Ron Cizek’s Ridler-winning ’40 Ford takes ‘Street Rod of the Year’ honors at  Goodguys’ 16th PPG Nationals. Nebraska’s Ron Cizek collected the Goodguys’ 2013 Classic Instruments ‘Street Rod of the Year’ title after winning Goodguys’ 2013 March Performance Street Rod d’Elegance in Del Mar! His ’40 Ford coupe, Checkered Past captures the essence of hot rodding’s current trend of blending retro styling cues with modern technology and masterful build quality. Cizek’s Cranberry Red ’...

Our man on the Left Coast, Jim Palam, spends a fun day at a laid-back car show that raises money for a worthy cause. Some 90 miles North of Santa Barbara, CA is the bucolic Madonna Inn Meadows, a lakeside park in San Luis Obispo that hosts an annual Concours to benefit the local Hospice. Not your typical “stuffy” high-end Concours, the event is a cross between a traditional Concours and friendly car club show. Last Sunday was a picture-perfect day and I couldn’t think of a better destination...

Carlisle hosts its 23rd Annual Woodstock for Mopar fanatics. The second weekend in July brought Pentastar fans from both here and abroad to Carlisle, PA. No doubt the Net, Blogs, Message Boards, EBay and all, have changed our hobby forever but there is still a place for a big single-marque gathering like this one. The knowledge and experience available at one is not easily duplicated in an electronic environment. The ability to share with similar minded folks and to see and touch things ca...

Mike Matune celebrates Father’s Day at the 40th anniversary of cars, music and  food at the Sully Historic Site in Virginia. The Sully Antique Car Show held on the grounds of the Sully Historic Site is a Fathers’ Day tradition. Built between 1794- 1799 by Robert E. Lee’s uncle, the site had been a plantation and would remain in farming until acquired by the FAA to build Dulles Airport in the late-1950s. Those plans were thwarted by public outcry and today it is under the control of the...

The best of the best are celebrated at one of the premier concours in the country. Our man Mike (Matune) was on the show field. Last weekend, the Ault Park Concours de Elegance celebrated 36 years of presenting extraordinary cars in an outstanding park setting. For those unfamiliar with the event, it occurs annually in Cincinnati, OH, benefiting the Juvenile Arthritis Foundation.  As in years past, the show boasted a cross section of automobiles with special emphasis on Sixty Years ...

World Automobilist and Munich Café Racer Claus Mueller blogs about his  car guy adventures in Iran. In search of new classic/collector car hobby experiences, I made a decision to tour the world and visit not just the usual destinations. After my experience in India that brought me to Rajasthan where I met the Maharana of Udaipur and many other enthusiasts, my next destination was Tehran, Iran. Tehran is home to the Tehran Café Racers, a satellite car guy lunch and events group linked ...

Since 1999, hundreds of head-turning cars & trucks have been displayed at the Wheels & Waves Car Show in Santa Barbara, CA. Our Jim Palam was on site. This year was the 14th annual Santa Barbara show and more than 350 exceptional enthusiast vehicles were on display on State Street, between Micheltorena and Guiterrez in downtown Santa Barbara. As in the past, Wheels & Waves was free for spectators, attracting locals, tourists and visitors from abroad. Chopped & channeled ...

Author, photographer and consummate car guy, David Fetherston, creates a book that’s also collectible art. Before the Internet, self-publishing, publishing-on-demand and China being the epicenter of book printing, coffee table books had special meaning. They were typically large in format, printed on incredibly expensive coated stock, quality bindings, and subjects that usually ranged from art, architecture and antiques to fashion, jewelry and collectible cars. Fast forward and now just abou...

Virginia’s Roanoke Valley Mustang Club hosts its 25th Anniversary Mustang  & Ford-Powered Celebration and jumps the gun on the Mustang’s  2014 Silver Anniversary. There were Mustangs of just about every period in the nameplate’s long and storied history at the show. One that really caught our eye was a white ‘68, Six- cylinder, three-speed stick coupe.  It’s a one-owner Mustang that has racked up almost 375,000 miles in nearly 45 years since selling for $2,788.53 when ne...