Alan Paradise
Alan Paradise May 18, 2023 All Feature Vehicles
Hell hath no fury like Detroit scorned. Since the late 1970s, U.S. automakers have been fighting a tailspin. When the oil embargo of 1976 sent the global auto market into a massive realignment, buyers’ attitudes shifted from one end of the spectrum to the other. Suddenly the letters “mpg” meant good and the letters “hp”… Continue reading New Dodge Challenger Hellcat delivers performance of biblical proportion...
ALAN PARADISE January 22, 2023 Tech
Get a Grip of Optimum Performance Suspension Geometry It’s the place we all start: tires, wheels, and suspension. If any single change best defines a performance car, it’s the stance. How a car sits when stationary or acts while in motion is the foundation for all modifications that follow. It’s been said that tires and… Continue reading SUSPENSION 101: A CRASH COURSE...
Alan Paradise January 16, 2023 All Feature Vehicles
How Harley Earl Changed the World It was just another bleak late winter’s day in Detroit. The year was 1927 and a brash Californian had come to General Motors to bring style to an otherwise utilitarian automotive industry. Shorty thereafter, the 33-year-old would forever change the way the world felt about owning a car. Perhaps… Continue reading HARLEY EARL: THE MASTER OF STYLE...
Alan Paradise September 29, 2022 All Feature Vehicles
The Racing Adventures of Raymond Beadle If you could put together the positive attributes of the most successful Funny Car drivers in NHRA history—the intuitive nature of Jack Chrisman, the toughness of Don Prudhomme, the marketing genius of Tom McEwen, the showmanship of Tommy Ivo, the popularity of Jim Liberman and the media savvy of… Continue reading The Racing Adventures of Raymond Beadle...
Alan Paradise September 12, 2022 All Feature Vehicles
A Top Down Family Affair It all started with an oil spot that turned into an oil leak that soon became an oil lake. So it was for Eric and Cindy Senior of Santee, California. The ’69 Camaro they purchased from an online auction site had been delivered from its previous Michigan owner. “It started… Continue reading 1969 Camaro...
Alan Paradise August 10, 2022 All Feature Vehicles
The Flight of the Omnipresent Red Phin There is something obviously special about milestone automobiles with their elements and styling cues that endear us to particular makes and models. Some of these elements are subtle, like the stainless steel body-trim of a ’57 Bel Air or the unique shape of a ’63 split-window Corvette. Others… Continue reading 59 and ’60 Chevrolet line should be considered historic...
Alan Paradise July 27, 2022 All Feature Vehicles
How Harley Earl Changed the World It was just another bleak late winter’s day in Detroit. The year was 1927 and a brash Californian had come to General Motors to bring style to an otherwise utilitarian automotive industry. Shorty thereafter, the 33-year-old would forever change the way the world felt about owning a car. Perhaps… Continue reading The MASTER OF STYLE “Harley Earl”...
Alan Paradise July 25, 2022 All Feature Vehicles
The Formula for Lower Elapsed Time The ground shakes, the eyes burn from the expended fuel, the ears ring from unfettered exhaust—what a rush of adrenaline and emotion. As muscle car enthusiasts, we are by nature drawn to and in awe of massive horsepower. Who can resist the unmistakable whining sound of a blower competing… Continue reading MUSCLE CAR MATH: POWER TO WEIGHT TO PAVEMENT...
ALAN PARADISE July 18, 2022 All Feature Vehicles
Playing in the Dirt When the subject of off-road racing is mentioned, the conversation naturally turns to half-million dollar trophy trucks, dune buggies and fearless flyers on high-revving dirt bikes. It is a world that is all too often foreign to muscle car and drag racing enthusiasts. However, the origins of this type of racing… Continue reading 1964 Ford Galaxie Playing in the Dirt...
Alan Paradise July 18, 2022 All Feature Vehicles
Forced induction using a supercharger is not a new concept. In fact, superchargers have been used on production-based cars since the ’30s. However, to performance geeks, superchargers are often referred to as “blowers.” That brings to mind the massive GMC 6-71 or 8-71 ribbed boxes atop the engines of Top Fuel dragsters and Funny Cars.… Continue reading Supercharging for the Street...
