Firing up – Show it, Drive it, Repeat
Every so often useless thoughts get tangled in my head—most I’m unable to delete. They just stick there taking up valuable space. Lately, I’ve...
Chevy Concepts
Chevy Concepts - ’69 Chevrolet Camaro
Vehicle Builder: JABZ Kustoms
Vehicle Owner: Ray Carnes, Waynesboro, Georgia
Artwork by Tavis Highlander
Instagram @tavishighlander
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John Barefield of JABZ Kustoms is building...
1955 Chevy Rendering by Tavis Highlander
Artwork by Tavis Highlander
Instagram @tavishighlander
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Vehicle Builder: Double Z Hot Rods, Dinuba, California
Vehicle Owner: Rafael Alvarez
1955 Chevy Bel Air
Russ Zulim and the crew at Double...
Firing Up – Where are They Now?
Do you ever wonder what happens to all the old magazine feature cars after they’ve had their moment in the limelight? I do, all...
Parts Bin: LS Engine, Wiseco, TMI, Summit Racing, Speedway Motors, EFI, Holley, Injection, AMD
Parts Bin – September 2022
By Nick Licata
Attractive Injection
The Hilborn EFI-R injector manifold kits combine the technology of electronic fuel injection with the racing-born performance...
Firing Up – Remembering Your First
When starting a project car, there’s a beginning, middle, and end. Although the end is subject to change, as “finished” is usually a fluid...
Tavis Highlander 1970 Chevelle Rendering
Artwork by Tavis Highlander
Instagram: @tavishighlander
TavisHighlander.com
Vehicle owner: Jason Flis
Nokesville, Virginia
1970 Chevrolet Chevelle
Sometimes deciding on the details is incredibly difficult with a big project. The owner...
Retro Resto
A Deep Dive into the Unwritten Textbook of Day Two Muscle Cars
By Tommy Lee Byrd - Photography by the Author
As the automotive hobby has...
Parts Bin
Safe Storage
Speedway Motors’ LS Block Off Engine Storage Plates blocks off Chevy LS engine intake, exhaust, and water pump ports for long-term storage and are compatible...
Firing Up – Flaunt ’em if you got ’em!
There was a time not long ago, not long enough if you ask me, when engine covers were all the rage in vintage show...
Chevy Concepts – 1959 Chevrolet Biscayne
Text and Rendering by Tavis Highlander
The crew over at Bratt Brothers Custom Cars & Trucks are busy starting up their spec-built vehicle business. One...
Term Paper
Part 2: Pro Touring, Pro Street, and Street Freak
By Nick Licata, Jeff Smith, Steve Magnante & Tony Huntimer
Photography by John Jackson, Barry Kluczyk, Wes...
Firing Up – Cruisin’ in the ’70s
Growing up in Southern California during the ’70s there was no shortage of cruise spots to roll onto any given Friday or Saturday night....
Tavis Highlander 1958 Corvette Rendering
Chevy Concepts - 1958 Chevrolet Corvette “My Little Fuelie”
Artwork by Tavis Highlander
Instagram @tavishighlander
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Vehicle build by: Hickman Creations, Gunter, Texas
Owner: Jerry Judkins
When you find an original...
Our Panel Of Experts Discuss What The Term Restomod And Day Two Resto Actually...
Term Paper - Part 1: Restomod and Day Two Resto
By Nick Licata, Jeff Smith, Steve Magnante & Tony Huntimer
Photography by Tommy Lee Byrd, Grant Cox,...
Firing Up – Will Work for Fuel
Will Work for Fuel
By Nick Licata - Photography by the Author
I generally try to stay away from current events when it comes to writing this...
Steve Magnante digs into the history of the Chevy Monza
Bowtie Boneyard - Marvelous Monzas
By Steve Magnante - Photography by the Author
Seen by many as either a pint-sized Camaro or a grown-up Vega, the Monza...
Chevy Concepts
Artwork by Tavis HighlanderInstagram
@tavishighlander
tavishighlander.com
Vehicle build by Born Vintage Hot Rods, Bakersfield, CA
1969 Chevrolet Camaro
The boys at Born Vintage Hot Rods know how to put...
Chevy Concepts
Vehicle build by Hot Rods and Hobbies, Signal Hill, California
Artwork by Tavis Highlander - Instagram: @tavishighlander - tavishighlander.com
1956 Chevrolet Nomad
I first worked with Hot Rods...
Bowtie Boneyard
The Van-Tastics: A Peek at Some Oddball, Chevy Cargo Carriers
By Steve Magnante - Photography by the Author
If you were alive in the ’70s, you’ll remember...
