cadillac

CadZZilla – Billy Gibbons’ Mind-Bending Cadillac Custom

October 23, 2021

Hot rods and rock ’n’ roll have been symbiotic forces in American pop culture since the 1950s. They go together like wide whites and steelies, guitars and wah-wah pedals. The most famous guitar is even named after a car part — Fender. And the songs? Who

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