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1931 Ford Model A Coupe - Live Wire
After two long years of very little sleep, credit card debt, car-related emotional ups and downs, and several cut fingers and missed... more |
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1932 Ford Roadsters - Tres Amigos
In the wide and wonderful world of hot rods, the story behind the trio of '32 Ford roadsters presented in this story has the option of... more |
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Ed "Big Daddy" Roth's Orbitron - The Lost One
The story of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth's Orbitron is as crazy and comical as Roth himself. more |
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Bonneville Inspired Hot Rods- Seasoned With Salt
Twenty-five thousand years ago, a humongous chunk of what is now northern Utah and Nevada was soaking under a prehistoric sea 10 times the... more |
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1962 Chevy Bel-Air - Rust Bubble
After building a few cars, I needed a break and decided to take a different route and buy a couple already done. more |
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1953 Ford Crestline Convertible - Getting Up To Pace
While I was growing up in the Pacific Northwest, my family always had Fords and my dad was a real fan of the Indy 500 race... more |
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1932 Ford Roadster - The Stuff Of Dreams
Ron Hartwell has been a lifelong car enthusiast. He bought his first car in 1953 when he was 13 years old-a drivable '37 Ford two-door that... more |
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1950 Ford Sedan - Blue Shoe
The speed and pervasiveness of modern media has all but erased the regional hallmarks once commonly found on rods and customs. more |
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1932 Ford Roadster - Former Glory
In 2001, Greg McComas was poking around on eBay, looking for vintage parts for a project he wanted to build-a Bonneville-style '32 coupe,... more |
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1955 Chevy Bel Air - Elegant Survivor
You probably don't know Paul Savelesky's name. He wasn't a big-time custom car builder like Barris or Roth or Starbird. He was just an... more |
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1949 Mercury Station Wagon - Factory Correct
The best way to determine if you've been successful in creating a "phantom" custom is to have observers ask, "How many of these did they... more |
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1941 Westergard Custom Cadillac - World Standard
There is a multitude of ways that people come into the car hobby. There are collectors, investors, and builders, just to name a few. Some... more |
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Aaron Grote's Atomic Punk - Mopar-Based Custom Bubbletop
Unless you've been living in one, you know that bubbles are back. The original bubbletop rods popped up almost 50 years ago, in the form of... more |
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Ford Model A - Readers' Rods
This month's featured Readers' Rods include a 1928 Ford Model A Roadster Pickup and a 1930 Ford Model A Coupe. more |
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1932 Ford Sedan - L.A. Sedan
Steve Young started building this hot rod when he was a kid-even before he was old enough to drive. more |
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1950 Ford Sedan - Two-Tone Shoe
When we ran into Will Hudson at the Southeastern Nationals in Charlotte last October, his brown and beige '50 Ford was wearing a little... more |
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1933 Ford Coupe - The Driver
What do you do once you've won the America's Most Beautiful Roadster title and a Goodguys Street Machine of the Year award? more |
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1929 Ford Roadster Pickup and 1949 Mercury Coupe - A Royal Pair
Fortunately, a few stories just write themselves in the world of rods and customs, and thankfully this is one of those historic pieces that... more |
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1936 Ford Coupe - Lost Time
Some hot rodders think all the great old barn finds don't exist anymore. Not us. We've been hearing (and publishing) a lot of stories... more |
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1932 Ford Five Window Coupe - Reformed
No matter how well you prepare and plan, it always seems more problems show up as the end of a project nears. more |
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Roadster Pickup Deam Car - Dream Trucker
How about a Dream Truck of the Month? more |
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1955 Buick Special - Special Education
You know how it is; some people build a car every couple of years and move them on to make way for or finance (or both!) the next project.... more |
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1936 Ford Roadster - Done Deal
By the end of August 2006, Jane and I had finally resolved to finish our '36 Ford roadster. We had been talking about it for four or five... more |
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1932 Ford Roadster Pickup- Nostalgia Just Ain't What It Used To Be
Though it looks as if it's so steeped in the past that it turned green all over, there's nothing antiquated about Mark Murray's pickup. more |
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1931 Ford Model A Coupe- Electric Blue
Memorable hot rods always have that wow factor when you first set eyes on them, and this Model A jumped out at us as soon as we walked into... more |
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