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1955 Plymouth Belvedere - Red Rock
In the Rodding world there are many unwritten rules and Kent Ladner broke two of them with his Plymouth Belvedere. more |
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1930 Ford Coupe - Restorer's Rod
What we have right here is a perfect example of the often talked about but seldom seen "barn car". You know the one... more |
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1949 Crosley Hot Shot - Hot Shot
America's first whack at a sports car wasn't much to talk about. The brainchild of Powel Crosley Jr., the Hot Shot debuted... more |
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1930 Ford Roadster Pickup - Faster Pussycat!
Spectators at the '09 Grand National Roadster Show (GNRS) were the first to see Jim Benitez's Model A roadster... more |
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1950 Oldsmobile Futuramic 88 Deluxe Club Coupe - Understatement Of The Year
The goal behind building a custom, some people say, is to attract attention. The history of customs is full of cars that get-or got-a lot... more |
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1932 Ford Coupe - A Couple Slices Of History
Putting a single person's name to this story from one angle might seem to be a bit of an overstatement, but at the same time not tying it... more |
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1932 Ford Pickup - Pickup The Pieces
Tom Carver's '32 Ford used to be one of those forlorn field trucks. The old Deuce saw decades of abuse before Tom spied it at a swap meet... more |
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The Trojan T
Over the past generation it seems that every piece of hidden treasure has been discovered. Well, we're here to tell you that it's still out... more |
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1953 Ford F-100 - The Mountain Pearl
A thousand miles east and another mile higher than his Southern Californian peers, Otto Rhodes was an unlikely trendsetter. Over a... more |
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1960 Chevy Impala - Unique Blend
The amazing '60 Chevy custom you're looking at has been making the rounds of the top-shelf indoor shows... more |
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1932 Ford Tudor Classic - Li'l Coffin
In 1954, a young kid behind the wheel of a channeled '32 Ford Tudor came storming down Mt. Vernon Avenue in Wichita, Kansas. As the Ford... more |
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1951 Ford Coupe - Shoebox Saga
Everybody loves a saga, a story about an ordeal that never seems to end. So next time you're bench racing with your buddies, bring up the... more |
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1926 Ford Roadster Pickup Black Widow - The Black Widow
One of the most popular competitors for the America's Most Beautiful Roadster Award at the 2009 Grand National Roadster Show was the Black... more |
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1952 Buick Custom - Resilience
Paul and Erik Hansen are the owners of Resilience, this classic but contemporary '52 Buick custom, but they are just part of the team... more |
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1940 Ford Coupe - Ohio Style Straight From Arizona
Cromling's history with this particular '40 Ford coupe is somewhat unusual in the respect that he has owned this car since 1972. Sure,... more |
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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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