As huge Chevy fans (and more-so fans of Gassers) we thought it would be cool to relive one of the best cars we saw at the2013 SEMAshow: a1955 Chevyowned by Thomas Munger of Alto, Michigan. Working in ...
Originating on the drag strips across the nation back in the late 1950s, the gassers quickly became the fastest stock(ish)-looking hot rods in the days before the arrival of the Pro Stock class. They ...
The 1955 Chevrolet is, by any measure, a landmark car that profoundly influenced the entire auto industry when it was introduced, and for many years thereafter. Chevy advertising called the completely ...
Saved. It's that incredible sense of accomplishment that makes BillFowler proud. The owner of the performance automotive/apparel lines SoloSpeed Shop and Hot Rods Plus, Bill had been looking really ...
The old gasser-style drag racers of the ‘50s and ‘60s were built specifically for straight-line speed, and as a result of all those purpose-driven modifications, the gasser style and aesthetic has ...
Everybody loves a gasser. Young or old, there's something about the look and style of one of these old-school drag machines that gets the blood pumping. You could be from Mars and take your first look ...
When the gasser craze hit the U.S. in the 1960s, enthusiasts began prepping and racing production cars you wouldn't normally see at the drag strip. 1955 to 1957 Tri-Five Chevys were among them.
Two North Dakota men’s cross country journey in a '55 Chevy Gasser draws attention from hot rod magazines, an automotive museum and a legendary custom car builder. James SanGrait and Brad Kuntz stand ...
Dave and Greg Engle grew up in Fountain Valley, California, steeped in racing and custom car culture their entire lives. “My ...
Glen Fiorello wanted a 1955 Chevrolet drag car, known as a gasser, just like the one he built around 1970 and later sold. But he also wanted the car to be an attractive daily street driver, not ...
In the third full episode of "Rides with Jay Thomas" season two, we check out a nationally known car called “Mischief.” Don Heidt worked with Dave Kindig to build this one of a kind 1952 Pontiac ...