Halloween is tomorrow. And that means, more candy, more It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, and more really scary TV shows and movies. It also means tonight is Devil’s Night—a night mostly associated with mayhem and Detroit, MI. And since Detroit is the automotive motherland, a list of our favorite scary cars and trucks from
It’s the stuff gearhead dreams are made of. Believe it or not, this battered 1968 Mustang was infamous in the late 1960s and early ‘70s as the ride of choice for a group of rumrunners, street racers, and general hell-raisers in the Catskill Mountains of New York State. It was the kind of car that
It has been 27 years since Route 66, America’s original east-west highway connecting Chicago to Los Angeles, was decommissioned. Now, it seems the Mother Road is making a comeback of sorts. In 1999, the National Route 66 Preservation Bill was signed into law. Disney Pixar’s Cars movie brought the legendary road back to life (at least for
Hey, we don’t get it either. How is it that something so beloved by so many people can simply go away? From S.W. Graham to Planters Cheez Balls to Wacky WallWalkers, we think we can all agree that some things should never go away. The crew at Summit Racing asked you on Facebook what vehicle
Labor Day weekend is here, and the new TV season is right around the corner. Brace yourselves for yet another avalanche of reality TV shows and dancing competitions. Know what we won’t be seeing? Cool TV cars. Remember when primetime TV included the occasional hero car, and you could always count on a good chase
[portfolio_slideshow id=8882] For many couples, traveling cross-country in an old station wagon with no A/C is a near sure-fire way to end a marriage (ask Clark W. Griswold). But Pontus and Johanna Nolblad of Lysekil, Sweden couldn’t think of a better way to start theirs. As die-hard fans of American hot rods and muscle cars,
Tony Scott, 68, died Monday in an apparent suicide in San Pedro, CA. Scott is famous for directing and producing an enormous amount of films that—despite not winning any Academy Awards—scores of people around the world absolutely love, including Top Gun, Crimson Tide, Enemy of the State, Beverly Hills Cop II, True Romance, and many
WARNING! WARNING! If you happen to be driving in the Northeast this weekend, do NOT be alarmed if you see a couple of gorillas driving a sedan… Or some WWE wrestlers piloting a convertible down a country road… Or maybe some bearded cheerleaders behind the wheel of a mini-van. OK, you can be a little
It turns out that a lot of people name their cars. Like, a lot. The phenomenon is called anthropomorphism, which in layman’s terms, is the act of assigning human characteristics to non-human things. We’re not going to bother ourselves with trying to figure out why people do this. We’re simply going to celebrate it. Our
If you’ve been a car, truck, or hot rod enthusiast for any length of time, chances are you’ve seen the centerfold spreads. Depending on what you like, you’ve probably yearned for, lusted after, or drooled upon the American beauty in some of the photos. This is the story of one of those coveted centerfolds: Bud
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