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1960 Chevrolet Impala Build - Fabrication (Part 1)

By Josh Leatherwood - Dec 22, 2017

If you’ve been following the RKM Performance Center’s 1960 Impala build, you probably know it’s been well over a year since w...

A Phantom 1955 Imperial Convertible Wins the Triple Crown

By RK Motors - Dec 21, 2017

  Check the production numbers for 1955 Chrysler Imperials. The total, including two-door hardtops, four-door hardtops, ...

This Stunning 1949 Cadillac Custom is Street Rodder's 2017 Street Rod of the Year

By RK Motors - Dec 20, 2017

For many years, the NSRA Street Rod Nationals in Louisville has been one of the events designated for the STREET RODDER Top 1...

4 New Lowriders Park at the Petersen

By RK Motors - Dec 20, 2017

It’s a celebration, low and slow   The new lowrider exhibit at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles is so popular ...

Overdue federal regulations force low-volume replica car builders to delay production

By RK Motors - Dec 19, 2017

By now, two years after the passage of the Low Volume Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Act, architects of the legislation had hope...

1970 Pontiac Tempest Build

By Josh Leatherwood - Dec 18, 2017

When someone purchases a classic sight unseen, there’s always an element of risk. Sure, most folks have good intentions, but ...

Going On Power Tour? Here's How to Prep for the Long Haul!

By RK Motors - Dec 15, 2017

  HOT ROD Power Tour is the world’s largest traveling car show, where more than 5,000 cars show up to drive almost 1,500 m...

Are These CAD Drawings of the Mid-Engine Corvette?

By RK Motors - Dec 14, 2017

These technical drawings were posted to Corvette Forum by a mysterious user last night. Are these from the C8? Last night, a...

Bullitt Point: New Ford Mustang Bullitt Edition Caught in Chicago

By RK Motors - Dec 12, 2017

It has been nearly a decade since the last Bullitt edition of the Ford Mustang. Inspired by the classic Mustang fastback driv...

It's a Kustom Christmas at Mooneyes X-Mas Party Show & Drag

By RK Motors - Dec 11, 2017

  1000 kool kars and 100 drag racers make this the best X-Mas ever!   It’s beginning to look a lot like Mooneyes, everywhe...

The Corvair sport coupe that never was - the 1968 Molzon Corvair

By RK Motors - Dec 07, 2017

In 1963, GM designer William “Bill” Molzon set out to build a car of his own, with some rather ambitious goals: It would acce...

Entire collection of pre-Model T Ford alphabet cars transferred to Piquette Plant museum

By RK Motors - Dec 06, 2017

Best known as the birthplace of the Ford Model T, the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit also served as the company’s only...

Righteous rides of Radwood

By RK Motors - Dec 06, 2017

The Brits have swanky, posh car shows that we love, but when there’s a chance to ratchet it up a notch, there’s a Yank out th...

Catching Up With Drag Racing Pioneer Don "Big Daddy" Garlits

By RK Motors - Dec 03, 2017

Automobile Magazine sits down for a Q&A with the veteran racer In drag racing, there is “Big Daddy” Don Garlits and ther...

The First IROC Chevrolet Camaros Built by Roger Penske and Mark Donohue in 1974

By RK Motors - Nov 30, 2017

“There were no regulations for us to follow—we made up our own rules.” That was Jay Signori, Roger Penske’s project foreman,...

Owner, crew chief, and NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee Bud Moore dead at age 92

By RK Motors - Nov 29, 2017

Legendary crew chief, team owner, and 2011 inductee into the NASCAR Hall of Fame Walter Maynard “Bud” Moore Jr. has died. Moo...

This 1939 Chevy Dirt-Track Racer Was Reborn As A Street Car

By RK Motors - Nov 27, 2017

  Many of us have gazed thoughtfully at purpose-built racecars and pondered what it would be like to drive one on the street...

This Flamboyant French-Bodied Series 62 Is The Most Outrageous Of Coachbuilt Cadillacs

By RK Motors - Nov 27, 2017

Take a good, long look at the 1948 Series 62 Cabriolet by Saoutchik as it heads to the auction block. If any cars merit that...