BY: Kevin Preciado It’s kind of funny when one picks up some Kool tin in a roundabout kinda way. This vey deal happened to me about 19 years ago. I was working on building Cyclone 24 Stud heads and intakes for a couple of customers. A friend of mine knew that I was doing this […]

Posted By: Phil Salvatti   Hot Rod Pioneer Bill Burke passed away on Thanksgiving day as confirmed by his son Steve. A sad day for Hot Rodders’ world wide who share a passion for history and the pioneers who helped form the legacy of the SCTA, Hot Rod Magazine, Street Rodder Magazine and The Road Runners […]

Sad news this week from Wendover UTAH that the Bonneville Slat Flats is in no condition for “Speed Week” this August. Announcing again it is being cancelled for the 2nd year in a row due to salt conditions. Racers from all over the world were stopped dead in their tracks as they geared up for […]

Post by: Phil Salvatti In celebration of this years 50th anniversary of the Pontiac GTO.  ROD WRITERS is proud to present from its ‘LEGENDs Series’, Pontiac ‘Ad /PR genius’ Jim Wangers  (AKA the ‘Godfather’ of the GTO),  RW exclusive interview with Kevin Preciado.  Kevin and Jim chat next to Jim’s beloved classic gold/white 1965 GTO […]

By Kevin Preciado with Phil Salvatti A few years ago, my former High School Auto Shop teacher and I were talking about manufacturing automotive products in America. As I recall back in 1978 our local high school had a full industrial arts department. Something that was quite common all throughout America back in the day. […]

  With Speed Week 2013 closed and in the books. We are working on reports and video to be filed from this years Bonneville event. Classic cars to 400 mile an hour streamliners with drivers, builders, designers from around the world compete together from Bonneville legends to newbys alike running side by side.  From all […]

By Kevin Preciado / Photos:  Phil Salvatti Phil and I attended Hot Rod Magazines, BIG 65th Birthday Celebration that was held at the Pomona Fairplex in April. Right next to the Wally Park’s NHRA Museum. In which coincidentally, Wally just happened to be Hot Rods first editor in chief.   We meandered from the parking […]

Post / Video by: Phil Salvatti Back in early 2011, pre Rodwriters, I was a participant in Pasadena Roadster Club’s historic annual Reliability Run.   I was to be co-pilot/driver in my dads fire engine red 1929 roadster at the day’s event and always with video camera in hand,  I documented the day, then archived it. […]

BY: KEVIN PRECIADO Edited By: Phil Salvatti     When I first introduced Rod Writers readers to Cyclone Racing’s Equipment’s newly built 32 Deuce at the end 2011 (More commonly known as ‘C’Deuced’.)  All was seemingly well.  Well, almost. The car ran like a dream, but she came with a stubborn steering gear mechanism. Truthfully it had been giving us […]

Windover Utah: As Bonneville Speed Week 2012 comes to a close,  Here is a cool video segment shot by Jeff Erwin of Redjet Films from last years Speed Week. 2012 stories coming soon. Enjoy! Share this: