When NASA's space shuttle first went into service 30 years ago-yes, it's been that long-nobody ever intended it to be flying for three decades.
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What do you picture when you think about hot rod activity from the Fifties? Dusty dragstrips with leaping flagmen? Stripped down roadsters tearing across a dry lake? If your mind conjures up images of dragstrips...
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There can't be many hot rodders who won't instantly recognize Norm Grabowski's famous Kookie Kar T-bucket, made famous in the TV series 77 Sunset Strip. It set the standard for many T-buckets...
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You wouldn't think that Richard Bellgardt's request was that unusual. Richard drives a '49 Ford F1 pickup, mostly stock, and Flathead powered...
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"Growing up in Los Angeles in the Fifties, I was very much aware of the hot cars. Right from day one the Tri-Five Chevys were the most popular, but only the wealthy kids had the pleasure of driving one. The rest of us said `someday'." -Allen Blackmore
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Improving the lighting on a highboy can generally be accomplished by just bolting on any number of the upgraded set of headlights...
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It may not always be the first thing that comes to mind when looking at a hopped-up old car, but there's usually a great story of how a vintage vehicle survived through the years without ending up rotting away...
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By now most people are aware that modern fuel -injected engines benefit greatly from the use of electronics, whether through the use of an on-board computer which constantly alters the tune depending on driving style, altitude or a number of other variables, or through the ability to plug in a lapto
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Those of us who are, or have been, married have doubtless, at one time or another, surprised our spouses with unexpected gifts (and not always surprised in a good way). Jim Kipp is no exception--except that he gave his wife Debra one heck of a surprise 50th birthday present...
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Fans of the television show "Monster Garage" may remember an episode from about three years ago on which a team of top-level customizers built a '51 Cadillac convertible custom...
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I don't know about you but I'm perfectly happy fabricating chassis, welding and doing body and paintwork, and physically putting a car together, but I've always left the wiring in my projects...
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At first, the submissions only trickled in. Was our country truly in such economic doldrums that nobody cared about hot rodding any more? The fact that the Reader Projects issue was announced...
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A few weeks ago I wrote a short blog on our STREET RODDER website (www.streetrodderweb.com) regarding my discovery of a cowl-steering conversion kit made and sold by a company called Gas Alley Street Rods...
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Generally when someone suggests a trip to Detroit, especially before Spring, there had better be a pretty good reason to book a ticket. I can't think of anything much better...
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"Building hot rods is nothing new to me," Bill Herb will tell you. "I was born into a family of gearheads." One glance at this mostly owner-built '33 roadster is convincing evidence that...
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Perfect weather and a great showing of hot rods and customs at the July NHRA Museum Twilight Cruise made up for the thunder and rain that put a damper on the June cruise...
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We all have ideas floatin' around in our heads about cool projects we'd love to tackle someday, and once in a while we actually make it happen.....
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Despite what most people think, the traditional movement wasn't entirely a backlash against slick, modern style. Sure style mattered,....
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So you've replaced that old stock, worn out Flathead or six-cylinder engine with a new, fuel-injected, computer-controlled LS1, replaced those old, dim bulb lights to fancy LEDs,....
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It's pretty apparent these days that old school hot rods are here to stay, let's face it, tradition is tradition. That said, keeping a traditional-style hot rod build....
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Whenever a brake upgrade is made, usually incorporating discs brakes at the front or even all around, most builders will upgrade to power-assisted brakes.
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At almost any point in time we realize the hot rod we have is in some way a reflection of our earliest ride. For Bob Burdorff of Benton, Kansas,....
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Continuing with Street Rodder and Ford Racing's recognition of street rodders who install a late-model Ford engine in a Ford,....
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When chopping the top on a car with factory vent windows, one of the many considerations to take into account is whether or not to retain the wing windows.
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In its 5th year, the Autorama Extreme presented by 89X (local radio station) has evolved into something more than a show within a show.....
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