She’s a go! Mecum Auction’s Indy Fall Special for 2020 takes place at the Indiana State Fairgrounds and runs from October 29-31. It’s hard to beat the class and style of a pre-war Cadillac, and the 1941 model Cadillac has to be one of the prettiest Cadillacs ever made. These Read more…
Ask any true blue hot rodder what they would do if they won the lottery, and 10 times out of 10, they will tell you some version of the man-cave dream garage. Winning lottery tickets like that are few and far between, which is why a lot of folks work Read more…
As Drew Hardin recalled, “Back in 1964, the term Funny Car wasn’t capitalized and was usually surrounded by quote marks, because the cars those words described had altered wheelbases that made them look ‘funny.’ Steve Bovan from Blair’s Speed Shop in Pasadena, California, built one of the most memorable—and successful—early Read more…
As the summer approaches you are likely to see more and more hot rods hit the street. Hot rod cars are simply old, inexpensive cars that have been gutted out and restored. At times, they are have also been altered and have had parts replaced or some other sort of Read more…
California is considered to be the birthplace of hot rods. People were looking for cars to race across the salt flats, and many amateur mechanics looked to create streamlined vehicles for racing. They used whatever parts they could find in local junkyards. The idea was that they could build a Read more…