To the unaware, it sounds like a new brand of beer or a workout method to produce sculpted 6 pack abs. But to the car enthusiast, there’s no mistaking it. Officially, it’s a Dodge Coronet Super Bee Six-Pack. Unofficially, it’s a late 1960s mid-size muscle car with a unique hood cover designed for enhanced fresh air intake resulting in more power. Introduced as the Dodge Super Bee in 1968, the vehicle sold as a Charger model in 1971. It was …
There are business opportunities everywhere for those with eyes wide open. For Scott Mattox, licensed contractor, full-time handyman and New River Valley native, the roofing specialty caught his attention. It was, admittedly, …
Lest you think electric vehicles have come to the market recently, consider that Studebaker designed and produced an electric car in 1902, designed by none-other-than Thomas Alva Edison. Two years later, their …
When kids ask the Hot Rod Santa “Where is your sleigh?” and “Where is Rudolph?”, he looks around and responds: “They are still in the North Pole because there’s no snow here …
When Amanda Menconi was 13 years old, she experienced her first motorcycle ride and from then on thought any gal riding one was the coolest chick ever. “I made up my mind …
The first response to Donnie Martin’s idea of retrofitting his motor boat with some fins and tail lights to match his 1959 El Camino was met with: “Are you crazy?” Donnie’s response …
It’s hard being new parents. You bring home your new acquisition, stare at it incredulously with doe-eyed wonder, with equal parts joy and intimidation. “We got it home and said, ‘What have …
It’s a bird, it’s a plane. No. No. It’s a step, it’s a table, it’s a toolbox, a laptop storage spot, a boombox, a phone charger, a measuring tool, a workbench, a …
You know the old saw: Some people see the glass half empty and others view it as half full. Such was the case with an old heap of a car with no …
The Volkswagen Microbus, manufactured from 1950 to 2013, unexpectedly became an American icon for many in the counter-culture revolution of the 1960s. Dubbed a hippie van in some circles, the boxy vehicle …