Tag Archives: PERFORMANCE

Lucky Keizer’s Rolls-Royce Merlin Powered Motorcycle

Lucky Keizer, named the bike after the Rolls-Royce V12 ‘Merlin’ engine that was salvaged from [...]

Eliminator I: The 1966 Mercury Comet flip-top Funny Car

Few racing machines in drag racing’s storied history have been as well-remembered and truly unique [...]

Honda J35A4 Powered ’73 Super Beetle Endurance Racer

This ’73 Super Beetle was built for endurance racing in the 24 Hours of Lemons [...]

1969 Baldwin Motion Phase III Corvette Stingray Roadster

Baldwin Chevrolet’s partnership with Motion Performance, aka Baldwin Motion, resulted in some legendary muscle cars, [...]

THE AMERICAN SPEED SHOP: THE BIRTH AND EVOLUTION OF HOT RODDING

If there’s anyone who should be teaching Hot Rodding 101 at your local community college, [...]

Old School Heavy Duty Racing Equipment

Back in the day, heavy duty in racing meant 6 bolt truck hubs and wheels. [...]

The Ansen Automotive Engineering Story

Ansen Automotive Engineering company traces its roots to a machinist named Louis Senter. California native [...]

You’ve Never Heard Patti Smith’s Horses?!

I was loosely aware of two things about Patti Smith and her 1975 album Horses [...]

Time Capsule 1965 Pro-Street Chevelle

Back in the before times, our hot rodding hobby was the wild west. Yeah, 40 [...]

old school dragster

Hard to beat an old school dragster 😎 Jardine Header Co. 1958 Vintage Men’s T-Shirt