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HEMI WITH AN ACCENT
HEMI WITH AN ACCENT

We know little about European drag racing, other than our sources tell us it is hotly contested and very

HEMI WITH AN ACCENT

We know little about European drag racing, other than our sources tell us it is hotly contested and very popular. Frenchman Herve Caen is a drag racer, and at age 35, is the owner of not one but two silver

HEMI WITH AN ACCENT
BAD BOWTIE
BAD BOWTIE

Some guys love their Chevys so much that they’ll go out of their way to flush out and record every bit

BAD BOWTIE

Some guys love their Chevys so much that they’ll go out of their way to flush out and record every bit of their cars’ histories. Such is the case with Gene Lavine of Excelsior Springs, Missouri. Lavine

BAD BOWTIE
FURIOUS PLYMOUTH
FURIOUS PLYMOUTH

Mike Buzzello has always liked Chryslers and once owned a tubbed Plymouth Road Runner. He lives in Omaha,

FURIOUS PLYMOUTH

Mike Buzzello has always liked Chryslers and once owned a tubbed Plymouth Road Runner. He lives in Omaha, Nebraska, and attends rod runs and car shows regularly with his friend Steve Gantz. One year at

FURIOUS PLYMOUTH
Inside the Hottest Booths at SEMA 2025
Inside the Hottest Booths at SEMA 2025

The SEMA Show stands alone as the ultimate proving ground for the automotive aftermarket world. No other

Inside the Hottest Booths at SEMA 2025

The SEMA Show stands alone as the ultimate proving ground for the automotive aftermarket world. No other event brings this level of innovation, craftsmanship, and straight-up creativity together in one

Inside the Hottest Booths at SEMA 2025
SUBTLE CONVERSION
SUBTLE CONVERSION

If you’re searching a crowd, you’ve got to look hard, and still you might miss the builder of this astounding

SUBTLE CONVERSION

If you’re searching a crowd, you’ve got to look hard, and still you might miss the builder of this astounding yet subtle Corvette. It’s almost as if the man and his cars are one and the same—loaded with

SUBTLE CONVERSION
CHEVY TRUCK ID: 1934-1972
CHEVY TRUCK ID: 1934-1972

Most of our truck-building buddies can date and identify any truck you can come up with from any distance,

CHEVY TRUCK ID: 1934-1972

Most of our truck-building buddies can date and identify any truck you can come up with from any distance, even from deep in a grove of trees and clear across a fairground show-’n’-shine. That’s what truck

CHEVY TRUCK ID: 1934-1972
The Hottest Trucks We Spotted at SEMA 2025
The Hottest Trucks We Spotted at SEMA 2025

If there’s one thing SEMA delivers every year, it’s jaw-dropping builds—and the hottest trucks at SEMA

The Hottest Trucks We Spotted at SEMA 2025

If there’s one thing SEMA delivers every year, it’s jaw-dropping builds—and the hottest trucks at SEMA 2025 didn’t disappoint. From slammed classics to high-flying off-road monsters, each build brought

The Hottest Trucks We Spotted at SEMA 2025
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HEMI WITH AN ACCENT

We know little about European drag racing, other than our sources tell us it is hotly contested and very popular. Frenchman Herve Caen is a drag racer, and at age 35, is the owner of not one but two silver ’68 ‘Cudas. One is a nitrous-equipped 440 Wedge built by

Read More »

BAD BOWTIE

Some guys love their Chevys so much that they’ll go out of their way to flush out and record every bit of their cars’ histories. Such is the case with Gene Lavine of Excelsior Springs, Missouri. Lavine is 65 going on 35. A car guy since he was 16, he

Read More »

FURIOUS PLYMOUTH

Mike Buzzello has always liked Chryslers and once owned a tubbed Plymouth Road Runner. He lives in Omaha, Nebraska, and attends rod runs and car shows regularly with his friend Steve Gantz. One year at a Goodguys show, Buzzello saw an interesting car drive by, but he couldn’t identify it.

