Shop Tour - Hardcore Drag Racing

  The room in this speed-shop is Heaven for me , because these are my favorite wheels of all time .  Ansen or E-T Slots look great on anything . Gasser's, Muscle Cars , Drag Cars and don't forget Custom-Van's. The Sprint style slot wheel came in sizes from 3 inches wide  to 14 inches wide . and you could get them in 13  to 15 inch diameters with the most rare being 16in. , those were mostly for Dragsters .   The street car wheels were made with cast aluminum , while the race versions were made in magnesium  . They were made with bolt on center caps or push in caps .    This example is a15x14  Ansen   Sprint slot wheel,with a 4- inch back space.                          Slot wheels give any street machine that racing look and just add to the cool factor !       It is very rare to find a set of 15x12 or 15x14's for sale , but about once a year I seem to find a set on Ebay .     I'm looking for a set of Ansen 15x10 or 15x12's in the Ford/Mopar Pattern of -5x 4

  In April of 1977, Hot Rod Magazine showcased a Mustang II they named ‘Sudden Death’. Ten years later in 1988 another Mustang II was busy earning a reputation on the streets of Northern Kentucky. That Mustang earned the name ‘Outcast’ . When Steve McNew was just 17 years old and working at a fast-food joint in Northern Kentucky, he purchased his first car, a 1975 Mustang II. It was a ratty, rusty, high-mileage heap that he paid $500 for at a small cash lot. The Mustang II wasn’t popular then and still not popular now, but Steve knew it was just right to build a fast street racer and also hang out with his friends who met regularly to race their Nova’s, Chevelle’s ,Mustang’s and other muscle cars of the day.  The Mustang II is almost half the weight of those monsters and with the right combo, it would hurt a lot of feelings. Each week when Steve drove up, his   friends would always joke and say, “Here comes Steve in his little outcast of a Mustang”, and the name ‘Outcast’ stuck.  Desp

                                                                                      Chris Bower is from Cleveland, Ohio with his 1975 Plymouth Duster Chris said he has a car that most car enthusiasts would love to have, his 1975 Plymouth  Gold Duster , it  was his first car, he bought it back in 1988 when he was16 years old. Chris stated he grew up in family of  Mechanics and Drag Racers, so you can say it was in his DNA from the beginning. He bought it for $300 , money earned from being a dish washer at a local college, Chris drove it to high school for 2 years then in 1991 he painted to Lime Green. Chris ran ET Bracket Pro and Sportsman classes in and around Ohio, his local track is Pacemakers in Mt Vernon Ohio a little 1/8 th mile track.   In 2003 Chris decided to have it painted Burnt Orange and put it back on the street to enjoy both on the street and track, he said that he  recently got into the Hard Tire heads up racing , and likes the format much better than ET. Th

     We are the first one's in the United States to feature this Austin J4-Morris Minibus.   Thank you Alison for sharing it with us and we look forward to featuring your other builds.    Alison Carr is from the city of Cornwall in the United Kingdom. Along with her husband, they enjoy building Hot Rods and Street Machines so much that they have over a dozen in their collection . I told them that I would love to share them all , as some of them are quite unique such as this spectacular example we have here . Alison said the van started life as a Austin J4/Morris Minibus, it's quite similar to our Dodge A100 or Ford Falcon Econoline's of the 1960's They gave It a heavy roof chop & installed  suicide doors. The rear cargo doors were welded solid. She stated they also sectioned six inches off the bottom half .  During the roof chop the windscreen was made in two pieces to give the front end some character. Other body mod's include inset turn indicators and a molde

                                                                      If Darth Vader Had a Hot Rod this would be it !     Al Levine is from Great Neck, New York,but you can say his sinister looking 1963 Plymouth Savoy could be from the Death Star . This is a car that any movie villain would want . The car is black on black with minimal bright work which blends in quite nicely on the streets of New York .   What else does that villain want you ask ? How about so much power you can't keep it under the hood .   The power in question comes from a BDS Stage 3 10/71 Supercharged 540 cube Hemi .     Even Darth is impressed with the mighty Hemi !   The engine is a Mopar Mega block with forged 4.5 stroke crank swinging  Diamond pistons with a 4.380 bore for a total of 540 cubic inches. Up top is a BDS stage 3 10/71 supercharger. A remote System One filter keeps the oil clean.  Al said it can run 6 lbs of boost on premium pump gas all day . Heads are Dart dual plug Mopar castings from th