Fifty years ago, the Petersen Publishing Company magazine devoted to the business side of automotive enthusiasm devoted a large number of pages over two issues to cover the 1969 SEMA Show. The quotes reproduced above are the stories’ opening lines. Even five decades later, you can feel the...

Here we are on the threshold of another outstanding SEMA Show—this year’s mind-blowing collection of innovative parts and accessories displayed on the most unique assemblage of one-off cars and trucks anywhere in the world. It’s a setting where the past inspires, the present fascinates and future...