We're always looking to expand the scope and experience of our events, and this year’s HOT ROD Power Tour Driven by Continental Tire also included an element that could be described as educational and ...

In our kickoff "class" in the Auto Shop Series on Engine Basics (HRM, Sept. '71), we defined the connecting rod or "rod" as the part of an engine which "transmits and converts up-and-down ...

From the January 2013 issue of HOT ROD: Builder Dan Webb recreates the iconic vehicle that set the 200-mph bar back in 1950.

Some of the very first self-propelled vehicles were products of engineers and the curious in private garages and workshops. Within a few decades of the invention of the first car, companies were ...

“Hot rods” should not be confused with “muscle cars”, insists Wikipedia. Yet in today’s classic automobile example at Beverly ...

Despite new custom cars coming into the public eye on an almost constant basis, it's not every day we get to see the various stages one goes through before being ready to wow the crowds. And that ...

"American Hot Rod" was an American reality television series that followed Boyd Coddington, a famous hot rod designer, as he and his crew built custom vehicles in Southern California. The show was ...

The good folks over at Roadster Shop strike again with a Chevy from the legendary Tri-Five era. It's an unassuming 1957 two-door with lots of patina, a yellow paintjob that makes you think it's a sad, ...