Art and Mary Krepps’ 1961 Corvette Art Krepps built his 1961 Corvette with one hand tied behind his back. Well, maybe we’re exaggerating just a bit. But he did bring the ’Vette from backyard trash to a showstopper himself, with help from his sons. That includes fabrication, body work, paint, engine work, interior, and anything
Question: What’s the difference between metal god/TV star Ozzy Osbourne and Australian hot rodder Steve McLaren? Answer: One sings at OzFest, the other drives Oz-Fast. OK, so the joke is lousy. But Steve’s 1970 Ford TC Cortina coupe sure as heck isn’t, especially when it pulls the wind out of your lungs as he slams
[portfolio_slideshow id=6119] This story originally ran in the Summit Racing catalog and first appeared on SummitRacing.com on 10/8/2011. You know what they say: if you want something done right, then you have to do it yourself. And if you’re Rich Schneider, that goes double when you’re talking about street rods. Running his own body shop
[portfolio_slideshow id=6107] This story originally ran in the Summit Racing catalog and first appeared on SummitRacing.com on 4/8/2011. Over 600,000 Mustangs were produced in 1966, and you won’t find a single one that’ll compare to Greg Hoffman’s ’66 fastback. It combines classic and late-model styling so well that you’d swear it’s a concept that Ford
[portfolio_slideshow id=6092] This story originally appeared in the Summit Racing catalog and first appeared on SummitRacing.com on 2/22/2010. “When I pulled up to the burnout box, people grabbed their cameras. Tons of flashes were going off when I lit ’em up, lit ’em up big! Everyone went crazy!” Ken Belanger says with a smile. The
Do you believe in fate—the idea that someone or something is out there shaping your destiny? Being worldly types, we used to equate fate with astrology, Ouiji boards, and Miss Cleo the TV psychic. But Ed Parker has changed that. He’s a respectable citizen by day, running a company that stripes asphalt parking lots in
Bob Long’s 1954 Ford F-100 Pickup Consider Ford’s venerable F-100 pickup. It’s been around for over 50 years. It’s been customized by vast legions of Blue Oval fans, most of them born long after it came out. According to our calculations, that means at about seven kajillion customizing ideas have been tried out on the
[portfolio_slideshow id=5727] This story originally ran in the Summit Racing catalog and first appeared on SummitRacing.com on 9/6/2007. Don Barr is a Porsche guy. His 1983 Porsche won a National Preservation Award at the 1998 National Porsche Parade in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. He used to race 944s on the weekends. And his good friend and
[portfolio_slideshow id=6075] When bare metal just won’t make the grade, car enthusiasts and commercial shops call up Bob Bertelsen— owner of A Plus Powder Coaters in Columbiana, OH—to transform it into something special. So when Bob applied this same idea to his 1967 Camaro RS convertible, it’s no surprise that it turned out tougher than
[portfolio_slideshow id=5223] It’s easy to dream about turning your daily driver Mustang into a tire-smokin’ horsepower-house with looks to match. Finding the time and money to do it all can be another story. But with some planning and budget-friendly performance parts, you can take your daily driver to a high level of wow and have
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