Welcome To The Blog - No Labels, No Limits!

     The door is always open - and everyone is welcome! The "no labels, no limits" tag line pretty much sums up our mission statement here at the blog of Maximum Power. Our primary focus actually covers a fairly broad scale;
      - Vintage American high performance automobiles from 1955 to 1974,
      - Vintage drag racing (and street racing) from 1961 to 1975,
      - Briefly touching on the golden years of NASCAR from 1964 to 1971,
      - Muscle Car advertising from 1955 to 1980,
      - Hot rods, street rods, and rat rods throughout the decades,
      - High performance in general, both modern & vintage American.


     Wow - that's quite a bit when you think about it, but it does run one common thread. This blog is for people who really don't care about what other people think. It is not the mainstream of conventional thinking. Think about for a second; what comes to mind when you think about vintage muscle cars, especially when they were in their heyday back in the late 60's? Pure raw power and a certain social statement. The same holds true for the period advertising, and drag racing during during that same era, which fueled the whole muscle car and street racing scene.



     Second, look through any history book - NASCAR racing through the very early 70's was a much looser organization with nowhere near the rules they have today. And corporate sponsorship? What the hell was that? Automotive manufacturers was as far as it got. In fact, stock car racing back then, up until the late 60's was just that... racing around a track with cars that REALLY resembled cars that one could actually buy off the showroom floor - engine and all.

     Lastly, that also ties in with the last two entries on that bullet list - hot rods, street rods, and rat rods in general and the high performance aftermarket that still embraces the grass roots spirit that started in the late 1940's. Many of the cars and parts that you see today can literally boost the horsepower levels that are on par with the drag cars of yesteryear. 1,000 horsepower? No sweat - especially with turbos.



     We'll be adding more posts as time goes along. There will be plenty of vintage pics as well as outrageous modern stuff and everything in between. Bookmark us! Give us feedback! As we said, "...the door is always open". Come to think of it, we really don't even have a door; it kinda got disjointed when we fired up the vintage Dodge Coronet with the race Hemi that only had open headers and no real exhaust. We're surprised the windows didn't get blown out too. At least we have really cool neighbors...

     Until next time, peace out!
     Dave