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1932 Ford Three Window Coupe - Class Project
What do you picture when you think about hot rod activity from the Fifties? Dusty dragstrips with leaping flagmen? Stripped down roadsters... more |
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1956 Chevy Nomad - Someday Driver
"Growing up in Los Angeles in the Fifties, I was very much aware of the hot cars. Right from day one the Tri-Five Chevys were the most... more |
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1940 Ford Coupe - Forty Be Low
It may not always be the first thing that comes to mind when looking at a hopped-up old car, but there's usually a great story of how a... more |
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1930 Ford Model A Coupe - The Mystery Machine
Those of us who are, or have been, married have doubtless, at one time or another, surprised our spouses with unexpected gifts (and not... more |
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1952 Cadillac Convertible - The Golden Edition
Fans of the television show "Monster Garage" may remember an episode from about three years ago on which a team of top-level customizers... more |
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1933 Ford Roadster - Father's Keeper
"Building hot rods is nothing new to me," Bill Herb will tell you. "I was born into a family of gearheads." One glance at this mostly... more |
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The Astra Coupe- Radical But Practical Revisited
Last month we began the tale of Jay Everett's sports rod. more |
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1929 Ford Pickup - Money & Time Well Spent
You could say I was brainwashed as a toddler. My dad has been a rodder since the '50s so it's in my blood... more |
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1953 Chevy 150 Sedan - Cinnamon Sweet
If you live in a town with two barbers, you go to the one with the worse haircut, because it's probably the other barber who did the job. more |
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1927 Nash Homebuilt Boattail - Scratch-Built Boattail
It's gone now. Chris Casny's '27 Nash/Ford (it's really a little bit of everything) roadster, well known in Southern California just as,... more |
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1954 Oldsmobile Holiday 88 Custom Roadster- Tradition & Subtraction
If you're any kind of fan of Gene Winfield and the style of customs he developed-a look that inspired many customizers who followed-you may... more |
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1932 Ford Roadster - Double Trouble
It's hard to live life if you keep thinking about all the "What ifs" and second guessing everything you want to do... more |
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1957 Ford Two-Door Ranch Wagon - Cross-Country Custom
Fifty years ago, while one segment of society was building and driving hot rods and custom cars, a whole 'nother segment was enjoying its... more |
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1951 Mercury & Other Readers' Rods- Readers' Rods
In 1956, Werner Pauli was 24 years old, home from Korea (where he flew B-26s), and owned this custom Mercury. more |
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1932 Ford Five-Window Coupe - Always A Plan
When I sent the preliminary photos of this car to our editor for feature approval, his immediate response was yes, but with a question... more |
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1931 Ford Model A Coupe - Pure Gloss
The beginning of my 1931 Ford coupe and obsession with hot rods began around 1991. I was a punk rock kid looking for something new... more |
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1951 Mercury Coupe - Alchemy
Let me ask you a question. When you think of a kustom, does the image of a '49-51 Mercury immediately pop into your head? The majority... more |
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1952, 1953, 1954 Chevy Two-Doors - Trifecta
This is a story of coincidences, really. But it's also an interesting comparison of a trio of '50s rodded Chevys that are quite... more |
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Dave Shuten's Ice Truck - Cool As Ice
"You've got to understand; I built the Ice Truck to drive the #@*$ out of--I wanted to go out and raise hell with it. more |
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1949 Chevrolet Wagon - Metal Woodie
Another one that caught my eye at the La Verne Cool Cruise was Nick Barron's '49 Chevy wagon. With that bright red paint and stance it... more |
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1923 Ford Turtle Deck - The First Black Widow
While out at the La Verne Cool Cruise, I ran into two Black Widows sitting right in the middle of all the activities. The roadster pickup... more |
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1932 Ford Coupe - Highboy no More?
Here's another interesting hot rod I ran across at the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum's cruise night in April that looks like it has... more |
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Sandy's Muffler Shop Model A
I came across this bitchin' little '30/31 Model A roadster on Deuce 'rails at the April Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum's cruise night.... more |
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1928 Ford Roadster - Teenage Kicks
Some of you may have already seen this Flatty-motored A roadster starring on Hot Rod TV, so when we met its owner Jordan Graham at the West... more |
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1931 Ford Tudor Sedan - Price Is Right
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