Since day one, many hot rods have been molded in the image of race cars that preceded them, whether by design or function. One of the most well-known racers of the '50s and '60s, "Ohio" George ...

The Chevelle still has plenty of fans all over the world, not just in the United States, so it’s no surprise that custom builds based on this model are super-popular these days. The Chevelle right ...

Gassers, by definition, should be a little rough around the edges. After all, they are--or at least mimic--race cars. Joe Gateley had a couple of friends who built a pair of '55 Chevy Gassers, both ...

Dave and Greg Engle grew up in Fountain Valley, California, steeped in racing and custom car culture their entire lives. “My ...

FRANKENMUTH, Mich. (WJRT) - American Gasser, a Saginaw hot rod shop with roots in Ohio, has made a name for itself and shared its work at the 42nd annual Frankenmuth Auto Fest. "We started in Ohio in ...

Nothing leaves a longer-lasting impression on a young person's mind than being in the pits at a nationally sanctioned drag race at the age of five. The fusion of adrenaline and the scent of nitro is ...

It's powered by a 600-horsepower Chevy 454 V8, and it is, as amazing as it sounds, a Volvo. The term “Gasser” is a reference to a style of drag car that was popular in the late 1950s through the 1960s ...

The glory days of drag racing are often carved into the decade of the 1960’s, although plenty of monumental moments happened before and after that 10-year span. The gasser wars of the 1960’s are still ...