Firing Up
Variety is the Spice of Muscle Car Life
By Nick Licata - Photography by the Author
It’s been said many times by some very wise people (people...
Firing UP – Back on Track
Back on Track
By Nick Licata - Photography by the Author
Due to the situation beyond anyone’s control (that dang COVID-19 thing), we took an unscheduled time-out...
CHEVY CONCEPTS – ’63 Chevrolet Nova Wagon
Artwork by: Tavis Highlander
Instagram: @tavishighlander
tavishighlander.com
Build by: Bux Customs - Pottstown, Pennsylvania
In 2003, Chris McClintock started this Nova project with the intention of using it as...
BOWTIE BONEYARD
One Century Ago
By Steve Magnante - Photography by the Author
The year 1929 was a big one for Chevrolet. That’s when the 194ci overhead valve (OHV)...
Firing Up – 2021 HRIA Business of the year
We Got This
By Nick Licata - Photography by Chris Shelton & Courtesy of HRIA/SEMA
The SEMA Show held at the Las Vegas Convention Center is always...
Bowtie Boneyard
IROC and I Roll Over 5.0 Mustangs
By Steve Magnante - Photography by the Author
Does anyone remember the ’80s? This writer sure does. It was a...
Chevy Concepts
’56 Chevrolet Convertible
Artwork by Tavis Highlander - Instagram @tavishighlander - tavishighlander.com
Build by Milestone Paint & Body
Mt. Juliet, TN
Milestone Paint & Body is celebrating 20 years in...
Firing Up
Happy Birthday to Us, and Happy New Year to You!
By Nick Licata
It’s hard to believe, but this issue (Jan. ’22) marks the one-year anniversary...
Chevy Concepts
1964 Chevrolet Corvette
Artwork by Tavis Highlander - Instagram @tavishighlander - tavishighlander.com
Build by Cruzer’s Customs
New Braunfels, TX
You’ve probably seen Cruzer’s Customs work via their recent ’64 Buick...
Bowtie Boneyard
Stick Shockers
By Steve Magnante - Photography by the Author
It’s time once again to venture forth into the Bowtie Boneyard. Here, we visited Bernardston Auto Wrecking...
Firing Up – Remembering Your First
When starting a project car, there’s a beginning, middle, and end. Although the end is subject to change, as “finished” is usually a fluid...
Tavis Highlander 1970 Chevelle Rendering
Artwork by Tavis Highlander
Instagram: @tavishighlander
TavisHighlander.com
Vehicle owner: Jason Flis
Nokesville, Virginia
1970 Chevrolet Chevelle
Sometimes deciding on the details is incredibly difficult with a big project. The owner...
Retro Resto
A Deep Dive into the Unwritten Textbook of Day Two Muscle Cars
By Tommy Lee Byrd - Photography by the Author
As the automotive hobby has...
Parts Bin
Safe Storage
Speedway Motors’ LS Block Off Engine Storage Plates blocks off Chevy LS engine intake, exhaust, and water pump ports for long-term storage and are compatible...
Firing Up – Flaunt ’em if you got ’em!
There was a time not long ago, not long enough if you ask me, when engine covers were all the rage in vintage show...
Chevy Concepts – 1959 Chevrolet Biscayne
Text and Rendering by Tavis Highlander
The crew over at Bratt Brothers Custom Cars & Trucks are busy starting up their spec-built vehicle business. One...
Term Paper
Part 2: Pro Touring, Pro Street, and Street Freak
By Nick Licata, Jeff Smith, Steve Magnante & Tony Huntimer
Photography by John Jackson, Barry Kluczyk, Wes...
Firing Up – Cruisin’ in the ’70s
Growing up in Southern California during the ’70s there was no shortage of cruise spots to roll onto any given Friday or Saturday night....
Tavis Highlander 1958 Corvette Rendering
Chevy Concepts - 1958 Chevrolet Corvette “My Little Fuelie”
Artwork by Tavis Highlander
Instagram @tavishighlander
tavishighlander.com
Vehicle build by: Hickman Creations, Gunter, Texas
Owner: Jerry Judkins
When you find an original...
Our Panel Of Experts Discuss What The Term Restomod And Day Two Resto Actually...
Term Paper - Part 1: Restomod and Day Two Resto
By Nick Licata, Jeff Smith, Steve Magnante & Tony Huntimer
Photography by Tommy Lee Byrd, Grant Cox,...
