Story and Photos by Cam Hutchins   It took Gus Woods a little over 40 years to complete his ’31 Olds Back in the day, Chevys were the low-priced models, and the price steadily went up through the Pontiacs, Buicks, Oldsmobiles and finally Cadillac. This 1931 Oldsmobile five-window business coupe with five wire wheels cost [...]

Modern new life given to an old classic Story by Budd Stanley, photos by Grant McAvoy   The muscle car culture curiously mimics nature, if you stand back and take a look at it closely. It is a culture in constant evolution, not so much in making cars more efficient or in technological advances, but [...]

A Hot Rodder's family car   Story and photos by Budd Stanley   Once upon a time, the family vehicle was the tried-and-true station wagon. Yes, many a baby boomer can recall long hot summer vacation road trips spent sitting in the back of a '50s station wagon. However, as time went on, the family [...]

Story and Photos by Cam Hutchins When asked how many cars Chilliwack B.C.'s Doc Kinney had helped build, he looked down and said "well that would take some time to figure out." After building and helping to build so many rods for himself and friends, he had established what he would like in a top-class [...]

Dennis Villeneuve had raced a 7 second Fiat Topolino in the sixties and raced drag boats and drove all sorts of high powered muscle cars but stopped the racing to concentrate on raising his family and building his business. Wanting to own another hot car started Villeneuve on a hunt for the perfect project. He [...]

Winning show car gets driven even when it’s freezing out. Story and photos by Budd Stanley The problem with producing the year’s first feature car for Performance Plus magazine is getting the vehicle out for a photo-shoot. While Vancouver may be Canada’s most temperate climate, cold temperatures and the driving rain or snow of December [...]

What can be said about a 1969 Camaro that hasn’t already been said before? Better yet, what can you do to a ‘69 Camaro that hasn’t already been done before? Regular readers of Performance Plus will know that this iconic bit of automotive history has been featured...

The Buick Riviera is a car with a unique shape and low-slung stance that has a passionate following of loyal owners. One of the lures this big boulevard cruiser has is its colourful past, and a series of unforeseen circumstances...

If you were to ask me what were two of the most famous Mustang IIs that pop into my mind, I would have to say the white and blue car driven by Farrah Fawcett on the TV show Charlie’s Angels, and the Monroe Handler made famous by Hot Rod Magazine...

ave Warren has two favourite cars. They are a 1962 Belair and a 1965 GTO Tri-Power four-speed convertible...turquoise on turquoise. After racing a 1962 Belair with 1,400 hp for four years in the Doorslammer series, he decided to find his dream car. That was six years ago and he was informed...