Hot Rod
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The 1960s hot rod will hit the show circuit once again, before and after it gets a restoration.
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1930 Ford Model A hot rod roars into Barrett-Jackson for auction
A one-of-a-kind hot rod will grace the auction block on Friday during Barrett-Jackson's annual sale in Scottsdale, Arizona. This 1930 Ford Model A boasts a custom exterior with a steel interior, and there's a rival powertrain under the hood; it's sourced from Chrysler. If the hot-rodded Ford looks...
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1930 Ford Model A Sedan hot rod seethes with style
The 1930 Ford Model A sedan was a rather mundane thing. The Model T is credited with first putting Americans behind the wheel, and the 1932 Ford became a hot rod icon, but the 1928-1931 Ford is mostly forgotten. Put it in the hands of a rock star and a hot rod shop, though, and the Model A can...
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Rare Duesenberg hot rod visits Jay Leno's Garage
Dave Blake is the owner of one very special car. It's a hot rod built in 1947 by brothers Hal and Bill Ulrich using a 1934 Ford Roadster chassis and a masterpiece of an engine lifted out of a Duesenberg. Despite being designed all the way back in 1928, the 7.0-liter inline-8 Duesenberg engine had...
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Documentary details iconic McGee/Scritchfield 1932 Ford roadster
If you had to pick one car as the quintessential hot rod, the McGee/Scritchfield Roadster would be as good a choice as any. It's one of the most legendary, historic, and iconic hot rods in the history of the hobby, and it's a car that lived numerous lives. This documentary, by the Historic Vehicle...
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Steady as he goes; Lyle Fisk is the patron saint of pinstriping
It may seem commonplace now, but pinstriping has come a long way from its luxury roots. The practice is now in vogue in hot rod customization culture, or as professional pinstriper, Edward Lyle Fisk calls it, "embellishing." Fisk is one of only a handful of people who have dedicated their lives to...
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Hot rods are good for a couple of things: looking really cool, making the driver really cool, and doing cool things. They're just downright cool. One of those cool things hot rods do really well is performing incredibly smokey burnouts—this 1933 Plymouth sedan pulls the task off in spades. The driver stopped by the headquarters of the Hoonigan crew to show off the creation and spill a bit of knowledge on how the car came to be. It actually began life as a movie car and was featured in "The Great Debaters," a film from 2007 featuring Denzel Washington. Washington actually drove the...
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The 10 hottest collector cars of the summer
As the weather turns warmer and the sun starts to shine, car guys get fidgety. When we see our first classic car on the road, our thoughts turn to the collector cars we'd like in our own garages. And then the summer buying season begins. Hagerty, as the leading insurance provider of classic cars...
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Spitfire-Engined Bentley Meteor, Seen On Top Gear, For Sale: Video
In the last season of Top Gear, Jeremy Clarkson relived the Battle of Britain by once again pitting the Germans against the British. This time, it would be contested on a runway, between a German car powered by a Heinkel He 111 bomber engine (the Brutus) and a British car powered by a Rolls-Royce...
Kurt Ernst -
C10 Blazer, Meet C5 Corvette Chassis: American Shooting Brake
While this might not be your ideal of the American shooting brake, it's certainly one take on the concept. For those of us living in the mid-south, it's probably the closest thing to perfection since a 1967 Mustang mounted on a lifted F-150 pickup frame. Sure, it's highly impractical with most of...
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Mitch Allread's Rolling Sculpture Street Rod: Video
Let’s play a little bit of word association: if we say the words “street rod,” what jumps into your head? Is it a chopped and slammed 1932 Ford Coupe? A 1957 Chevy Bel Air, stuffed with a blown small block Chevy? Perhaps a “lead sled” Mercury? Whatever you envision...
Kurt Ernst -
Twin-Engine Miata Is 16 Cylinders Of Awesome: Video
A Florida garage owner has built a twin-engine, 16-cylinder Miata. Why? Because hot rod.
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Set to go on show at the 2009 SEMA Auto Show, the Ford hot rod will be the first rear-wheel drive application of Ford’s EcoBoost V-6.