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The inaugural High-Performance Expo was highlighted by an impressive variety of high-powered street cars and race cars.
Hale’s Speed Shop was founded by lifelong Lewisville resident Nathan Hale, whose philosophy on building classic hot rods is ...
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Hemi-Powered 1934 Ford Coupe Hot Rod of the Year
It's loud, it's fast, it's striped. And it's making hot-rodding hot again. An artistic expression of drag-racing culture, the hand-crafted 1934 Ford Coupe known as Saint Christopher must be doing ...
Students work on the 1933 Ford Sedan at Metropolitan Community College. A revolving group of students has built a custom hot rod inside the old school body over the past four years.
Entries like the “Gray Madder” — a custom-built 1955 Chevy Nomad from Pekin, Illinois, that has been in the making for 10 years. Presented by Meguiar's, the most coveted award in hot rodding ...
Matt Sayles was 17 years old when he drew his dream hot rod in 2000. He would hand-build a similar truck 24 years later. Photo by Submitted Now 41, Matt runs a fabrication shop in Kamloops and has ...
[Music] [Applause] [Music] 1933 St Christopher Ford Coupe built by South City Rod and Custom this Coupe has made waves in the hot rod Community with its bold design and unique features the car ...
Original hot-rod hero, founder of the So-Cal Speed Shop, WWII veteran, and one of the founders of SEMA and the SEMA Show, Alex Xydias passed away this morning in Southern California. He was 102 ...
Hand-Built ‘Warbird’ WWII Jeep Hot Rod Is an Absurdly Detailed Work of Art This incredible hot rod rocks a Chevy V8 and rivets to spare. José Rodríguez Jr Published May 31, 2024 1:49 PM EDT ...
Steve Strope and his team at Pure Vision put their design skills to the test on a custom '57 Ford Wagon. With their sights set on SEMA, Steve races the clock to deliver an award-winning vehicle on ...
The coupe made its debut at the 2024 Grand National Roadster Show, where it was on display in Hollywood Hot Rods’ booth. It’s really a spectacular car, and the custom car community has ...
Thus, the rat rod was born. The term "rat rod" is believed to have been coined by Hot Rod Magazine Editor Gary Baskerville, who used it to refer to a junked-up hot rod owned by artist Robert Williams.