automotive history

*Update! In the time since this story was first published, the engine has been installed and is running. Scroll to the bottom of this article to see (and hear!) the […]

Aside from the obvious pun, the name Leo Fender isn’t often mentioned in gearhead circles. But if you’re not familiar with the man, you’re most assuredly familiar with the products […]

Even a casual tennis fan will undoubtedly recognize the name Richard “Pancho” González. During a tennis career that stretched from the late 1940s to the early 1970s, González racked up […]

Mickey Thompson was a lot of things: a racer, car builder, inventor, organizer, and promoter. And it’s fair to say that, without his influence, the automotive performance world would likely […]

For hot rodders, race enthusiasts, and lovers of all things fast, January 2, 1974 was another date that lives in infamy. With just a few pen strokes, then-President Richard Nixon […]