Firing Up – Will Work for Fuel
Will Work for Fuel
By Nick Licata - Photography by the Author
I generally try to stay away from current events when it comes to writing this...
Steve Magnante digs into the history of the Chevy Monza
Bowtie Boneyard - Marvelous Monzas
By Steve Magnante - Photography by the Author
Seen by many as either a pint-sized Camaro or a grown-up Vega, the Monza...
Chevy Concepts
Artwork by Tavis HighlanderInstagram
@tavishighlander
tavishighlander.com
Vehicle build by Born Vintage Hot Rods, Bakersfield, CA
1969 Chevrolet Camaro
The boys at Born Vintage Hot Rods know how to put...
Chevy Concepts
Vehicle build by Hot Rods and Hobbies, Signal Hill, California
Artwork by Tavis Highlander - Instagram: @tavishighlander - tavishighlander.com
1956 Chevrolet Nomad
I first worked with Hot Rods...
Bowtie Boneyard
The Van-Tastics: A Peek at Some Oddball, Chevy Cargo Carriers
By Steve Magnante - Photography by the Author
If you were alive in the ’70s, you’ll remember...
Firing Up
Variety is the Spice of Muscle Car Life
By Nick Licata - Photography by the Author
It’s been said many times by some very wise people (people...
Firing UP – Back on Track
Back on Track
By Nick Licata - Photography by the Author
Due to the situation beyond anyone’s control (that dang COVID-19 thing), we took an unscheduled time-out...
CHEVY CONCEPTS – ’63 Chevrolet Nova Wagon
Artwork by: Tavis Highlander
Instagram: @tavishighlander
tavishighlander.com
Build by: Bux Customs - Pottstown, Pennsylvania
In 2003, Chris McClintock started this Nova project with the intention of using it as...
BOWTIE BONEYARD
One Century Ago
By Steve Magnante - Photography by the Author
The year 1929 was a big one for Chevrolet. That’s when the 194ci overhead valve (OHV)...
Firing Up – 2021 HRIA Business of the year
We Got This
By Nick Licata - Photography by Chris Shelton & Courtesy of HRIA/SEMA
The SEMA Show held at the Las Vegas Convention Center is always...
Bowtie Boneyard
IROC and I Roll Over 5.0 Mustangs
By Steve Magnante - Photography by the Author
Does anyone remember the ’80s? This writer sure does. It was a...
Chevy Concepts
’56 Chevrolet Convertible
Artwork by Tavis Highlander - Instagram @tavishighlander - tavishighlander.com
Build by Milestone Paint & Body
Mt. Juliet, TN
Milestone Paint & Body is celebrating 20 years in...
Firing Up
Happy Birthday to Us, and Happy New Year to You!
By Nick Licata
It’s hard to believe, but this issue (Jan. ’22) marks the one-year anniversary...
Chevy Concepts
1964 Chevrolet Corvette
Artwork by Tavis Highlander - Instagram @tavishighlander - tavishighlander.com
Build by Cruzer’s Customs
New Braunfels, TX
You’ve probably seen Cruzer’s Customs work via their recent ’64 Buick...
Bowtie Boneyard
Stick Shockers
By Steve Magnante - Photography by the Author
It’s time once again to venture forth into the Bowtie Boneyard. Here, we visited Bernardston Auto Wrecking...
Bowtie Boneyard
Monte Carlos, Great and Small
By Steve Magnante - Photography by the Author
Personal luxury is what the Monte Carlo was all about. Unlike a full-dress Caprice,...
Bowtie Boneyard – Small-Block Smoggers
Small-Block Smoggers
By Steve Magnante - Photography by the Author
It’s no big secret that when Ed Cole and his band of mechanical geniuses designed the original...
Firing Up
The Street Rod Nats is Far From Normal–Just How We Like It
By Nick Licata
After being holed up for the past year or so and...
Chevy Concepts
Vehicle build by Murray Kustom Rods
By Tavis Highlander - Artwork by the Author
Instagram @tavishighlander
www.TavisHighlander.com
Vehicle build by Murray Kustom Rods
Fort Worth, Texas
1970 Chevrolet Nova
Making a muscle...
Bowtie Boneyard – Big Chevys Were Big Sellers
By Steve Magnante - Photography by the Author
The COVID-19 national lockdown of 2020 gave many of us a case of cabin fever–the feeling of...
Firing Up – Drivin’ Tunes
Drivin’ Tunes
By Nick Licata
Hot rods and rock ’n’ roll–they go hand in hand, like peanut butter and jelly, chips and salsa, bangers and mash,...
