New-Age ‘Cuda
May 21, 2025
THE AUTO BUILDER
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New Love for the Step Child
Ford fans will always have a soft spot in their blue-oval hearts for the Windsor, the Cleveland and the big 460 FE engines—and deservedly so. If you’ve ever crawled a junkyard for one of these engines, you’ve likely passed over more than a few 351M and 400 engines to find what you are looking for. Poor factory numbers and bad word-of-mouth have made these cousins to the mighty Cleveland about as wanted as poison ivy at a nudist colony, but there is power to be found in those engines—and cheap, too.
SMOKIN’ SS – Part 5
If you’ve ever built a car from scratch, then you know that getting the basic body and chassis together is not the tough part. What’s tough are all the details that eat up hours, days and weeks, but without this attention to detail, the project would suffer.
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IN 1993 THE NSRA STREET ROD NATIONALS EAST TURNED 20, IT IS BEST KNOWN SIMPLY AS…
YORK ‘93
Author
Gerry Burger
Text & Photography
What began as a Mini-Nats in Rockville, Maryland in 1973, quickly blossomed into a full-fledged National Street Rod Association Regional Event. If you were an East Coast street rodder, the first weekend in June every year was (and still is), NSRA York, simply a must-attend event. It was the largest regional event on the NSRA calendar and between the filled-to-overflowing York Fairgrounds, a swap meet stuffed with traditional parts, two buildings of hot rod vendors and the incredible overall high-energy atmosphere that filled the entire weekend, this was pure, non-stop hot rod fun. Evening cruising was non-stop, and making the rounds through the motel parking lots was a great way to meet old friends and make new ones. Cars ranged from super traditional fifties hot rods to the latest offering from the likes of Posies and other major players with their smooth creations. Yes, York has it all. So, we went digging and came up with some vintage photos from that 20th Annual event.
Enjoy the ride.
ARTICLE SOURCES
Gerry Burger
Gerry Burger has been immersed in hot rodding since the early 1960s, building his first hot rods as a teenager after being inspired by local racer Bob Zorn. A chance meeting with Tom Medley in 1972 launched a distinguished career as an automotive photojournalist, leading to freelance work for dozens of magazines, the founding of Rodder's Digest, and editorial leadership roles at Street Rod Builder and American Rodder. Today, Burger continues to write, photograph, and build hot rods, remaining one of the hobby's most respected voices.
