In the Summer 2025 issue of HOT ROD, we celebrated home-built cars—built not bought, as some would say—and that is a large part of HOT ROD’s legacy. Since the first issue, our mantra has been to ...

During my time at HOT ROD, I have developed a greater appreciation for really high-end builds, like what you’d see competing for the prestigious awards at the Grand National Roadster Show or the ...

With Ardun heads, a supercharger, vintage disc brakes, and a whole lot more, this Model A was tailor-made for high-speed runs. You may be asking yourself why Dennis Kilpatrick named his seriously ...

If you ask any gearhead about the beginnings of hot rodding, they'll point to the late 1930s in southern California. That's because the original hot rods came along in this part of the US when a bunch ...

The American hot rod craze is believed to have originated in Southern California during the interwar years and into the early Cold War period. A time when the playbook detailing how to shove large ...

There’s no two ways about it: We live in the golden age of horsepower. You can get crazy performance for cheap, whether you’re buying new or building the truck engine in your project car. That said, ...