1966 CHEVY CORVETTE CONCEPTS
1966 Chevy Corvette
Artwork by Tavis Highlander
Instagram @tavishighlander
tavishighlander.com
Vehicle build by Kuhnhausen Metal Concepts
Creswell, Oregon
Subtle and over the top are both common characteristics of high-end show...
Bowtie Boneyard – Neil and Praise
Neil and Praise
By Steve Magnante - Photography by the Author
Neil Young sang it best, “rust never sleeps.” And whether you’re a fan of Young’s earlier...
Chevy Concepts – 1955 NOMAD
Text and Artwork by Tavis Highlander
Instagram @tavishighlander
tavishighlander.com
Vehicle build by Big Oak Garage
Hokes Bluff, Alabama
Even though it has a stock body, this Nomad will be...
BOWTIE BONEYARD – CRUSTY CAMAROS
A Pair of 1969s Rest in Rust
By Steve Magnante - Photography by the Author
In 1969, Chevrolet built and sold 243,085 Camaros. It was the final...
Firing Up – Gasser Madness 2.0!
Gasser Madness 2.0!
By Nick Licata
There seems to be a resurgence in old-school-style builds—an outright attraction to what was cool back in the ’60s and...
Firing Up
That Last 10 Percent
By Nick Licata
“Ten percent. That’s it. A measly 10 percent! That’s all I need to get my project car beyond the...
CHEVY CONCEPTS – 1961 IMPALA
Text and Artwork by Tavis Highlander - Instagram @tavishighlander
tavishighlander.com
Vehicle build by Big Oak Garage
Hokes Bluff, Alabama
If you just quickly glance at this project, all you’ll...
CHEVY CONCEPT
1965 El Camino
Artwork by Tavis Highlander - Instagram @tavishighlander - tavishighlander.com
Vehicle Build by: Painthouse Texas
Cypress, Texas
The crew at Painthouse Texas are no strangers to building high-end...
BOWTIE BONEYARD
HEARTLESS V-8 VEGA DISCOVERED IN NEW MEXICO
By Steve Magnante - Photography by the Author
Ever since the late, great Bill “Grumpy” Jenkins shocked his NHRA Pro...
Chevy Concept – 1967 Camaro
Text and Rendering by Tavis Highlander
Owner: Tim Bair
1967 Camaro
Finishing details were the task at hand for this 1967 Camaro convertible project. The owner had...
Creatures from the Black Laguna – Bowtie Boneyard
A Trio of Chevelle Malibu Type S-3s at Hidden Valley Auto Parts
By Steve Magnante - Photography by the Author
When they first appeared with their squared-off...
Firing UP
Source of Power
By Nick Licata
As we continue navigating our way through the muscle car hobby, there seems to be no shortage of changes and...
Chevy Concept
1964 Corvette
Artwork by Tavis Highlander
Instagram: @tavishighlander
tavishighlander.com
Vehicle build by Chris Holstrom Concepts
Owner Steve Peterson
Chris Holstrom Concepts tasked me with helping to restyle an auction-purchased Corvette...
Bowtie Boneyard
X Marks the Splat
By Steve Magnante - Photography by the Author
When Chevrolet unveiled the 1958 passenger car lineup, the public was astonished to see that...
Rolling Stock
A Swap Meet Scrounger’s Guide to Vintage Wheels
Text & Photos By Tommy Lee Byrd
One of the easiest and earliest methods of automotive personalization comes...
1969 Chevelle – Vehicle Build by Grind Hard Garage
Vehicle Build by Grind Hard Garage
Text & Rendering By Tavis Highlander
Grind Hard Garage (GHG), out of Stuart, Florida, is putting together a 1969 Chevelle...
Bowtie Boneyard – Sticks and Bones
Sticks and Bones
Text & Photos By Steve Magnante
In this month’s installment of Bowtie Boneyard we’re at Bernardston Auto Wrecking in Bernardston, Massachusetts (413/648-9300), checking...
Chevy Concept
By Tavis Highlander - Rendering by the Author
Vehicle: “Masq Supernova”
Owner: Joe Masquelier
When Joe Masquelier contacted me about drawing up his 1966 Nova project, I could...
Bowtie Boneyard
Camaro Casualty
By Steve Magnante - Photography by the Author
In 1969 Chevrolet built exactly 20,302 Z/28 Camaros. This is the sad fate of one of them....
The Monza and the Monte: Sporty Fun from the Smog Zone
By Steve Magnante - Photography by the Author
In this world of mid-engine Corvettes that run 0-60 in 3-seconds in base trim, 198-mph ZL1 Camaros...
