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One has a Flathead, One a Blown Olds, But Somehow These Traditional Hot Rods Share the Same Soul

There is just something about a traditional styled hot rod that just makes people smile. Even folks that wouldn’t describe themselves as traditional hot rod fans somehow find themselves drawn...

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From Dirty Dozen to Unreal Adventure 2026 Invited Subscriber: Pete Meyer and his 1963 Willys Wagon Made The Cut!

A few days ago we shared the Unreal Adventure Dirty Dozen, those 12 rigs that came from more than 100 submissions to be chosen to participate in Unreal Adventure 2026. Out of those 12, 5 will be...

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Retropower’s Austin Allegro Build Is Restomod Greatness. But is it Hiding a Secret? You Bet Your Ass It Is!

This here is something special. It’s not that an Austin Allegro is at the top of my british car list, but it is certainly up there! And when you see what has been done to make this what some...

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Building A 1968 Camaro Drift Car In Autoshop, and Then Taking It To The SEMA Show AND PRI! This is Something Special!

When the Los Angeles Career Center decides to do something, they go all in. Given the fact that Southern California is the epicenter of hot rodding and racing, it makes sense that a project like this...

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Jay Leno Takes a ride in ONE of the TWO 1914 Knox Model 46s still in Existence: This is a 496 CI Overhead-Valve Monster From the Nethercutt Collection!

Sometimes we forget just how bad ass humans were 100-140 years ago. I say this because the amount of invention and ingenuity that was happening in the world was just insane. I mean people came up...

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This 1981 Chevy C80 Is A Four Car Hauler/Rolling Stunt Launch Ramp You Have Always Wanted

You know, some vehicles are built for one purpose but can totally be used for another. School buses are regularly turned into campers, old flatbeds are made into car haulers, and  car haulers can be...

Changed! 2015 Hot Rod Drag Week Registration Is Saturday May 2nd Be Ready Or Be Left Out!

At 9:00AM Pacific Time on Saturday May 2nd, Hot Rod will post the registration link on their website and the electronic gold rush will take place again to fill the 350 open spots that the magazine...

This Magnum Is The Result Of Many Friends And The Call For More Speed – Meet The Badwagon

I watched the scene unfold every pass during ChallengerFest 6’s race day: the black 2005 Dodge Magnum would do its burnout, stage, make its run and then pull off into the pits. There, vehicle...

Our Final Gallery Of Fun In The Sun Photos From Goodguys Del Mar Is Right Here

You saw the gallery Brian posted earlier of awesome cars INSIDE the buildings at the Goodguys Del Mar Nationals, but we’ve still got one more left of hot rods, muscle cars, and street machines...

Barnstormin’: Notes From A Fun Weekend On The Road With The Lohnes Clan

As whacked out as my schedule has been this Spring, it really gets cranked to 11 starting this weekend when the races and events really stack up on each other. That being the case, my wife and I...

Carnage Footage: N. “Monster” Tajima’s Crash At Race To The Sky In New Zealand

Reporting that Nobuhiro “Monster” Tajima crashed his race car at a hill climb event just doesn’t feel right. Tajima is renowned for his ability to control absolutely ballistic...

Domination Video: Watch The RideTech 48 Hour Corvette Dominate All Comers At The Texas Optima Ultimate Street Car Event

If there was every any question about the performance ability of the RideTech 48 Hour Corvette, it was buried 13-feet deep in a lead lined vault after the car’s all conquering performance at...

2015 Lonestar Round Up: Our Photo Coverage Continues – Show Stopping Hot Rod And Kustoms!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – We promised you a solid week of 2015 Lonestar Round Up and thanks to Charles Wickam we’re going to have it. The dude was blasting photos like a maniac during...

Goodguys Del Mar 2015: Our Last Look At The Cool, Historic, Weird, And Interesting Indoor Show Cars

Between these photos and the others that Chad blogged today we have finally exhausted our vast supply of images from the Goodguys Del Ma 2015 extravaganza. Chad’s photos were of the outdoor...

McIntire Wins IHRA Nitro Jam – Sets Records In Bradenton

Photos by Chris Simmons – Courtesy of IHRA There were five class winners at the IHRA Nitro Jam Southern Nationals Presented By Crower over the weekend at Bradenton Motorsports Park, but Mike...

Test Your Gearhead Knowledge: The Answer To Last Week’s Impossible Question!

While there were a couple of razor close guesses, at the end of the day no one nailed this nearly impossible automotive quiz dead on. The bizarre looking device was guessed to be part of a hydramatic...

Video Carnage: Watch This Subaru Literally Barf An Engine While Trying To Win An Engine Revving Contest

I wouldn’t know this from personal experience, but I’ve heard from a few folks a bit older than me (::cough:: Chad ::cough::) that as you age, things don’t work quite as well as...

Gas-Tastic: This 1957 Chevrolet Is A Straight Axle, Tunnel-Rammed, Four Speed, Worn Paint Heap Of Perfection

I think it is fair to say that there are a couple of styles of cars that will literally never go out of style in hot rodding. 1932 Ford roadtsers will be around forever and 1955-1957 Chevys done in...

Check Out Liam Garrity’s Finest Action Photos From The March Meet 2015

(Photos by Liam Garrity) When Liam sends us photos, we’re always entertained. You see, he marches to the beat of a slightly different drummer. It’s like he was born several decades too...