Recent News and Articles

The time had finally come for us to bust out one of our oldest projects—to take our long abandoned ’69 Chevy C10 off of the back burner and get it back on the road.

In It To Win It: This almost-new '57 gasser built by Woody's Hot Rodz could be all yours!

If you've been a longtime reader of Classic Trucks, you might remember my F-1 project that I've been working on for the last handful of years.

The concept for the Nomad wagon originated with GM's chief designer Harley Earl as a Corvette dream car that debuted in 1954 at Motorama.

The Ultimate Summer Camp Jeep came together quicker than you might imagine, as can be seen in the current coverage of our annual weeklong on/off-road-trip. This year we constructed a scratch-built Jeep.

Our Big-Block-Powered '61 Bel Air Needs a New Transmission. A Bulletproof Gearstar 4L80E is the Perfect Solution.

Backing Up a Stout 565hp Shafiroff Engine Meant Using Hefty Drivetrain Components to Avert Certain Disaster.

The Level 4 Gearstar 4L60E four-speed isn't much larger than the three-speed TH350, yet it's much stronger, allows precision adjustment of shift points and firmness, and adds a freeway-friendly 0.70:1 Overdrive.

Most often referred to as the Coyote, Ford's official designation is the 5.01L Ti-VCT (Twin Independent Variable Camshaft Timing). This all-aluminum powerplant is light, powerful, efficient and is finding its way under the hood of an increasing number of street rods.

We built our Alabama Army Truck last summer as a high-horsepower, big-torque mud slayer and trail basher. But this Chevy also sees highway duty and everyday work chores, like hauling hay, trash, goats

The world needs another LS-powered early Camaro! It really doesn't, but it seems no one in the performance industry got that memo, cuz guys are building the ubiquitous combo in soaring numbers, and manufacturers are releasing new swap parts like popcorn.

It hasn't been an easy life for our in-house project, Blue Bomber, a 2011 Chevy Silverado with a supercharged 4.8L. But so far it has done everything exceptionally well.