Story by John Drummond Our Goodguys 2015 season got off to a sizzlin’ start last weekend as the 6th Spring Nationals presented by Brown’s Classic Autos enjoyed three straight days of summer-like conditions! It was top-down cruisin’ at its finest as Westworld of Scottsdale rocked and rolled with over 2,500 Classic American show cars of all colors, shapes and sizes. As season … [Read more...]
Advance Auto Parts USCA 2015 Event #1 – Thunderhill Raceway Park
Advance Auto Parts USCA 2015 Event #1 – Thunderhill Tony Huntimer The USCA Series If you don’t already know, the USCA is the Ultimate Street Car Association. It’s a sanctioning body formed to create safe, fun, and high profile national events for street legal performance vehicles. This association is used to find the cars to populate the Optima [Batteries] Ultimate Street … [Read more...]
Optima Search for the Ultimate Street Car Presented by Advance Auto Parts
Wake Up!! The alarm clock went off at 4 a.m. Still half asleep, I knew that meant it was time to get up and hit the road to Thunderhill Raceway Park for the opening Optima qualifier for 2015. My wife has always been supportive of my hobby, but had never attended a track event with me, so this was going to be a first for both of us. The weather was calling for a chance of … [Read more...]
January ’15 Feature of the Month: 1969 Firebird “Wild Turkey” built by Josh Baker
Story by Josh Baker This project has been a long and “wild” journey that has filled me with moments of great satisfaction, subdued by annoying frustration, feelings of euphoria and great loss. To explain the longevity of the build, it wasn’t that I worked at it slow, but that I started a shop and did many complete restorations and only worked on this on the side. It all … [Read more...]
Sema 2014: Big Crowds, Great Cars, and Good Friends
While walking the aisles of Hot Rod Alley this year it seemed I couldn't get more than a few feet without running into someone I knew. I guess after 12 years of attending Sema plus my involvement with Lateral-G and car boards in general, I've met a lot of great people. This years show did not disappoint. Looked to be a good crowd and no shortage of great cars and products on … [Read more...]
Mark Stielows latest 69 Camaro project “Hellfire”
We have a build thread over on the forums of Marks latest 69 Camaro. Here's the plan: • Thomson Automotive 427 supercharged engine • T-56 D&D Prepared trans • Full DSE Chassis • Full Anvil Carbon Fiber Front clip • Carbon Fiber Brakes with ABS • Rick Fuel tank with a Vapor Works Controls • Wider rims front and rear than Red Devil • Data … [Read more...]
May ’14 Feature of the Month: Phil Mitchells 67 Nova by Chris Holstrom Concepts
Story by Chris Holstrom Phil had commissioned me to build a few other pro-touring cars that turned out awesome. You could say we had really similar tastes which makes building a car much more enjoyable. Phil wanted to do a '66-67 Nova hardtop with LS power and the latest suspension goodies. What Chevy lover doesn't like the classic lines of the mid year GM compact? I began … [Read more...]
C4AL #31 – How Kyle & Stacy Tucker Built Detroit Speed
Our latest episode of the Cars For A Living podcast is out, and this one featured the dynamo team of Kyle and Stacy Tucker. They shared how they built their business from the ground up, learned what people did and didn't like, expanded slowly, and became the super power that they are today in the suspension market place. I was lucky enough to get to tour their … [Read more...]
Detroit Speed’s Mustang Suspension and Karl’s Chevrolet’s Retro LS Big Blocks!
This week's MuscleCar Place podcast show featured two interviews that I thought you all might dig. The first featured Kyle Tucker from Detroit Speed - and Kyle discussed their upcoming Mustang suspension package! The second interview was with Adam Moore from Karl's Performance Parts, the GMPP wing of Karl Chevrolet in Ankeny, IA. Adam has built a slick LS3 into a retro … [Read more...]