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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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... more |
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1931 Ford Tudor Sedan - Price Is Right
Check out this 1931 Ford Tudor sedan that has a GM 350 engine, Offenhauser 3x2 intake with Rochester carburetors, Turbo 350... more |
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1931 Ford Tudor Sedan - Hot Rod High School
Harold Nicks wasn't the first guy to get the great idea of building a hot rod in order to spend some time with his son. more |
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1953 Dodge Meadowbrook Surburban - A Custom Meadowbrook Suburban Definitely Dodges The Ordinary
If Chuck Williams was trying to follow the crowd, he built the wrong custom. When I ran across his '53 Dodge Meadowbrook... more |
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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... 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... more |
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