The Chevrolet Bel Air was introduced in 1950 and became an instant classic, remaining in production through 1981 across eight ...
Saved. It's that incredible sense of accomplishment that makes BillFowler proud. The owner of the performance automotive/apparel lines SoloSpeed Shop and Hot Rods Plus, Bill had been looking really ...
Back in the first half of the 1950s, the world was still recovering from the devastation of the second world war. It was a time when great efforts were being made to restart the economy, and for that ...
When the gasser craze hit the U.S. in the 1960s, enthusiasts began prepping and racing production cars you wouldn't normally see at the drag strip. 1955 to 1957 Tri-Five Chevys were among them.
As huge Chevy fans (and more-so fans of Gassers) we thought it would be cool to relive one of the best cars we saw at the2013 SEMAshow: a1955 Chevyowned by Thomas Munger of Alto, Michigan. Working in ...
To keep these single-purpose machines from trouncing the dual-duty competitors, the rule makers divided race categories into Street and Competition, with street cars restricted to gasoline, and the ...
When gasser style cars started appearing at drag strips in the late 50s, they were like nothing anyone had ever seen. They were stripped down hot rods with big engines, wild paint jobs and a weird ...
Las Vegas | Who dares cut up a classic 1955 Chevy 210 hood, rudely exposing giant dual carburetors atop a 498 cubic inch blown big block engine? Rat rod master fabricator Steve Darnell of WelderUp, ...
COSTA MESA, Calif. -- Allen Ankelein has built his own time machine. It's a 1955 Chevrolet hot rod that's a homage to the age when cars were loaded with performance parts and taken out to a drag strip ...
It’s those iconic images of the blown gassers built during the late ’50 through the late ’60s that seem to represent the good ol’ days of drag racing. With fenderwell headers intently dominating the ...
The old gasser-style drag racers of the ‘50s and ‘60s were built specifically for straight-line speed, and as a result of all those purpose-driven modifications, the gasser style and aesthetic has ...