Some consider Corky Coker, president of Coker Tire, a modern-day "Indiana Jones," traveling the world in search of forgotten treasures, only in his case the bounty is not jewels, but long-lost tire molds. Now, celebrating its 50th year in business, Coker Tire Company continues its commitment to the process of uncovering these rarities and providing discriminating automobile collectors with the finest classic tires.

Hobart Brothers has created the fourth in an ongoing series of free educational welding posters, addressing the 10 most common welding problems and their likely causes and solutions. Using color diagrams and concisely written explanations, the poster is a handy reference tool for both professional and educational welding environments.

Spectre's hired one of the fastest men on Earth (quite literally) to break a new land speed record in the company's new "SpeedLiner" at the famed Bonneville Salt Flats next month. Now we're not talking your 200 MPH Club type record...we're talking about being the first blown, gas-powered streamliner to break 400 mph.

The pickup truck has had a wide variety of commercial uses since it started being mass produced in the early 20th century, initially as a construction and agricultural workhorse, but also serving as our nation's earliest tow trucks, fire engines, and sweet chariots for the Good Humor man. Since being introduced in 1948, the Ford F-series models have become the best-selling vehicles in the United States for the past 23 years and the best-selling truck for more than 30. Ford F-Series: America's Pickup Truck (Universe Publishing; ISBN: 978-0-7893-9972-4; $50.00; October 2008) is the only official Ford book celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Ford F-Series.

Make the last days of the season memorable by taking your '79-or-older vehicle on the road once more. Have a fun-filled day with the ididit folks to celebrate another successful year. Enjoy live music, food, festivities, tour ididit's facilities, and hang out with your buddies before you have to cover your ride back up and wait until the weather improves after winter! For more information, please visit www.ididitinc.com or call 517-424-0577.

Jim Cooper was named the winner of the 2008 PPG Hot Wheels Spectraflame PAINT YOUR RIDE Contest. The announcement was made at the 11th Annual Goodguys PPG Nationals in Columbus, held this past weekend.

Edelbrock Corporation recently made the most of the Hot Rod Power Tour stop in Topeka, Kansas, June 9, 2008. Edelbrock CEO and President Vic Edelbrock, Jr. awarded Keith Carroll of Longmont, Colorado, the 2008 Vic Edelbrock Sr. Northwest Kansas Technical College scholarship.

Leading race car chassis and suspension manufacturer Chris Alston's Chassisworks recently announced its acquisition of truck suspension manufacturer KP Components. Since 2000, KP Components has specialized in air suspension systems for 1960-and-up domestic pickups. The acquisition will allow Chassisworks, who has always supplied parts for racing and Pro Street pickups, to "smoothly and quickly expand in the street market for pickups," commented owner Chris Alston. Among the line of innovative products, KP's cantilever four-bar rear suspension promises to be one the leading items manufactured under the wings of Chassisworks in Northern California. To view the full line of products, visit www.kpcomponents.com, or for more info, call 916-388-0292.

The Collectors Foundation, whose mission is to serve young people through the passion of collector car and classic boat enthusiasts, is pleased to announce Ford Motor Company as an educational supporter.

GM Brings High-Performance Crate Engines and Components to Online Shoppers GM Performance Parts engines, blocks, heads, cams, intakes, accessory drives and dress-up parts - available at retail prices online

Hagerty Insurance announces the creation of Car Club Central, an online resource tool for clubs and their members. Car Club Central is designed to showcase all of the benefits and features that Hagerty offers to car clubs nationwide and to make those benefits more easily available.

LMC Truck City Pickup Counter Grand Opening

FINALISTS NAMED IN PPG HOT WHEELS(r)
SPECTRAFLAME(r)
PAINT YOUR RIDE CONTEST

In celebration of Cherry Bomb's 40th anniversary, the company has announced the Cherry Bomb Charger Sweepstakes. Lasting through November 7, 2008, one lucky person will win the official Cherry Bomb R/T Hemi project car. Built as a joint collaboration between Cherry Bomb, MOPAR and Hot Rod magazine, this distinctive car features a custom Cherry Bomb exhaust, SRT Body kit with Brian Klock designed paint scheme, Foose Wheels, SSBC brakes, and multiple MOPAR Performance upgrades. Entry is available online at www.cherrybomb.com or www.powerblocktv.com. Courtney Hanson will present the car to the final winner on Powerblock TV, which will air on Spike TV February 7-8, 2009.

