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1970s Trans Am on a Roadster Shop Chassis at SEMA 2025 Featuring CVF Racing At SEMA 2025 we caught up with Dave from Superior Quality Rides. Funny enough, their shop is only a few miles from ours back in Minnesota, but it took Vegas for us to finally stand next to this car together. Behind us was one seriously reworked Trans Am. At first glance it looks clean. The more you look, the more you realize how much work is actually in it. Starting with a Solid Car and Taking It Way Further Dave said …

A Car That Has Been in the Family Since 1974Some builds are about horsepower. Others are about history. This 1955 Chevy owned by Bill Hoskinson, known to many as Old Man’s Garage on YouTube, is rooted deeply in family. Bill’s parents bought this car in 1974 for $800. His dad sold nearly everything he owned and even borrowed money to make it happen. At the time, the car had already been repainted dark blue from its original factory blue and beige two tone. Not long after, a family fr …

At SEMA we caught up with Riley from Riley’s Rebuilds and Audrey, one of the high school builders in their shop, to talk about their 1966 Ford Fairlane. On the surface it’s a cool old Ford. Once you hear the backstory, it becomes a whole lot more than that. This car has already been through the Great Race, blown up an engine five days before the event, been replaced with another Fairlane on the fly, and still finished the rally. And that’s just the short version. It Started w …

A Full Size Build with Serious StyleAt SEMA 2025, this Suburban owned by Onkar stood out immediately. It blends modern performance, custom design, and true family usability into one cohesive build. What started as a rough looking truck is now a fully refined street machine built to be driven long distances. Modern Suspension and Custom WheelsThe Suburban rides on a full Air Lift Performance air suspension system. Up front, it runs CPP upper and lower control arms, spindles, and brakes, w …

When you think of a full restoration, you usually picture an original frame, maybe a salvaged cab, and a long list of factory parts. But for Rockford Paint & Body, this square body Chevy was built entirely from the ground up, piece by piece. Rockford and his crew started with nothing more than frame rails sourced from Facebook Marketplace. Everything else, from bumper to bumper, came straight out of a catalog. Every panel, every piece of sheet metal, was welded together in house to create w …