Goin’ To The Chapel In Style

When Doug Arbuthnot’s daughter announced her wedding, he wanted to contribute something special.  If his daughter and her future husband were like most kids these days, they would have at least a couple of years before the big day.  In this case, Doug only had nine months to make this contribution to the wedding effort: [...]

’49 Panel Delivery, ’90s style

The late 80′s and early 90′s were a unique time for hot rodding.  The “smoothed, billet” look exploded on the scene, after cars like the California Kid and Billy Gibbon’s ’32 Deuce Coupe (of ZZ Top fame) started gracing movies and record covers with their unique style.  Adding fuel to the fire was a young [...]

GM’s Greatest Contribution-the 1955 V8-Powered Chevy

In 1955, the Ford Flathead was king of the hot rodding world.  Sure, Chrysler had rolled out the first Hemi engines two years earlier, but their drag-racing supremacy wouldn’t be realized for another decade.  If you were a gearhead, speed demon, bootlegger, or Bonnie & Clyde, you had a flathead under the hood of whatever [...]

Cruisin’ The Dub In A 2008 Dodge Charger Prototype

The beautiful orange beast that you see here is a pre-production 2008 Dodge Charger SRT.  More specifically, it’s the one being driven from coast to coast to promote A&W’s Cruisin’ the Dub.  The prototype Dodge started its journey in Vancouver BC, when Chrysler handed the keys over to Roger Barnes, the national manager for Cruisin’ [...]

New format starting on Tuesday

To all my loyal readers, I’d like to start by thanking everyone for continuing to visit this site on a regular basis.  It’s really an honour when each and every person comes to this site, to read the commentary, look at the pictures, or whatever else you come here for.  I appreciate and respect the [...]