That's right, steering columns from ididit, inc. will be featured on the popular TV show How it's Made! Filming took place for over twelve hours on May 23rd and the show will air this summer on the Discovery Channel. The film crew followed a steering column from raw material to finished product in great detail. ididit says they were thrilled to be offered the opportunity to show off their quality American-made product to the masses and can't wait to see the finished production. ididit will announce the air date on their Web site, www.ididitinc.com, when the producers finalize the date.

Recently, Horkey's Wood and Parts proprietor Bruce Horkey was "fortunate" enough to come upon some highly figured Bubinga--over 400 feet of the precious hardwood to be exact. It ranges from 6- to 27-feet wide, and he's never seen this much figure in a board before. Not too long ago, Rockler Woodworking and Hardware in Medina, Minnesota, bought a Bubinga log that was 8-feet in diameter and 14-feet long. They figure it's worth about $250,000 cut up! (Rockler had to split it lengthwise to 54 inches in order to be able to saw it.) Needless to say, this isn't for everyone--and for those not looking to go so fancy with their bed, Horkey's can handle that, too.

SEMA model legislation (A.B. 2836) that would create a vehicle registration classification for street rods and custom vehicles and provide for special license plates for these vehicles was introduced in the New Jersey Assembly. Introduced by State Assembly members Charlotte Vandervalk and Gary Chiusano, A.B. 2836 defines a street rod as an altered vehicle manufactured before 1949 and a custom as an altered vehicle at least 25 years old and manufactured after 1948. The bill allows kit cars and replica vehicles to be assigned a certificate of title bearing the same model year designation the body of the vehicle most closely resembles.

The Prestolite Performance Super Summer Rebate program is in effect, now through August 31, 2008. Rebates of up to $100 are available on a wide variety of ACCEL, Hays, Lakewood, Mallory, and Mr. Gasket products.

Pottstown, Pennsylvania: From a lone garage in the suburbs of Philadelphia in 1978 to today's state-of-the-art distribution and office facility of 60,000 square feet, The Eastwood Company has grown from tiny 1/4-page ads selling buffing wheels and compounds in automotive magazines to annual circulation of nearly 6,000,000 full-color catalogs. Today, not only does Eastwood continue to sell the buffing wheels and compounds, but it has extended its assortment to include over 5,000 products, including rust prevention, specialty coatings, paints, chemicals, HotCoat Powder Coating, welding, and more.... all serving the do-it-yourself restoration enthusiast.

North Adams, MA March 28, 2008 - Racers and race fans across the country are eagerly awaiting the start of the 2008 race season. Spring is finally here and it's time to pull out those race projects and get them ready to run. Raceway Media's RacingJunk.com, the world's largest online motorsports marketplace, is celebrating the start of the racing season by launching the 2nd Annual RacingJunk.com Give Back to the Racers Sponsorship Giveaway. This annual contest is their way of supporting the entire grassroots racing community.

EDELBROCK ANNOUNCES 2008 VIC AND NANCY EDELBROCK EMPLOYEE SCHOLARSHIP FUND AWARD WINNERS

HEIDTS HOT ROD SHOP SOLD

PPG FERRARI RED FINISH
WORN BY 2008 RIDLER AWARD WINNER

The Corporation for National and Community Service named Wyo-Tech's Laramie, Wyoming, campus to the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for exemplary service efforts and service to disadvantaged youth.

SEMA is pleased to announce Doug Evans of Source Interlink as the new chairman of the SEMA Political Action Committee (PAC). The SEMA PAC brings together the resources of SEMA members and the industry to form a larger cumulative voice on Capitol Hill. PACs are funded by personal contributions, since associations such as SEMA are prohibited from using association funds to make political contributions. However, SEMA is allowed to fund all administrative costs of running the PAC, so 100-percent of the contributions made to the SEMA PAC are used to help elect industry-friendly legislators. In addition to participating in the SEMA PAC, Evans serves on the SEMA Board of Directors. For more information on the PAC, visit www.sema.org/pac.