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1925 Dodge Roadster - Dodge Podge
Back in 1980, Hot Rod magazine ran a story on a project car built entirely from brand-new parts ordered by phone from the aftermarket. more |
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1956 Mercury Medalist - Magoo's Merc
Ki Hansen has been a car guy since he was old enough to draw one, a situation encouraged by his dad, who always had Corvettes and GTOs in... more |
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1947 Chevy Fleetline - Coal To GoldDwayne King's 1947 Chevy Fleetline- Coal To Gold
How many of you can claim that the custom you're driving these days is the same car you rode in when you were 2 years old? more |
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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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