Racine Joe Traded Racing cars for Racing Parts
Joseph W. Haas is restoring a ‘51 Chevy with vintage Rajo speed equipment – a tribute to his grandfather Racine Joe, or Rajo for short.
Classic Cars
A collection of hot rods, street rods, classic cars, car shows, events, and cool rides, plus the occasional Throwback Thursday #tbt post or article about a historical event.
The Indianapolis Hall of Fame is a Champion Car Museum
Our first visit to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway museum was in 1974, during our first trip across this country. We were driving a 1953 Pontiac […]
The Cutting: Wild Bob Burnman and the First Taper Tail Racer
Wild Bob Burman’s 1912 Cutting race car gets re-created to run in Wisconsin.
The Rare and Elusive Excalibur J is Turning 50
In the early 1950s, car collector and industrial designer Brooks Stevens created a car called the Excalibur J. It was a two-seat roadster built on […]
Plymouth Under Glass
Dave Glass ’65 Plymouth was directly inspired by the NHRA vehicles of that dominated Top Stock Eliminator competition during the 1960s.
Green Monster Turbine Dragster
Tim Arfons has remade the famous Green Monster, a front-engine, jet turbine powered dragster.
High Tickets and Wild Surprises Keep Barrett-Jackson Attendees on Their Toes and Charities Celebrating
Photos courtesy Barrett-Jackson, Motors on Fox and The Block The Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, AZ is a little bit car show, a little bit state […]
Snake and Mongoose Goes to NASCAR
The crowd at Barrett-Jackson roared to its feet when Don “The Snake” Prudhomme’s restored Plymouth Barracuda and Tom “The Mongoose” McEwen’s Plymoth Duster Hot Wheels […]
Icons and Iconoclasts at Barrett-Jackson
Auction fever was in the air at Scottsdale this past week.
This F-100 is World Class Fast
John Maffucci’s ’55 F-100 seemed destined to be a parts hauler or a rat rod, but it found a second life as a fast, fast Ford.