When Dodge decided to stuff a pavement-shaking Cummins turbodiesel engine into its Ram pickup truck way back in 1989, the engineers had to overcome a litany of technical and mechanical hurdles. Turns out, that was child’s play compared to stuffing one in a hot rod. But that’s exactly what some crazy builders did here. Normally
The Goodguys Rod & Custom Association held its annual national event in Columbus, Ohio last weekend. It is one of the marquee events of the Goodguys season, drawing in hundreds of top-tier show cars, classics, hot rods, cruisers, and muscle cars. The 2018 season also features a new year cutoff date, instead of capping entries
Our pals at Summit Racing have been helping out on a really slick custom 1940 Chevy two-door sedan build affectionately dubbed “Tinmama.” The hot rod is being built by Tinman 2 Kustoms in Isanti, MN. Shop owner Luke Merrill, 26, has done everything from restorations and customs, to slammed rat trucks and radical hot rods—all
For the 2015 SEMA Show, the folks at specialty coating company POR-15 brought a Ford flathead V8 that was very well-received by show attendees. So well-received in fact, that they decided to build a car around it. The result is this brilliant red 1932 Ford Roadster that POR-15 unveiled at the 2017 SEMA show. After all,
Sitting in his shop in the Netherlands, Frans was mulling over a dilemma. He had a 16-cylinder Detroit Diesel engine and nothing to do with it. Then, Frans got an idea. Now, we don’t know exactly what the car culture is like over in Europe, but we’d like to think bolting a twin-turbocharged diesel engine
You get a two-fer this week, as we’re featuring a pair of tough-looking T-buckets. If you didn’t already know, the iconic T-bucket hot rod gets its name from Henry Ford’s Model T. The FoMoCo cranked out millions of Model Ts through nearly two decades of production. That meant there were plenty of scrapped Ts lying
Got a classic 1920s to 1950s-era vehicle? Then you probably know a thing or two about blind spots. Stylish as they are, vintage cars and trucks aren’t known to have excellent visibility from the driver’s seat. The fix (if you can call it that) had been to graft on clunky late-model side mirrors. That method
Rat rods, you either love ’em or hate ’em. At OnAllCylinders, we typically fall into the “love ’em” category. So when this 1941 Chevy truck rolled into the parking lot, we had to take a look. It checks all of our boxes, right down to the Chevy inline-6 engine nestled between the frame rails. We’re pretty
A parking lot is a parking lot is a parking lot—unless it’s the Summit Racing parking lot. On any given day or time, the lot outside a Summit Racing store can turn into an impromptu mini car show, depending on who has stopped by the store. On Wednesdays, we’ll share our parking lot find of
Dermie Close considers himself a student of hot rodding. He attended an automotive trade school to become a mechanic, but the learning continues decades after his graduation. Close says he’s always looking at Street Rodder and other magazines, watching the likes of Chip Foose and others on TV, and observing the work of other builders for inspiration.
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