The Great Road Trip Checklist: 20 Must-Have Items for Your Summer Roadie

It’s time to take a summer road trip. No matter where the road might be taking you, it’s important that you stock your vehicle with the necessities to make the trip successful. It’s doubly important when you’re hitting the road in a classic or vintage vehicle that has already seen its share of miles. Once you’ve changed

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The Top 20 Parts That Changed Hot Rodding Forever (#15-11)

EDITOR’S NOTE: What are the top high performance automotive parts of all time? Or in this case, what are the Top 20 most iconic parts that changed hot rodding? We’re talking total game-changers in the annals of our hobby. We asked a panel of OnAllCylinders staffers, longtime automotive journalists, and veteran members of the Summit Racing technical and

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Top Gear BBC Names Replacement for Jeremy Clarkson

Nearly three months after Jeremy Clarkson was fired from BBC’s Top Gear, the show has announced Clarkson’s replacement. Car enthusiast Chris Evans, host of BBC Radio 2’s Chris Evans Breakfast Show, has signed a three-year deal to become the new host of the long-running TV show, according to the Top Gear website. Now the question becomes who

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The Top 20 Parts That Changed Hot Rodding Forever (#20-16)

What are the top high performance automotive parts of all time? Answering that is a tall order. People have been hot rodding vehicles for 100 years (give or take a decade). During that time, there have been incredible innovations that have transformed the way our vehicles look, perform, and sound. And now we’re expected to narrow several

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Cracking the (VIN) Code: Translating Your Vehicle’s VIN Code

To the untrained eye, a car’s VIN number looks like a random hodge-podge of numbers and letters. However, the VIN code is actually a window into a vehicle’s soul, providing valuable background and insight about your car or truck. The key is understanding the meaning of each character that makes up the 17-character code. This code was first used in the

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Photo Gallery: Super Summit Muscle

It’s been said that a picture is worth a thousand words. If so, then here’s a gallery of 34,000 words to show you some of the fine American muscle at last weekend’s Super Summit 2015 show. And even that doesn’t do the show justice when you consider the several hundred show cars that were at

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Revisionist History: Terry Stinehelfer’s 1962 Buick Skylark “GSX”

By now, you know something’s up. You’re probably thinking to yourself: “Buick didn’t make a GSX in 1962.” That’s true. But why let a little history get in the way of a good story–or more importantly, a good hot rod? Terry Stinehelfer didn’t. Instead of wondering what might of been, Stinefelfer decided to rewrite history by combining

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Special Mission: Ryan Lowe’s 1973 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28

This is Ryan Lowe’s 1973 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28. Lowe has been an active officer in the United States Army for 18 years and has served combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. Like so many others serving in our Armed Forces, Lowe is also a hands-on gearhead with a passion for cars. While hot rodding projects can be challenging

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2016 Shelby GT350 Officially Rated at 526 Horsepower!

When Ford introduced the 2016 Shelby GT350 last year, we were told it would be powered by the most powerful naturally aspirated production Ford engine ever. And now it’s official. Ford confirmed yesterday the GT350’s 5.2L V8 will make 526 horsepower and 429 ft.-lbs. of torque. By comparison, that’s 21 more peak horsepower but  52 less

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Video 101: Installing a Dorman Replacement Instrument Cluster

Are the factory gauges in your car or truck inaccurate, inoperable, or just giving you fits? One of the traditional arguments against replacing the entire gauge cluster (versus diagnosing and repairing the cluster) has been the need to have a new set of gauges programmed to your application. Fortunately, Dorman has a direct-fit solution to make swapping

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