Car Feature: Goodguy’s America’s Most Beautiful Street Rod
Retired engineer and lifelong car enthusiast Al Nagele of Wilmette, Illinois had always envisioned a street rod roadster. Not a traditional deuce roadster – he wanted something modern with a European sports car panache. Something that blended the Ford’s iconic looks with American performance and handling. When he finally found the time to get busy […]
Car Feature: The 2015 Goodguys Street Rod of the Year Award Winner
The pre-’48 Street Rod of the Year category started the festivities. With the lone Chevy of Chuck Rowe surrounded by 4 spectacular Fords, the final 5 represented the pinnacle of contemporary street rodding. Fending off the 4-pack of Fords for the Street Rod of the Year title was Rowe’s Millington, Tennessee based ’37 Chevy. A […]
Car Feature: The 2015 Goodguys Street Machine of the Year Award Winner
The field of Street Machines eclipsed anything we’ve ever seen. The builders made this year’s top 5 selection the most grueling Goodguys officials has ever encountered. When the final votes were tallied it was Lafayette, Louisiana’s Sonny & Debbie Freeman driving off with the most coveted crown in the Street Machine world. Their Artic White […]
Car Feature: Goodguys Street Rod d’Elegance Randy Marston’s 1935 Ford Coupe
When Canadian hot rod enthusiast Randy Marston set out reconstruct his 48,000 original-mile 1935 Ford coupe, he had one person in mind to steward the build…Roger Burman of Lakeside Rods & Rides. More than any other hot rod coach builder in the known world, Burman has mastered the art of turning a seldom desired ’35 […]
Car Featured: Goodguys Custom Of The Year, a 1956 Lincoln Continental Mark II
The Goodguys Rod and Custom Association recently named their Custom of the Year at the 33rd Annual All American Get-Together in Pleasanton, California. The lucky winner was David Hoekstra and his incredible 1956 Lincoln Continental Mark II. The chassis of the car is a fully custom, one-off piece built by Roadster Shop. Suspension duties are […]
Car Feature: Bill Raper’s 1954 Pontiac Star Chief winner of the Goodguys 2014 Vintage Air Custom Rod of the Year
Bill Raper’s big, bold and beautiful 1954 Pontiac Star Chief has won the Goodguys Rod & Custom Association 2014 Vintage Air Custom Rod of the Year award. Goodguys President Marc Meadors made the announcement today at Goodguys World Headquarters where Raper and other rodders had gathered before taking off on the 2,400-mile Goodguys Hall of […]
Video: Debut Ceremony of Goodguys G-10 Giveaway Truck
Watch the official debut ceremony of the Goodguys G-10 Giveaway Truck built by Scott’s Hot Rods. It was a fitting climax to a yearlong build of one of the baddest C-10 trucks you’ll ever see!
Car Feature(s): 2014 Street Rod and Street Machine of the Year Winners Crowned in Columbus
Florida’s Steve Tornari and Texas’ Don Smith went home with the top two awards at last weekend’s Goodguys 17th PPG Nationals in Columbus, Oh. Tornari’s radical MirandaBuilt ’67 Nova was crowned Goodguys 2014 Optima Batteries Street Machine of the Year while Smith’s stunning ’32 Ford Fordor captured the Goodguys 2014 Classic Instruments Street Rod of […]
Event Coverage: Goodguys Rod & Custom 23rd Annual Heartland Nationals
This past weekend was Goodguys Rod & Custom Association 23rd Annual Heartland Nationals held in Des Moines, Iowa at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. Amanda and I drove up for the weekend in here car. We stopped by the host hotel on Friday night and went out to the fairgrounds on Saturday after waiting out the […]
Car Feature: Supercharged Model A Wins Goodguys 2014 Tank’s Hot Rod of the Year Award
Tony Lombardi’s supercharged 1930 Model A Ford from Niles, Ohio won the Goodguys 2014 Tank’s Hot Rod of the Year award last weekend at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. The criteria is unique in that it’s the only major Goodguys Top 12 award which requires participants to drive on a 100-mile reliability run as well as […]
