Longtime Goodguys family friend and hot rodder Ed Lee passed away Sunday 9/23. Lee was a prominent Northern California hot rod builder and enthusiast with ties to many famous Bay Area Hot Rod Clubs. Alongside Goodguys founder Gary Meadors, Lee joined the Nor Cal Early Iron in the early 70s, then the Bay Area Roadsters […]

In America’s tailfin wars of the late 1950s and early-’60s, taller was always better. Plymouth threw its hat into the ring with unabashed gusto and the sky-scraping “stabilizers” of the 1960 Plymouth Fury caught the eye of a young Scott Truss, so much so that he bought one of his own in 1970. Unfortunately, it […]

Quick! Ever install an Edelbrock product on your hot rod? If so, raise your ratchet. Yep, everyone has a wrench up. No surprise, as Edelbrock has been one of rodding’s most innovative and enduring performance brands for more than seven decades. Such is the legacy of one Vic Edelbrock Sr., the gentleman who made aftermarket […]

A few months ago we put together a gallery of four door rods, customs, and classics to illustrate the potential in these often-overlooked rides. This coincided with an Up Front column in the Goodguys Gazette discussing the diminishing stigma in cruising a more-door vintage ride. That Gazette column prompted a flood of response from enthusiasts […]