Tag Archives: muscle car
A Short History of the Pontiac Firebird
The Pontiac Firebird is a classic American ‘pony’ car – an exotic-looking sporty car with [...]
Poor Man’s Drag Racing Class: The Altereds
Gone forever, one of the nastiest drag racing classes of all time, the Altered Coupes/Sedans [...]
Time of our life
Little did we know at the time that wrenching on a $400 muscle car would [...]
The Legendary Crower 8
The Crower 8 is one of the most fascinating, yet largely forgotten, engine projects in [...]
1970 Oldsmobile Cutlass SX
Summer of 1983, I was a poor high-school kid going into Senior year, and wanted [...]
The Golden Age Of Drag Racing Part 1
Who needs fancy focus groups or scientific demographic analysis? Not HOT ROD Deluxe, whose editors [...]
off-road racing gold rush
“Back-in-the-day everybody wanted into off-road racing, all the factories and even companies like Sears & [...]
Injection is Nice, but I’d Rather Be Blown
Hey, I’d rather be blown too! Many people have the impression that a supercharger is [...]
Thunderbird Lowrider
A seventh generation Ford Thunderbird has no business going this hard, but this slammed sled [...]
Magic Powder Challenger
Back in the day, a Dodge Challenger done up like Magic Powder here was considered [...]