The world of hot rods dates back to the 1920s and ’30s, when young guys would soup up Model A and Model T Fords in their garages. Each year, Ford seemed to crank out new cars faster and cheaper, ...

Some of the very first self-propelled vehicles were products of engineers and the curious in private garages and workshops. Within a few decades of the invention of the first car, companies were ...

Before we get into this "remembrance of things fast,'' let me go on record as stating that selecting HOT ROD Magazine's Top Ten rods for '86 is mere child's play compared to figuring out what the 10 ...

Anyone who is at least passingly familiar with custom cars has probably at least heard of the concept of a hot rod. A hot rod is, of course, a custom car designed with the express purpose of going as ...

Owning a 1932 Ford hot rod means living in two eras at once. The car’s bones come from the earliest days of Ford’s flathead V8, but most Deuces on the road today are the result of decades of ...

The hot rodding world is filled with common terms that gearheads throw around a lot. These terms are used throughout the hobby and describe many of the different customization techniques and parts ...

Portrait of the artist wearing a sweater vest and an eyeball ring. Williams’s paintings typically require a large amount of draft work and, frequently, use of a magnifying glass. Toward the end of our ...

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.

The professional-grade 16,200-square-foot car shop at this West Linn, Oregon estate shifts auto hobbyists into next gear. Boys will be boys. Especially when it comes to things mechanical. From a very ...