Tag: Hot Rods

PHOTOS: Ridler Award Winner and the Great Eight

*See above for photos of the Ridler Award winner and Great Eight entries Barry Meguiar was on hand at the Detroit Autorama car show at the Cobo Center in Detroit to present the famous Ridler Award. Meguiar, president of Meguiar’s and host of Velocity’s Car Crazy, announced that a re-envisioned 1957 Chevy 150 Hardtop-nicknamed Imagine-was… Continue reading PHOTOS: Ridler Award Winner and the Great Eight

Got a Pre-World War II Car? Visit Chickasha

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following blog was written by John Gunnell, owner of Gunner’s Great Garage Restoration Shop in Manawa, Wisconsin. Gunnell regularly contributes articles and industry-driven observations for THE SHOP magazine and eNewsletter. See images in the gallery below. After you’ve been to just about every big collector car swap meet in the country looking for antique… Continue reading Got a Pre-World War II Car? Visit Chickasha

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1941 Buick Sedanette Wins Big at Sacramento Autorama

*See additional award winners in the gallery above The 1941 Buick Sedanette on display at last weekend’s 68th Annual O’Reilly Auto Parts Sacramento Autorama at the Cal Expo Fairgrounds received the coveted Custom d’Elegance award. The car is owned by Clifford Mattis and was built by Antioch, Calif.-based Lucky 7 Customs. Nicknamed Dillinger, the Buick earned… Continue reading 1941 Buick Sedanette Wins Big at Sacramento Autorama

Shop Owner Honored by Yellowstone Trail Association

The Yellowstone Trail Association on Feb. 9 held its annual Board of Directors Meeting at Sentry World in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. As part of the meeting, THE SHOP contributor John Gunnell and former automotive technology instructor, Dave Sarna, were presented with certificates recognizing them as Honorary Trailmen. Gunnell owns Gunner’s Great Garage Restoration Shop in Manawa,… Continue reading Shop Owner Honored by Yellowstone Trail Association

Award Winners at the Grand National Roadster Show

The Jan. 26-28 Grand National Roadster Show (GNRS) at the Fairplex in Pomona featured more than 1,000 custom vehicles but only 400 vehicles were honored with awards. The most famous award-America’s Most Beautiful Roadster-was given to Dave Martin for his 1931 Ford Roadster built by Signal Hill, California-based Hot Rods & Hobbies. earned the coveted… Continue reading Award Winners at the Grand National Roadster Show

‘The Martin Special’ Named America’s Most Beautiful Roadster

*See images in the gallery above A 1931 Ford Roadster owned by Dave Martin and built by Signal Hill, California-based Hot Rods & Hobbies earned the coveted America’s Most Beautiful Roadster at the 69th annual Grand National Roadster Show (GNRS) at the Fairplex in Pomona. The event also included the presentation of the Al Slonaker Memorial… Continue reading ‘The Martin Special’ Named America’s Most Beautiful Roadster