Mark Stielow’s Camaros are legendary. Race fans and Camaro enthusiasts may remember his ’69 “Red Devil” Camaro-winner of the 2010 Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational, and 2011 challenger. Stielow was back this year at the Optima booth to show off his latest creation – Mayhem. The sleek silver ’67 has an S9-based engine from Thomson Automotive, […] More »
Most everybody seemed to like the Firebird I saw in the FlowMaster booth, so I kept my eyes peeled for other new-school Firebirds while I walking the floor. Personally, I love the Pontiac look. But I’m cheap, and there’s all kinds of cool stuff out there—remote control sharks, first-class air travel, decent beer—that I can never […] More »
MagnaFlow makes great mufflers, but have you ever seen the company’s anti-aircraft guns? Or did you not know it made military hardware? Actually, as much as it looks like a crazy weapon, this is MagnaFlow’s “Revolver” concept. The Chip Foose designed truck started as a 1949 Chevy, and now it can rotate between eight different […] More »
The name is legendary, so when you see Lingenfelter on something, you know it’s going to have some tire-shredding power under the hood. The company’s new LTA convertible boasts an all-aluminum 455 LSX block topped with LS7 ported cylinder heads and has a bunch of beefy internal bits—Callies 4340 forged steel crankshaft, Oliver billet rods, JE […] More »
The Goodguys folks don’t exactly hand out their Muscle Machine of the Year award, so you’d expect the 2012 winner to be something special—and it is. Built by Lakeside Rods & Rides on an Art Morrison chassis, and packing an LSR by six-time NHRA Pro Stock champ Warren “The Professor”Johnson mated to a beefy Gearstar box, […] More »
Even in a sea of stunning cars, Fuller Hot Rod’s Thundertaker stands out like a bowling ball on a billiard table. The former Caddy hearse is 8000lbs of gorgeous, big block powered all-steel metalwork, and beautiful touches like the full-length rag top and the tail pipes—which exit through the iconic fins—are everywhere. The guys at […] More »