The old gasser-style drag racers of the ‘50s and ‘60s were built specifically for straight-line speed, and as a result of all those purpose-driven modifications, the gasser style and aesthetic has ...

The Jonesboro, Arkansas, native has owned the car for 15 years, saying it was in rough shape when he first bought it. Originally a six-cylinder Bel Air, it had been parked in the woods for years and ...

Remember that '55 Chevy gasser Freiburger and Finnegan tried to put together with a Hemi? Well, Blasphemi got ready. 2,600 miles, 530 cubic inches, 700 horsepower, six speeds, 17 mpg. The last number ...

Gassers, by definition, should be a little rough around the edges. After all, they are--or at least mimic--race cars. Joe Gateley had a couple of friends who built a pair of '55 Chevy Gassers, both ...

Hot Wheels is bringing back the ’55 Chevy Bel Air Gasser drag racer known as Candy Striper, or at least it will if fans unlock the model in a new crowdfunding effort. The toymaker produced 4,000 units ...

The 1955 Chevrolet is, by any measure, a landmark car that profoundly influenced the entire auto industry when it was introduced, and for many years thereafter. Chevy advertising called the completely ...

Las Vegas | Who dares cut up a classic 1955 Chevy 210 hood, rudely exposing giant dual carburetors atop a 498 cubic inch blown big block engine? Rat rod master fabricator Steve Darnell of WelderUp, ...

When gasser style cars started appearing at drag strips in the late 50s, they were like nothing anyone had ever seen. They were stripped down hot rods with big engines, wild paint jobs and a weird ...

Glen Fiorello wanted a 1955 Chevrolet drag car, known as a gasser, just like the one he built around 1970 and later sold. But he also wanted the car to be an attractive daily street driver, not ...

Over 50 years ago, in 1958, Minnesota's Jerry Gaboury had a hot, yellow '55 Chevy Del Rey gasser--complete with his name boldly lettered on the firewall and red with yellow pinstriping everywhere else ...

Originating on the drag strips across the nation back in the late 1950s, the gassers quickly became the fastest stock(ish)-looking hot rods in the days before the arrival of the Pro Stock class. They ...

Most of us like to think of ourselves as hardcore. Dedicated to the automotive lifestyle; willing to live the life instead of just watching it as a bystander. Pete Gentile is an example of what that ...