Popularity polls are bittersweet experiences. This one was bitter because, of the 100-plus rods we featured in HOT ROD Magazine during 1986, only 10—less than 10-percent of the total—made the grade.

Famous drag racing correspondent Ralph "Digger" Guldahl earned his rodding background in classic Deuce highboy, Chevy V8-powered in '56. This is the "Golden Age" of hot rodding, today. Unlike many ...