Author: Harry

Our Project BluePrint Chevelle has made it through its final series of modifications, upgrades and tests and we couldn’t be happier. Not only did we upgrade our car’s power and performance by strapping a BluePrint carbureted LSX powerhouse between the front fenders, we also topped our new engine off with some amazing performance-driven goodies to…

When the C2 Corvette generation hit the streets and racetracks in 1963, the all-new chassis took the world by storm. That chassis design carried over for 1964 production and was so advanced that it would continue through the C3 generation, serving for just shy of two decades. That said, the last time GM slid this…

As dawn arrives, a fire-red figure emerges on the horizon, LS7 Lingenfelter V8 engine roaring, and exhaust billowing from its tightly tucked pipes. The heavily armored, high power, rear-wheel drive weapon of tire destruction rolls-up, its driver grinning ear-to-ear. It’s not every day that you encounter a second gen Chevy Camaro with ass-loads of street…

Built to be driven hard, autocrossed often, and pushed to its road course limits on occasion, Daniel Stahlman’s 1977 Pontiac Trans Am is one hell of a unique retro build. Customized by the knowledgeable minds and creative hands over at Custom Image Corvettes, the components contained within this 800whp BadByrd are equal parts impressive and detail…

Paula Lewis’ ’64 Impala is the Fulfillment of a Teenage Desire For many years Paula Lewis had a problem—and it was one that she was desperate to fix. You might be asking what possible problem could she have had? She explains, “Since the first day I got my license I have always been a Chevy…

Born from the body of a 1953 Studebaker, the roofline of a Barracuda and the power of a late-model Cadillac. How do you design the perfect custom? You take your favorite pieces of other cars and build the one you want. That’s what Steve Hudson did with his Studillac, a 1953 Studebaker with modern, supercharged…

By Chuck Vranas   –   Photography by the Author Sometimes it’s the simplest moments in life that can shape a person’s future, leading them down a path fed by experiences from an early age. Being born into a performance automotive family, it was only a matter of time before Pete Dayotas Jr. of North Grafton, Massachusetts,…

Don Richards’ ‘72 Ford F100 Styleside With A Blown Big Block By Rob Fortier   –   Photography by Tim Sutton If you hadn’t already gathered based on the dual 10-inch, gold-anodized velocity stacks protruding from the hood, Don Richards nicknamed his ’72 F100 “Bad Bump” for one not-so-simple reason: the long-stroke, 671 blower, 545 big block…

If there’s one thing we’ve learned over the years by continuously digging up Corvettes from the past is that most of the time people who own and care for them tend to keep the original design lines. After all, such incredible classics are not only pieces of automotive history, but are also worth a lot…

Taranaki’s Jason Wells laughs that he has two hobbies: old cars and being tight with money. Of course, those two things don’t exactly go together in harmony — far from it, in fact. But, having wanted a ’59 Cadillac since he first saw one in the late 1990s, he finally convinced himself that turning 40…