TMCP #665: SEMA 2026 Part 1 – Trans Am Worldwide’s “New” 70 SS, Phil-Jeremy-and Josh from Roadster Shop, New Holley Goodies, CTEK Chargers, Fat Fender Garage’s on their Own Chassis, and the Hellcat Bluesmobile!
We’re kicking off our SEMA 2026 coverage straight from the show floor in Las Vegas while the show is still going. For Part 1, Rob Kibbe goes from a modern take on the 1970 Chevelle SS to a Hemi-powered Bluesmobile that drove Route 66 to get here.
Tod Warmack of Trans Am Worldwide explains how his team transforms a sixth-gen Camaro into the 70/SS, and Holley’s John McLeod talks Classic Instruments, custom gauges, and how his racing background fits into his work today. Then Phil and Jeremy Gerber and Josh Henning of Roadster Shop and the Oil & Whiskey podcast get into what happens when a few shops go all in on the cars they grew up loving. Suddenly, Fox-body Mustangs, third-gen Camaros, and G-bodies are all over the SEMA floor.
Arne Toman, best known for his Cannonball runs, tells us why he put a Gen III Hemi in his Bluesmobile and what it took to make it a car he could drive to Vegas and back. Steve Hayes of CTEK breaks down battery charging and maintenance for everything from lead-acid to lithium, and Jason Noel of Fat Fender Garage walks us through his custom 1956 Ford pickup and how building trucks for fun turned into a business.
