Style setter or dead end? Mac’s Motor City Garage takes another look at Tex Smith’s Hot Rod Magazine XR6. Continue reading
Category Archives: Hot Rods
10 Fabulous, Forgotten Gassers From Drag Racing’s Golden Age
In the 1960s, the gas coupe and sedan categories featured some of the coolest and most colorful race cars ever seen on a drag strip. Here are ten great examples. Continue reading
Video: Introduction to hydrographics
The process looks like pure magic, but actually it’s fairly simple. It’s been hyped as brand new, but it’s been around for years. Welcome to water transfer printing, also known as hydrographics—a powerful technology for the auto industry, and for backyard enthusiasts, too. Continue reading
Lost Hot Rods: The All-Deuce Edition
For your viewing pleasure, here’s another assortment of lost and forgotten cars from the golden age of hot rodding—this batch made up entirely of 1932 Fords. Continue reading
Bookshelf: Bonneville–A Century of Speed
This beautiful new book by David Fetherston tells the hundred-year history of land-speed record racing at Bonneville. Continue reading
Jim McCraw reports on the Bakersfield March Meet
Veteran automotive journalist Jim McCraw has been covering drag racing since the glory days of the 1960s. Here he takes in the scene at the annual nitro happening in Bakersfield.
Nine noteworthy cars at the 2014 Detroit Autorama
Never mind the Great 8 for a moment. Here at Mac’s Motor City Garage, we’ve got the Noteworthy Nine. In our book, these nine vehicles at the 2014 Detroit Autorama were worth a special look. Continue reading