There was a time when a hot rod was, well a hot rod. It wasn't a traditional hot rod, a rat rod, a resto-rod, a street rod; it was just a hot rod. Well, there were customs but that's another topic ...

That car, with Washington Blue and black paint, full fenders, and wire wheels was one classy street rod. This fenderless, channeled, black with flames version is something of an traditional hot ...

Alex Steelsmith's 1929 Ford Model A roadster is a prime example of what traditional hot rods are all about. Alex Steelsmith's 1929 Ford Model A roadster is a prime example of what traditional hot ...

Well, maybe. When it comes to building a so-called "traditional" hot rod, where the goal is to recreate the style of a certain era, there are a few secrets to success. The definition of ...

It’s a timeless-looking hot rod built without taking out a second mortgage. The easiest way to begin a traditional hot-rod build is to start with a car that was already hot-rodded. By the time ...

“I always liked how cars were built post-World War II … ‘traditional cars’ before ... and he didn’t mind that he planned to hot rod it. Old timers had taught Esslinger that if he used ...

When Pittsfield’s Eli English first got his hands on that 1930s Ford hot rod, he couldn’t help but want to know more about its history. With the help of the internet, he tracked down Buddy ...

Technically, any car, modern or retro, can be modified into a hot rod, though the traditional image of a hot rod is of an older car like a Ford Model T that's been souped up with a massive ...

Rat rodding has since evolved into a genre that stands in stark contrast to the traditional hot rod. While a hot rod is often a gleaming work of art polished to a high sheen with nary an aesthetic ...

There was a time when a hot rod was, well a hot rod. It wasn't a traditional hot rod, a rat rod, a resto-rod, a street rod; it was just a hot rod. Well, there were customs but that's another topic ...