When you build a car that “wakes the neighbors,” you put yourself in a tricky position. You certainly want your high performance car to sound like one, and testing and tuning are important. However, not everyone is a fan of the gentle purr of open headers on a Sunday morning, and you might soon become
[portfolio_slideshow id=53348] You might call them one-hit-wonders or unicorns. Guys like Dennis Spencer call them their favorite vehicles to collect. “He has a serious thing for single-year cars,” says Libby Spencer, Dennis’s wife and navigator. “The more obscure, the better.” Dennis shrugs. “I just like bringing something different to the show,” Dennis said. “I’ve owned my
Every project car encounters a speed bump along the way. Sometimes it’s a part that doesn’t fit quite right the first time, or some missing fasteners, or maybe the instructions were upside-down. But sometimes the whole car becomes one big speed bump. Elmer Bischoff is a second-generation car guy, having learned to swap engines and
Old-timers complain about the kids these days, with their “Internet,” and “smartphones,” and lack of appreciation for fine hotrods. Well, we found one kid they like a lot, in spite of his new-fangled gadgets. Since the age of 14, Dan Panaia had helped out around the shop at Performance Kent Automotive, which is owned by
The barns of the world are filled with widowed project cars, forced into hiding once their owners—or the wives of their owners—got fed up. This billboard-tailed Barracuda might have joined those barn-bound machines on several occasions, but it found the right owner, and, even more critically, the right owner’s wife. “I almost sold it off
If you really like Camaros, chances are good that you recognize this 1972 Camaro SS. It has been in magazines, it has received gobs of awards, and it even has some famous fans. When it appeared on Summit Racing Equipment’s Facebook page back in 2011, it received over 900 “likes” within the first hour—a feat
[portfolio_slideshow id=9654] “Originally, all I wanted was a nice old pickup with a lopey idle and a lowered stance,” said Bud Hoffman, mastermind behind this fantastic 1964 Ford F-100. “At some point it just got out of control.” Bud started turning wrenches early. His father and uncles had all been involved in stock car racing,
Every time Ron Kintz looks at his 1962 Pontiac Grand Prix, he can’t help but smile. After spending 10 years turning a scorched and melted scrap pile into this streamlined starship of a car, you’d think he’d be tired of seeing it. But for Ron, this car is a dream come true, and he made
Wanna make jokes about the color of Al Stacko’s award-winning ride? You’d best bring your A-game material, friend, because he has heard them all and emerged unflustered. “Some guys from the Rock-n-Roll Capital Street Machines car club and I were at Autorama one year, and I had stepped away from my truck for just a minute,” Al
Contractor Bill Watkins is a sentimental man who loves his wife and his kids. His commitment to his family is so deep that he kept this project car—a fiery and fierce 1969 Plymouth Barracuda fastback—on hold for 20 years. “With the kids in school, and then traveling all summer for baseball and other activities, I
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