Posts Tagged ‘SEMA’

Photo credit: Norman Woo, Derek Mau Another SEMA Show has wrapped and were are almost recovered from our shenanigans after our week in Las Vegas. Old friends were reacquainted and new friendships were born. While the SEMA Show may be all about the automotive industry, it is the people behind the scenes and in front of...

Now a week after SEMA ended, we finally are able to decompress and share some thoughts & photos about this year’s vehicles on display at the show. Every year the show boasts a large variety of automotive eye-candy and a sometimes celebrities are called in to amp up the hype in the booths. Enjoy the our photo gallery and...

Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, this Ford Woodie rose from the weeds in Southern California and was reborn with the help of Clint and Diana Stark. Literally discovered sitting on the side of the road nearly covered by weeds, Clint rescued the neglected Ford Woodie for the purpose of salvaging the sheet metal and...

Many car enthusiasts lament the loss of their first car, but Yancey Taylor's 1966 Chevrolet C-10 truck is still with him, although now slightly improved and modified. Taylor, originally from Georgia and now residing in Las Vegas, Nevada, always cherished his truck and never had any intentions of selling it.

Officially the 2014 SEMA Show starts today on November 4 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. We landed a day early and stopped in to get an early start on the biggest automotive trade show that displays hundreds of unique custom vehicles designed to showcase the industry’s brightest ideas and creative minds to the...

Bags are packed, cameras are prepped, and we’re wearing our most comfortable pair of walking shoes. Now we’re ready for our annual trip to Las Vegas for the 2014 SEMA Show. But are we really ready for the over-the-top custom builds, the flurry of booth-betties that adorn the exhibit halls, and the outrageous celebrities...

Mike and Jim Ring have done it again! For the 4th time in the last 7 years, they’ve built a Goodguys Top12-winning car. Their latest, a ’65 Mustang named “Blizzard” for customer Dominick Farbo has won the Goodguys 2014 Grundy Worldwide Insurance Muscle Machine of the Year.

Pictures courtesy of Harry Weimann (WyoTech) While you may see loads of trucks at the SEMA show, you do not often see one customized as a roadster. But that is exactly what WyoTech, a trade school with five campuses throughout the United States, brought out to their display to highlight the training and skills of...

The Specialty Equipment Market Association show in Las Vegas each November is a horsepower freak’s paradise. I’m told that a person who covers the show from end to end will walk 26 miles: a marathon of superchargers, manifolds, wheels, exhaust systems, nitrous kits, ignition boxes and other tools of the tuning...

A large smile stretches across Julia’s face as she reflects upon her accomplishments of 2012 and how the Heart Wrenchers Car Club helped bring about future success for a group of young women interested in getting their hands dirty and entering the automotive field. Julia Johnson, and a group of women enrolled in...