We're always looking to expand the scope and experience of our events, and this year’s HOT ROD Power Tour Driven by Continental Tire also included an element that could be described as educational and ...

In our kickoff "class" in the Auto Shop Series on Engine Basics (HRM, Sept. '71), we defined the connecting rod or "rod" as the part of an engine which "transmits and converts up-and-down ...

Between June and August 1949, the streamliner was taken to four different dry-lakes points meets to allow Dean to get used to ...

Any hot rod fan must instantly recognize and know a thing or two about the McGee Roadster. Dubbed by many “the quintessential hot rod,” this 1932 Ford Roadster has paved the way in innovation and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Despite new custom cars coming into the public eye on an almost constant basis, it's not every day we get to see the various stages one goes through before being ready to wow the crowds. And that ...

What are the most famous hot rods? The most influential, history-changing cars in this hobby? The 2020 Detroit Autorama organizers presented their selections this year with an exhibition called "The ...

FEELING I’VE EVER HAD LONG BEFORE. FAST AND FURIOUS TURNED MODERN STREET RACING INTO A MOVIE FRANCHISE. THE TIE RODS WERE BURNING RUBBER FROM CONCORD MASS TO THE WEST COAST, EILER RUNNING IN CIRCLES ...