The end of the year is always a good time to surf through your desk drawers in an effort to clean up and prep for the new year, right? And in doing so, I came across a dozen or so Read more…
John McCartney photo It’s official: Hemmings Muscle Machines is spreading the influence of Musclepalooza south, to Raceway Park in Old Bridge Township, New Jersey, perhaps better known as Englishtown. What’s Musclepalooza? Our semi-annual gathering of muscle cars and other American Read more…
Whattsamatta, you gettin’ bored with all these GM cars and Mopars at the strip? Plug the ennui all by yourself. We’ll show you how, in a trio of photos from Labor Day weekend’s eighth edition of Musclepalooza at Lebanon Valley Read more…
SoCalBeachesMagazine asked: The 2008 San Diego Super Indoor Classic Custom Car Show featured more than 300 of the best classic custom cars, hot rods and low riders from Northern California, Los Angeles and San Diego. Check out this amazing show Read more…
Following is estimate of basic costs (1962-63) that may be expected to occur in building the economy version of the XR-6. It is expected that the builder is capable of doing most of his own work. Frame: Model A, $10; Read more…
As the summer approaches you are likely to see more and more hot rods hit the street. Hot rod cars are simply old, inexpensive cars that have been gutted out and restored. At times, they are have also been altered Read more…
The hot rod sport goes on and on, but the traditional roadster remains forever the same; be it for competition or street. This month’s cover salutes the cars that started it all by presenting the ’34 from St. Louis, the Read more…
This controversial roadster-pickup was built expressly to win the Oakland Roadster Show Sweepstakes. Richard chose a ’29 Ford pickup as the basic ingredient for his $17,000 hot rod. Interior is finished in black velvet and whitew naugahyde with gold beading. Read more…
California is considered to be the birthplace of hot rods. People were looking for cars to race across the salt flats, and many amateur mechanics looked to create streamlined vehicles for racing. They used whatever parts they could find in Read more…