1967 Chevelle SS396 – The Greek ChariotFor Artie it Was Love at First Sight First loves don’t usually last a lifetime, but don’t try to convince Artie Stavros of that. The moment he laid eyes on this Chevelle Super Sport he was hooked, big time, into a love affair that Read more…
We Did It First: 202-MPH Camaro ZL1We Run 200-Plus MPH in the Lingenfelter Performance 2012 ZL1 Camaro. At 190 mph, the tiniest amount of slip angle is an attention getter. It’s not such a big deal at Bonneville or El Mirage, where Mother Earth’s surfaces provide a slippery grasp on Read more…
Ford Indy speedster V8 – Chasing Perfection – With Extra Photos!18 Years Later, the Indy Speedster V8 is Finally Done. The elusive AMBR award for hot rod building has tormented many a builder and customer who toiled for years to possess it but failed. At each year’s Grand National Roadster Read more…
1932 Ford Roadster – The Riley RoadsterThere’s nothing quite like a hot rod with a genuine pedigree … that is, unless it’s a hot rod with a genuine-pedigreed Riley SOHC V-8! There’s nothing quite like a hot rod with a genuine pedigree … that is, unless it’s a hot rod Read more…
Going GreenDriving a Full-Scale Dream Car As an impressionable preteen, Adam Tuckman once received a pretty neat gift: a Revell model of a green Baldwin-Motion Camaro. It was a life-changing experience for the youngster, as the gleaming 1:24-scale muscle car elicited more than a full-scale dose of automotive admiration from Read more…
1951 Ford Coupe – Handsome HomebuiltFor us journos, or this one at least, one of the best parts of traveling to shows around the country is meeting car owners. For us journos, or this one at least, one of the best parts of traveling to shows around the country is Read more…
The $40 F-85This ’64 Olds Was Given a Second, Third, and Fourth Lease on Life When Chris Glasgow’s father bought what was left of this ’64 Olds after it was abandoned in the north Louisiana woods in 1977, it was worth every bit of the $40 he paid for it, Read more…
1967 Chevy Camaro – Ugly But FastBeauty is in the eye of the beholder. Behold the Crusher, 1967 Chevy Camaro’s 10.62-second timeslip. Guys who didn’t dig it at first have at least gotten used to it. Our Crusher Camaro’s makeover as a late-’70s street machine in the Dec. ’09 issue Read more…
The perfect plug-in for city folk? Where a plug-in electric car makes a lot of sense So, a new Chevy Volt ad finds the Volt telling its gas-guzzling parents that it’s electric. Even when the Volt is at the gas station converting gasoline into electricity, I wonder? Maybe. Nevertheless, it’s Read more…
40 mpgs in the real world? LOL! Of course consumers want a 60 mpg truck that costs the same as a 15 mpg truck The other day on GreenCarCongress I came across the latest Consumer Federation of America (CFA) study that suggests that the citizenry are on board with the Read more…