Month: August

10 of the Most Important Vehicles from 1968-2018

For 2018, we’ve been taking a look back at the past 50 years of automobile evolution to help celebrate the 50th birthday of our favorite speed shop. Want to see more tidbits from Summit Racing’s history? Start here.  Using the Summit Racing Facebook page, we crowd-sourced a list of what your fellow gearheads thought were

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Photo Gallery: Hot August Nights 2018 (Part 3)

RENO, NV. — No, we haven’t run out of Hot August Nights photos to share with you. Our friend Nicole Kunar from the Summit Racing social media team spent most of last week in the “Biggest Little City in the World,” taking photos of all the excellent automotive eye candy sprinkling the Nevada-California border. [NOTE: See Part 1 and

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Lot Shots Parking Lot Find of the Week: Hot August Nights Hot Rods

SPARKS, NV. — Each week, we try to share a noteworthy vehicle spotted outside of a Summit Racing retail store in our Lot Shots feature articles. We’re taking a slightly different spin this week in honor of Hot August Nights, which took place last week in and around Reno, NV, including at Summit Racing’s retail location

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Family Circle: Wild Wes Paintworks Custom 1956 Ford Fairlane

Wes Adkins, proprietor of Wild Wes Paintworks in Dover, Ohio, is currently working on customizing a very special 1956 Ford Fairlane. What’s so special about it? The car was originally restored by Wes’ dad, Willard over 30 years ago for the car’s owner, Tony Confalone. Williard did such a good job restoring the Fairlane that when it

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Photo Gallery: Hot August Nights 2018 (Part 2)

RENO, NV. — We’re embarassed to tell you how many thousands of unpublished car show and event photos we have from years gone by. The hazards of dabbling in automotive media, we guess. Our friend Nicole Kunar from Summit Racing‘s social media team spent most of last week in the biggest little city in the world, taking photos

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Video: How to Build Custom Air Lines Using Compression Fittings

If your compressed air system is going on a vehicle or in another custom installation, chances are you’ll be building the system from scratch using semi-rigid air lines and National Pipe Thread (NPT) compression fittings. NPT fittings are common in compressed air systems because they feature tapered thread. If you don’t know what that means, read

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