In a competition that "took hot-rodding back to its SoCal roots," the SoCal Speed Shop--the entity founded by original hot-rod hero Alex Xydias and now helmed by Pete Chapouris--finally won the AMBR.

The SoCal Speed Shop has chopped, channeled, slammed and sautéed this version to run up to 250 mph at the Bonneville Salt Flats on Aug. 13-19, aiming for 226.835 mph, ...

GM and the SoCal Speed Shop team up to create a 21st-century version of Alex Xydias' famed Belly Tank. The Ecotec Lakester is an exploration of what a modern belly-tank land speed record car would ...

So-Cal Speed Shop says the package takes at least a year off the project's completion time, versus building the car from the ground up. At $39,950, the price is reasonable, ...

Under the hood, the car sports a Ford Racing drivetrain, including a supercharged 620 hp Coyote 5.0 crate engine, and a six-speed manual transmission. Chapouris expects a top speed of around 160 mph.

Check out these scaled models of the 392ci Hemi crate engine and the Liberty Classic's Limited edition 426ci Hemi engine. Only at www.customclassictrucks.com, the official site for Custom Classic ...