Read More »

Inside the Hottest Booths at SEMA 2025

The SEMA Show stands alone as the ultimate proving ground for the automotive aftermarket world. No other event brings this level of innovation, craftsmanship, and straight-up creativity together in one place. Everywhere you turn, there’s something new—fresh tech, wild ideas, and custom builds that push boundaries in ways only SEMA

Read More »

SUBTLE CONVERSION

If you’re searching a crowd, you’ve got to look hard, and still you might miss the builder of this astounding yet subtle Corvette. It’s almost as if the man and his cars are one and the same—loaded with talent, with their most impressive aspects available only to those who take

Read More »

CHEVY TRUCK ID: 1934-1972

Most of our truck-building buddies can date and identify any truck you can come up with from any distance, even from deep in a grove of trees and clear across a fairground show-’n’-shine. That’s what truck guys do: They enjoy identifying a rusted old fender at a swap meet…

Read More »

The Hottest Trucks We Spotted at SEMA 2025

If there’s one thing SEMA delivers every year, it’s jaw-dropping builds—and the hottest trucks at SEMA 2025 didn’t disappoint. From slammed classics to high-flying off-road monsters, each build brought massive personality, insane attention to detail, and a presence that made the show floor buzz. These weren’t just trucks—they were rolling

Read More »

Pyramid Optimized Design: The Builder’s Secret Weapon

When a build needs to go from “cool idea” to “everyone’s talking about this,” the pros call Pyramid Optimized Design. They’re the team behind some of the most talked-about show cars on the planet — using custom automotive design services to transform raw ideas into fully engineered, show-winning, road-ready components.

Read More »

Our SEMA 2025 Hot List

SEMA always delivers sensory overload — the unveilings, the crowds, the horsepower echoing off every hall. But this year, the real thrill came from the unexpected. Tucked between the headline builds and mega displays were the parts that made us slow down, lean in, and say, “Okay… now that’s something

Read More »

HEMI WITH AN ACCENT

We know little about European drag racing, other than our sources tell us it is hotly contested and very popular. Frenchman Herve Caen is a drag racer, and at age 35, is the owner of not one but two silver ’68 ‘Cudas. One is a nitrous-equipped 440 Wedge built by

Read More »

BAD BOWTIE

Some guys love their Chevys so much that they’ll go out of their way to flush out and record every bit of their cars’ histories. Such is the case with Gene Lavine of Excelsior Springs, Missouri. Lavine is 65 going on 35. A car guy since he was 16, he

Read More »

FURIOUS PLYMOUTH

Mike Buzzello has always liked Chryslers and once owned a tubbed Plymouth Road Runner. He lives in Omaha, Nebraska, and attends rod runs and car shows regularly with his friend Steve Gantz. One year at a Goodguys show, Buzzello saw an interesting car drive by, but he couldn’t identify it.

Read More »

Inside the Hottest Booths at SEMA 2025

The SEMA Show stands alone as the ultimate proving ground for the automotive aftermarket world. No other event brings this level of innovation, craftsmanship, and straight-up creativity together in one place. Everywhere you turn, there’s something new—fresh tech, wild ideas, and custom builds that push boundaries in ways only SEMA

Read More »

SUBTLE CONVERSION

If you’re searching a crowd, you’ve got to look hard, and still you might miss the builder of this astounding yet subtle Corvette. It’s almost as if the man and his cars are one and the same—loaded with talent, with their most impressive aspects available only to those who take

Read More »

CHEVY TRUCK ID: 1934-1972

Most of our truck-building buddies can date and identify any truck you can come up with from any distance, even from deep in a grove of trees and clear across a fairground show-’n’-shine. That’s what truck guys do: They enjoy identifying a rusted old fender at a swap meet…

Read More »

The Hottest Trucks We Spotted at SEMA 2025

If there’s one thing SEMA delivers every year, it’s jaw-dropping builds—and the hottest trucks at SEMA 2025 didn’t disappoint. From slammed classics to high-flying off-road monsters, each build brought massive personality, insane attention to detail, and a presence that made the show floor buzz. These weren’t just trucks—they were rolling

Read More »

Pyramid Optimized Design: The Builder’s Secret Weapon

When a build needs to go from “cool idea” to “everyone’s talking about this,” the pros call Pyramid Optimized Design. They’re the team behind some of the most talked-about show cars on the planet — using custom automotive design services to transform raw ideas into fully engineered, show-winning, road-ready components.

