Couprageous: 1937 Ford CoupeCan we be honest? First impressions of Ed Umland’s outrageously reworked, mid-engined, twin-turbo ’37 Ford coupe were, “looks killer, won’t run, if it does run it will be a handful at best, will never be finished.” It looked like Ed went a few miles past the sanity Read more
After nine long years of waiting it’s finally here. The new Chevrolet Corvette. The long awaited revamp of the American classic made it’s stage debut at the North American International Auto Show. The seventh generation Vette sports some radical new design styles and ideas moving forward. As you can see Read more
Dirty Secrets of Car DesignIf you want to design cars, and your talent, drive, and sense of humor are sufficient to get you into design school, instructors will warn you that the opportunity to design an entire car—as you see it in your mind—will not happen. Editor’s note: HOT ROD Read more
Blasphemy – Two 1956 Chevrolet CorvettesCorvette purists get a little irritated when a ’56 Corvette owner ditches his original 265ci small-block for something with more cubes. It really irks them when the car is painted anything other than one of the eight original colors. Corvette purists get a little irritated Read more
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The First 200-MPH Hot Rod: So-Cal StreamlinerWe’ve seen those faded old HOT ROD covers and photos of the fabled So-Cal streamliner in hot rod history books so often that, 65 years later, the Bonneville race car lacks a certain amount of impact—until you see it for real. We’ve seen those Read more
Baja vs. Boss: Baja Trophy Truck at the Drags!Think your sport is spendy and dangerous? Try this on for size: Cameron Steele is about to drop $20,000 in fuel to go racing—not for the season, but for a single event that lasts less than two days. Think your sport is Read more
The DecoLiner“Is it an Airstream?” “Does it float?” Randy Grubb’s handbuilt DecoLiner draws all sorts of questions from gawkers, and there’s usually a gaggle of them. The polished-aluminum teardrop fuselage seems to attract a crowd and elicit smiles no matter where it’s parked or driven. “Is it an Airstream?” “Does Read more
World’s Coolest Hot Rod Motorhome – The DecoLiner“Is it an Airstream?” “Does it float?” Randy Grubb’s handbuilt DecoLiner draws all sorts of questions from gawkers, and there’s usually a gaggle of them. The polished-aluminum teardrop fuselage seems to attract a crowd and elicit smiles no matter where it’s parked or Read more
With the recent launch of the Chevrolet Camaro ZL-1 and the new Mustang Shelby GT500, the ghosts of muscle cars past seem to have come full circle. Now we know automotive technology has advanced at almost an exponential rate over the past fifty plus years and brought more horsepower, better Read more