From the Summit Racing Catalog

Chess is a game of strategy—you start with a board full of pieces and hope to still have your king by the end of play. When Dave Madej jumped back into the hot rod game, he cleared the board and ended up with one royal ride: this outstanding 1932 Ford Coupe. The Deuce is fast,

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

[portfolio_slideshow id=32255] It’s not unusual for a schoolboy to fall in love–with a car that is. Whether it’s drop-dead good looks, a sultry silhouette, or a sweet voice. The first car to catch a young boy’s eye is bound to leave a powerful impression. Charlie Rodgers’s first car crush started with his 9th grade English

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

As a child, few things were more exciting than opening gifts on Christmas morning. Now, as a grown-up (sort of), it’s hard to the beat the anticipation and excitement of opening a brand new Summit Racing catalog. That’s where you find the toys for us big boys. On this Christmas morning, we’ve decided to double the

[portfolio_slideshow id=24959]   Every hot rod build has its story: some are basket case barn finds, and others are passed down through the family. But in the case of Mike Snode’s 1930 Ford coupe, it was just a matter of time. Fifty years to be exact. “My dad drove me to school every day when

[portfolio_slideshow id=23929] What does Santa Claus do during the off-season? More importantly, what does he drive when he’s not piloting his flying sleigh? The investigative—um, er—journalists here at OnAllCylinders hid behind Santa’s toy shop, staked out the North Pole, and did other paparazzi things we’re not proud of to bring you the answers. We got

[portfolio_slideshow id=20886] The decision is in: Dick Bahnick’s 1966 Fairlane is a real knockout! But the ferocious Ford wasn’t always the car-show champ you see here. It took Bahnick three rounds of knuckle-busting restoration to transform a down-and-out coupe into a heavyweight contender, ready to take on all challengers. A life-long hot rod hound and veteran

[portfolio_slideshow id=18425] When the Matauch family finished this stunning 1954 Chevrolet 3100, they did what most families would do—snap a photo. Not only to remember the moment, but to compare it with one they captured nine years earlier on the day the project began. “My son Jacob got much taller and the trees in the