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(Editors Note: Steve Frisbie, owner of Steve’s Auto Restoration called one day to tell me about a 1901 Frisbie Red Devil. The car was built by a family relative in Cromwell, Connecticut, and Steve had recently purchased it. Even though it’s not a hot

Mike Henry, an Indiana native, grew up in the shadows of the iconic Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Raceway Park, home of the U.S., Nationals Drags, road courses, and many sprint car tracks. In other words, it is easy to get hooked on fast cars when y

The inaugural NSRA Route 66 Nationals was held at the Expo New Mexico State Fairgrounds in Albuquerque on August 23 - 25, 2019, attracting 785 top quality entries from all over the country. Beautiful weather and a comfortable venue combined to make t

While we were working on the right side of the motor, the spin-on oil filter looked out of place— just a bit too modern. The first step was to use an oil filter relocation kit from Perma-Cool. We located the spin-on filter inside of the frame beside

Rich Stapf was attending the L.A. Roadster Show in 2007, and as so many rodders used to do on Friday afternoons, he drove his roadster to the SoCal Speed Shop open house in nearby Pomona. Hundreds of hot rods would gather there for a fantastic car sh

Steve Lykken, a longtime resident of Solvang, CA has been hot-rodding for many years. At one point he owned eight 1940 Fords, and then he decided to sell them all, and he then jumped into the world of 32s. Recently he decided it would be fun to put o

Fasteners are clearly a key ingredient in any build, given that they literally and figuratively hold everything together. To better understand the world of fasteners, we turned to ARP, the highly respected manufacturer of high-performance bolts and s

Larry Smiley grew up in the small Kansas town of Newton and spent lots of time at his brother’s filling station. When you spend time around cars, it’s not unusual for the car bug to bite, and it did at age 14 for Larry. He purchased his first car, wh

For 2019, Pebble Beach’s Historic Hot Rods “Class R” featured magazine cover cars spanning nearly 50 years. The vehicles included trendsetters, technical marvels, and Hollywood ‘B Movie” stars. Several hadn’t been seen in decades. They all exemplify

NEED to replace those worn-out body mounts on your 1935-40 Ford Passenger Cars? Use Pete & Jake’s quality precision fabricated replacement body mounts, part #5028. These mounts make replacing those worn out mounts an easy weld-on install for a good f