Having flown out to the Lonestar Roundup last year, I was determined to drive out this time, so despite the forecast of thunderstorms for much of the journey,.....
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Generally when someone suggests a trip to Detroit, especially before Spring, there had better be a pretty good reason to book a ticket. I can't think of anything much better...
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Forty Ford Day is held the last weekend of June in La Palma Park in Anaheim, California. This year's 33rd annual event was once again organized and hosted by the venerable...
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This years Fabulous Fords Forever! all-Ford car show took place on Sunday, April 19 from 10 until 3. The event-sponsored by The Ford Car Club Council, Western Region-was held, as always...
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This whole Americruise idea goes back much further than the cool cross-country hot rod runs that Rod & Custom readers do every summer. We're just the descendents of the automotive travelers who drove back and forth across America on Route 66 and other U.S. and
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I spent months prepping and planning the West Coast Americruise route. Sacramento Vintage Ford sponsored the tour, so I knew we'd be taking a different route than last year. There was a lot of staring at maps trying to locate the smallest paved roads that stil
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(Editor's Note: I decided to take a week off for a non-automotive-related vacation right after the Street Rod Nationals, so I figured I'd let Kev take another shot at the editorial this month so we can all get a better idea of what he's all about. That and I d
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Just a few weeks after feasting our eyes on several hundred of the country's best rods and customs at the Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona, we get to repeat the experience-kind of-all over again, 2,300 miles away. The Detroit Autorama is like the GNRS' e
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You still have a couple of weeks to make plans to cruise out to Lincoln for the Americruise. The three-day event promises to be action packed, and the cars should be outstanding as well, if last year's attendance is any indication. If you have a few extra days
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Just in case you haven't already heard or read about it in the magazine, Rod & Custom will be heading back to the Nebraska State Fair Park in Lincoln, Nebraska, the weekend of June 29 to July 1 for the 2007 Americruise.
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There is a statue of the great boxer Joe Louis in the lobby of Cobo Hall in downtown Detroit. The larger-than-life heavyweight champ stands by the main doors like he's trying to tell everybody, "Get ready to be knocked out."
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The event itself may have had a new name borrowed from another historic driving event, but Tom's Fun Run ran like a well-oiled machine thanks to some careful planning, great tour leaders, and the great shops that hosted tours along its long and winding route.
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The Reader-Picked Rods and Customs of Asphalt Ego-Rama IV
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If your local or regional car club held a cruise or event, how many vehicles would show up? A few dozen, perhaps, or maybe a couple hundred? Try not to feel bad, but when the Minnesota Street Rod Association puts on its annual Back to the '50s Weekend, more th
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Attention, America! If you're dragging your hot rod around in a trailer, you're missing a whole bunch of fun. That's the point we were trying to make in 1993, when we first announced the idea of an R&C-hosted cross-country cruise. Trailering was becoming a tre
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NHRA Nationals Hits 50It was pretty crude by today's standards, but when the National Hot Rod Association held America's first national drag race in Great Bend, Kansas, in 1955, it was an enormous undertaking and an historical moment, beginning drag racing's
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