It doesn't just roll—it arrives. Draped in a silvery-teal shimmer, the 1953 Buick Skylark convertible is less car and more grand entrance, a glittering wave of chrome slicing through sunlight. Every ...

When Gary Runyon was 16, he frequently visited Raceway Park (now Lucas Oil Raceway) in Indianapolis, absorbing racecar culture. On several occasions, he saw a fantastic slingshot dragster with four ...

For those of us who do move on to the realities of actually building a car, some kind of game plan is in order. Obviously, one of the main decisions is engine choice, and for many, the logical one ...

There's a myth that three "VentiPorts" on each side of a Buick meant the car had a six-cylinder engine, but that's not true. In 1955, the Super had four per side and the Special had three. The Buick ...

In a year defined by Hemis, fastbacks, and exploding displacement, Buick quietly launched the GS, a torque-rich bruiser with manners and muscle ...

Tony Nancy was a leading light of Southern California hot rodding. In the mid-1960s he led the way with his mid-rear-engine top fuel car, the Wedge II. He was a consummate fabricator and designer, and ...