Hot Rod Meets Overlanding: Rodz by Ludwin’s 1936 Ford
Some things just naturally go together. Top Fuelers and nitromethane. Rusty bolts and skinned knuckles. Beer and bench racing. But some things just—don’t. In those cases, it takes a person […]
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.
Buyer’s Guide: How to Pick the Best Flexible Fuel Hose for Your Vehicle
Remember when fuel hose was just fuel hose? It was made of rubber and worked just fine with the gasoline formulations of the day. If you needed some new hose, […]
Z Meets LS: Eric Ritz’s 1973 Datsun 240Z
Eric Ritz got his love of vintage Datsuns—and all things car—the honest way. “My parents had me at the racetrack when I was six months old,” he told us. “I […]
Check Out This 500 Horsepower Turbo LS Engine Built by a Motorcycle Guy (to Stuff into His Chevelle)
Matthew Bochnak runs the How-To Motorcycle Repair website and has his own MatthewMCRepair channel on YouTube. If something is ailing your bike, chances are Matt has a post that will […]
The Right Way to Install Your Engine Fasteners: Understanding Friction, Bolt Stretch & Clamp Load
Your vehicle’s engine bay is a high-stress environment, with a lot of heat, vibration, and other cyclic loading forces that increase as you add horsepower. That’s why you want to […]
Show Off & Win Prizes: The DeBoss Garage InterNETional Car Show Returns for 2021
In 2020, Rich and Aaron from DeBoss Garage hosted really cool online car show, the DeBoss Garage International Quarantine Car Show. Open to gearheads from all over the planet, it […]
Summit Racing Reveals 2021 Event Calendar: Races, Car Shows, Cruise-Ins, Auctions & More
2020 wasn’t good for gearheads. Seemed like every car show and race was cancelled (or only allowed, like, 3.5 people through the gates). Not in 2021 though. There are shows and […]
Hemmings Auction Find of the Week: 1985 Mercury Capri RS 5.0
Over at Hemmings Auctions is something you don’t see very often—a Fox-Body Mercury Capri. Mechanically the same as the Fox Mustang, the Capri’s front fenders and domed rear hatch glass […]
Meet Kat Jones & Stew—Her 1954 Studebaker Commander
Kasia “Kat” Jones loves hot rods. Always has. But she didn’t start building them herself until a mere three years ago. “When I started my first project, I had no […]
Hemmings Auction Find of the Week: 1969 Camaro SS 396
What’s happening over Hemmings Auctions right now? We’d like to draw your attention to this ‘Day Two’ style 1969 Chevy Camaro SS 396 with a four-speed stick. Day Two muscle […]