Will the high performance industry adapt quickly enough to stay profitable while gas prices skyrocket? These are trying times for the auto makers, trying to shift practically their entire output to small high mileage cars. Pickups, SUVs and anything with low mileage numbers, performance cars included, are moving very slowly while consumers rush to tiny little econoboxes and … [Read more...]
Hot Rod World’s Fastest Street Machine For Sale
Hot Rod Magazine has an annual shoot out for the fastest street car in America. The 2007 winner was this 580CI 1500HP 1967 Camaro, and it's for sale! So, you ask, how fast is it? How about 7.64 second 1/4 miles? Think about that, drive to the track, rip off a 7 second quarter mile, drive home. The cool thing about these Hot Rod shoot outs is the car drives from track to … [Read more...]
Carroll Shelby Direct Connection Tuner Cars
When most people hear the name, Carroll Shelby, they think AC Cobra or Shelby Mustang, but how many would think of 4 cylinder engines? All of the Hondas and Toyotas with 4 cylinder turbos and performance suspension are late to the game. High gas prices are nothing new. Getting lots of horsepower from small engines and beating the big V8s was Carroll Shelby's mission when he … [Read more...]
Twin Turbo Lower 48 Tucker Hot Rod
The "Lower 48" Tucker hot rod is the work of Rob Ida Concepts, a New Jersey company with long roots in the auto business. Rob's grandfather, Joe, had a Tucker dealership back in 1947 but unfortunately, Tucker itself went out of business. Though Joe never had a Tucker of his own, his son Bob and grandson Rob, decided to build one from scratch using modern technology to make a … [Read more...]
Michael Ulman Found Object Hot Rod Art
Michael Ulman is a sculptor, not the usual kind working in clay or stone, instead, he works with found objects from the dumpster, flea market or under some boxes in the back of the shop. He looks at the piece and sees things you or I would miss and builds motorcycles, hot rods and boats that look sometimes whimsical, sometimes real, but always phenomenal. The photo above is … [Read more...]