What was once commonplace with race cars is becoming commonplace with street machines, especially the popular ’55 to ’57 model Chevrolets. The point in reference is the dismembering of the car’s front ...

“There are a lot of ’55 Chevys here on Long Island, and everywhere else,” points out Frank Balbo when asked what attracted him to our feature car. “But very, very few of them are gassers. A gasser has ...

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 ...

When HOT ROD’s gasser front axle tech story was originally published in April of 1967, gassers were a major draw in the hot-rodding world, and Blair’s Speed Shop in Pasadena, California, was at its ...