It’s a rite of passage. Becoming a licensed driver. That time when it didn’t matter where you were going so long as you were going. Because you were driving. It didn’t matter if you were piloting the nicest car on the road—your parents’, probably!—or a 10-year-old 1986 Buick Regal. It wasn’t really about the car.
Sports Illustrated dubbed him “The Chosen One” and slapped him on the cover of its magazine when he was just 16. Just a kid. Just a kid from Akron, OH. Just a kid from Akron, OH who played his first-ever high school basketball game in the same town that some OnAllCylinders staffers now live. A
July 4th is a day to celebrate our freedoms and honor our founding fathers–guys like Washington, Jefferson, and Hancock. But since we have motor oil on the brain, we’ve got founding fathers of a different kind on our minds. Today, we’re examining the guys responsible for creating the iconic car brands we love. We’re talking about the true
Dodge has announced that its 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat will deliver 707 horsepower. We’ll repeat that: 7-0-7. We were originally and conservatively told to expect around 600 horsepower, but Dodge has officially announced this week that the Hellcat will churn out 707 horsepower and a pavement-grinding 650 ft.-lbs. of torque. That makes it more powerful than
[portfolio_slideshow id=32225] For the second year in a row, Rutledge Wood and his merry band of gearheads did the Hot Rod Magazine Power Tour in his 1949 Chevy Kurbmaster step van. Rutledge did 99 percent of tour from the Knoxville, TN stop to the final stop in Wisconsin Dells, WI. That proves once and for
[portfolio_slideshow id=31814] Following high school graduation, most kids walk away with a diploma and the keys to their future. In the Brautigam family, the graduates get a diploma and the keys to a custom classic hot rod courtesy of dad, Bill Brautigam. A lifelong car enthusiast and all-around gearhead, Brautigam has opted to celebrate his two daughters’ high school
Feast your eyes on some of the South’s finest custom hot rods and rat rods. Many descended on Summit Racing‘s Monday Night Cruise-In June 16 at the Summit Racing Retail Super Store in McDonough, GA. OnAllCylinders contributor Brian Kreuser was there to take in the action, including an appearance by Hot Rod Walt and the
The crew at Ford SVT continues to refine an unnamed performance version of the 2016 Ford Mustang, which an Automobile photographer caught on camera driving around the mean streets of Michigan. This first high-performance version of the sixth-generation Mustang introduces wider rear fenders and a variety of vents and scoops that differentiate it from the standard
[portfolio_slideshow id=31759] Our infatuation with the 1971 Plymouth HEMI ‘Cuda convertible has been well documented. I even gave it the top spot on my Christmas wish list last year. Maybe Santa Claus was the high bidder who recently paid $3.5 million for one of only 11 1971 convertibles ever made at the Mecum auction in Seattle,
[portfolio_slideshow id=31735] Tony Lombardi’s supercharged 1930 Model A Ford from Niles, OH won the Goodguys 2014 Tank’s Hot Rod of the Year award last weekend at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. The criteria is unique in that it’s the only major Goodguys Top 12 award which requires participants to drive on a 100-mile reliability run as
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