Shop Tour - Hardcore Drag Racing

  This 1982 Chevrolet C10 step-side is the full package. If you want to be noticed, then this sport- truck is for you. It’s impressive from any angle, the paint job is a work of art. The cargo bed is classy with its hard wood on the floor, but it is all business with a fuel cell, battery boxes, and tubbed wheel wells. The body was customized with shaved door handles, billet grille, smooth roll pans front and rear. Early 1990’s Corvette-style tail lights were mounted in the rear pan. The C10 was built in the early nineties but it still shows very well. The interior is plush for an 82' C10, the door panels, dash, carpeting and seat are covered in gray fabric and match well. Billet aluminum trim covers the dash, while an upgraded billet Boyd's steering wheel points direction on a tilt column. Under the hood is like a jewelry box showcasing a precious gem. Powering this flashy step-side is a GM Performance 502 cubic inch big-block. The 502 consumes mass quantities of fuel through a...

  Each year model builders converge at the Keystone firehouse in Boyertown, PA for the Super September Showdown.  This is the 2023 coverage of a scale model car kit show where there are multiple classes that are judged by the spectators, there were also many vendors on hand with new and vintage kits for sale. These are some of the cars and trucks that were on display, enjoy some of these small wonders.   This is my entry, a 1955 Chevy Gasser. It features a supercharged small block with Hilborn fuel injection. Fuel lines and wiring will be added later.  This has custom color changing paint and an engine turned aluminum paneling in the engine room.     I hope you enjoyed the cars, let me know if you if you would like to see more model car show coverage.

        Richard Bays has spent a lifetime in motorsports, and he is widely known as being part of the Drag Racing Fuel duo of  Bays & Rupert. Richard’s thirst for racing came in 1966 when he was running a foreign car repair shop.   He was in his early 20’s at the time and worked mainly on Volkswagen's and was one of the pioneers of VW performance. At night he was street racing his own home built Hot Rod and gained quite a reputation in the tuning department.     What started out as his daily driver soon turned into a Drag Strip terror. Richard started with a 1958 Fiat 600 that needed an engine. He made adapters and installed a Porsche engine.  Why not, his shop was full of go-fast parts. He said he chose that combination because it was different. Richard won so many street races with it, that the spectators would make side bets and would frequently win betting on him.   He called the car a street-sleeper and a Corvette killer...