Read More »

Our SEMA 2025 Hot List

SEMA always delivers sensory overload — the unveilings, the crowds, the horsepower echoing off every hall. But this year, the real thrill came from the unexpected. Tucked between the headline builds and mega displays were the parts that made us slow down, lean in, and say, “Okay… now that’s something

Read More »

Metal, Muscle & Mastery: Inside SEMA’s Battle of the Builders 2025

Every November, the SEMA Show turns Las Vegas into the beating heart of the custom car world—but one showdown always steals the spotlight: the Battle of the Builders 2025. It’s the aftermarket industry’s ultimate test of skill, creativity, and innovation—where the best in the business fight for glory and the

Read More »

HEMI WITH AN ACCENT

We know little about European drag racing, other than our sources tell us it is hotly contested and very popular. Frenchman Herve Caen is a drag racer, and at age 35, is the owner of not one but two silver ’68 ‘Cudas. One is a nitrous-equipped 440 Wedge built by

Read More »

BAD BOWTIE

Some guys love their Chevys so much that they’ll go out of their way to flush out and record every bit of their cars’ histories. Such is the case with Gene Lavine of Excelsior Springs, Missouri. Lavine is 65 going on 35. A car guy since he was 16, he

Read More »

FURIOUS PLYMOUTH

Mike Buzzello has always liked Chryslers and once owned a tubbed Plymouth Road Runner. He lives in Omaha, Nebraska, and attends rod runs and car shows regularly with his friend Steve Gantz. One year at a Goodguys show, Buzzello saw an interesting car drive by, but he couldn’t identify it.

Read More »

Inside the Hottest Booths at SEMA 2025

The SEMA Show stands alone as the ultimate proving ground for the automotive aftermarket world. No other event brings this level of innovation, craftsmanship, and straight-up creativity together in one place. Everywhere you turn, there’s something new—fresh tech, wild ideas, and custom builds that push boundaries in ways only SEMA

Read More »

SUBTLE CONVERSION

If you’re searching a crowd, you’ve got to look hard, and still you might miss the builder of this astounding yet subtle Corvette. It’s almost as if the man and his cars are one and the same—loaded with talent, with their most impressive aspects available only to those who take

Read More »

CHEVY TRUCK ID: 1934-1972

Most of our truck-building buddies can date and identify any truck you can come up with from any distance, even from deep in a grove of trees and clear across a fairground show-’n’-shine. That’s what truck guys do: They enjoy identifying a rusted old fender at a swap meet…

Read More »

The Hottest Trucks We Spotted at SEMA 2025

If there’s one thing SEMA delivers every year, it’s jaw-dropping builds—and the hottest trucks at SEMA 2025 didn’t disappoint. From slammed classics to high-flying off-road monsters, each build brought massive personality, insane attention to detail, and a presence that made the show floor buzz. These weren’t just trucks—they were rolling

Read More »

Pyramid Optimized Design: The Builder’s Secret Weapon

When a build needs to go from “cool idea” to “everyone’s talking about this,” the pros call Pyramid Optimized Design. They’re the team behind some of the most talked-about show cars on the planet — using custom automotive design services to transform raw ideas into fully engineered, show-winning, road-ready components.

Read More »

Our SEMA 2025 Hot List

SEMA always delivers sensory overload — the unveilings, the crowds, the horsepower echoing off every hall. But this year, the real thrill came from the unexpected. Tucked between the headline builds and mega displays were the parts that made us slow down, lean in, and say, “Okay… now that’s something

Read More »

Metal, Muscle & Mastery: Inside SEMA’s Battle of the Builders 2025

Every November, the SEMA Show turns Las Vegas into the beating heart of the custom car world—but one showdown always steals the spotlight: the Battle of the Builders 2025. It’s the aftermarket industry’s ultimate test of skill, creativity, and innovation—where the best in the business fight for glory and the

Read More »
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