Tag: John Coyle

Speculation is over—the General’s will debut a drop top version of its hardcore Corvette at the New York International Auto Show next week.

For the last eight years, I’ve made the annual gearhead pilgrimage to SEMA, and once again, it was a blast. But for the most part? The show felt decidedly less insane this year—almost like someone put grownups in charge of the builds. Fortunately, nobody told the guys at American V8 Classics and Customs to keep taking their […] More »

Everything in drag racing happens fast. So it’s easy to transform your ride from a ferocious 1/4 mile destroyer into something Gunnery Sergeant Hartman might describe as a “modern art masterpiece.” And that’s what happens in this clip. When the driver of the Camaro gets loose just after the drop, he nails the wall, bounces […] More »

This weekend is the Grand Prix of Long Beach, and in addition to the American Le Mans race and round three of the 2013 IndyCar Series, the cars of the Pirelli World Challenge will be hitting the 11-turn, 1.9 mile circuit for a 50-minute sprint. Last week, I was down there for a media ride […] More »

The Camaro “Turbo” Concept made its debut in Chicago back in February. Somehow, I missed seeing pictured of it until Kris Hansen, our man on the scene at NYIAS sent me these shots. Along with the massive blower, eagle-eyed readers might be able to notice the COPO hood, subtle aero package—notice that front splitter and diminutive wing?—and […] More »

If you’re looking to pick up some parts for your project, you might want to head over to Classic Industries. Until Friday, March 15th, the company is offering 20% off orders, so you should get a move on if you want to catch this deal. At SEMA the CI guys featured Reggie Jackson’s cherry 1969 […] More »

BangShift posted pics of Retrokits’ Chevy truck conversion earlier today, and when I was poking around on its website, I found the company makes Camaro kits too. Now, the Trans Am/Firebird package I saw at SEMA went over well—I think they look wicked—but I don’t see the membership exactly rolling out the red carpet for Retrokits’ […] More »