This time, we're looking at the styles of the 1950s. In the '40s, hot rods were generally street-driven race cars. In the '50s, the hobby that had been centered around the dry lakes and salt flats ...

hot rod and foreign collector cars. Car buffs also will have an informal get-together. Beginning at 7:30 p.m., a `50s-style deejay will play golden oldies from the `50s and beyond. At 9 p.m. there ...

It all started with hot rods. See All 63 Photos "Hot-rodding was really the genesis of all automotive enthusiasm and innovation in the '40s, '50s, and '60s, and even today," he continues.

So we wondered what some of the best hot rods to roll off the factory floor ... You have to be wealthy and/or older (40s-50s) to have a late model factory hot rod these days, especially if you ...

"My dad and brother build hot rods and my mum runs a business around it, and I do a lot of art commissions for hot rods," she said. "I think it's classic (style) - people love the fashion ...