Rutledge Wood Plymouth Wagon Update: Engine Fitting and Body Blasting
With an early June deadline to meet to make the Hot Rod Magazine Power Tour, Randy Allgood and his staff at Kenwood Rod Shop are going guns a-blazin’ on Rutledge […]
Author: Alan Rebescher
Editor, author, PR man—Alan Rebescher has done it all in a 37 year career in the high performance industry. He has written and photographed many feature stories and tech articles for Summit Racing and various magazines including Hot Rod, Car Craft, and Popular Hot Rodding, and edited Summit Racing’s Street & Strip magazine in the 1990s. His garage is currently occupied by a a 1996 Mustang GT ragtop.
MSD Atomic EFI Fuel Injection Systems Now California Emissions-Legal
Rejoice, California hot rodders—MSD was recently granted Executive Order Number D-722 from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) making the Atomic Fuel Injection System (part numbers MSD-2900 and MSD-2910) legal […]
Rutledge Wood Plymouth Suburban Wagon Update: The Parts Arrive
So what’s new with Rutledge Wood and Summit Racing’s latest project, the 1953 Plymouth Suburban two-door station wagon? Parts, that’s what. For those who’ve arrived late to the wagon […]
Rutledge Wood’s Plymouth Suburban Wagon Gets Torn to Pieces
Relax. Events at the Kenwood Rod Shop aren’t as alarming as they sound. It’s just Randy Allgood and his team hard at work disassembling Rutledge Wood’s latest project with Summit […]
The 17-Year Camaro: Mike Norcia’s ’67 Chevy Camaro RS
Ever heard of the 17-year cicada? It’s a nasty grasshopper-type bug that explodes out of the ground by the zillions every 17 years to consume all the plants on Earth […]
SEMA Preview: SEMA 2013 Show Cars with a Summit Racing Touch
SEMA 2013, the aftermarket industry’s annual parts blowout in Las Vegas, is almost upon us, as in next week, November 5-8. In addition to showcasing the latest products for—well, almost […]
Summit Racing Helps Discover Ancient Mayan Sculptures
It’s not every day that you get to help a real-life Indiana Jones. Archeologist Francisco Estrada-Belli is one of the world’s leading authorities on the early Mayan civilization, which flourished […]
Big Ford Horsepower (Part 3): Dyno Results for Trick Flow Specialties’ 598 Ford
Trick Flow Specialties is once again building the engine that will be part of the prize package awarded to the Summit Racing SuperSeries Top Class Champion. Last year, Trick Flow built […]
Tom Bailey Wins 2013 Hot Rod Drag Week, Earns Title “Quickest and Fastest Street Car in America”
Tom Bailey is a pretty tired guy right now. Tired and famous. Piloting the ex-ProRides “Sick Seconds” 1969 Chevy Camaro, Tom made history as the first racer to make five […]
Big Ford Horsepower (Part 2): Installing the Top End on Trick Flow Specialties’ 598 Ford
In our initial Big Ford Horsepower post, we told you how Trick Flow Specialties in Akron, OH was building a 598 big block Ford to out-power the 1,013-horse 565 cubic-inch Chevy it […]