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 ...
Jamie Jarvis is currently sitting in first place in B/Gas class in HOT ROD Drag Week 2023. His '55 Chevy 210 is pretty enough to be a car show contender, but he shows it no mercy on the racetrack. As ...
Remember that '55 Chevy gasser Freiburger and Finnegan tried to put together with a Hemi? Well, Blasphemi got ready. 2,600 miles, 530 cubic inches, 700 horsepower, six speeds, 17 mpg. The last number ...
Hot Wheels is bringing back the ’55 Chevy Bel Air Gasser drag racer known as Candy Striper, or at least it will if fans unlock the model in a new crowdfunding effort. The toymaker produced 4,000 units ...
For Andy McDonald of Edgewater, Maryland, it was hanging out with his dad that turned on that magic light, indoctrinating him into a passion for hopped-up Detroit muscle. He was fortunate enough to ...
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.
Las Vegas | Who dares cut up a classic 1955 Chevy 210 hood, rudely exposing giant dual carburetors atop a 498 cubic inch blown big block engine? Rat rod master fabricator Steve Darnell of WelderUp, ...
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 ...
As the winds of change blow to and fro, styles much like the tumbling tumble weeds of the old west, roll right along with them. One year, goofy graphics and rainbow colors might be all the rage, while ...
COSTA MESA, Calif. -- Allen Ankelein has built his own time machine. It's a 1955 Chevrolet hot rod that's a homage to the age when cars were loaded with performance parts and taken out to a drag strip ...
When gasser style cars started appearing at drag strips in the late 50s, they were like nothing anyone had ever seen. They were stripped down hot rods with big engines, wild paint jobs and a weird ...