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From the very beginning, MotorTrend aimed at a broad group of automotive enthusiasts. It was meant to be, as the coverline on ...
In the garage of Ron and Laura San Giovanni are “His” and “Her” models. His is a blue 1932 Ford roadster. Hers is a maroon ...
The iconic Ford hot rod may have an unusual nickname, but the ever-popular 1932 Ford 'Deuce' has a very simple reason for achieving it's questionable nickname.
This annual curated show of North America’s best custom cars, hot rods and of roadsters has been going since 1950. Many of the show winners from the past were back in the show to celebrate 75 ...
A traditional hot-rod “stink-bug” stance (rear higher than the front) is created with 245/35 front and 295/40 rear Nitto tires on 20x8 Weld Evo wheels, and front and rear independent ...
However, the show had its roots in NorCal in 1950 when Al Slonaker and his hot rod club showed their custom cars at the Oakland Expo. The GNRS moved to Pomona, California, in 2004.
An AMBR winner back in 2017 with his Packard roadster, Troy Ladd of Hollywood Hot Rods displayed this gorgeously detailed 1964½ Mustang powered by a late model Coyote DOHC engine. As the ...
Featured in the very first Jay Leno's Garage episode for 2023, this small company from Three Lakes, Wisconsin, was born from the owner's love of a very special hot rod from the 1950s. I'm talking ...
Gerry pieced together the roadster pickup to create a fully restored vehicle which he later sold. Then he turned his attention to the 1931 Ford roadster ‘old skool’ hot rod project.
Featured on the cover of the July, 1964 issue of HOT ROD, this flamed-out Deuce roadster's star turn was as the template for a Mattel designer named Larry Woods, who painted the flames on the car ...
Breault said the Grand National Roadster Show “is the granddaddy, longest-running hot rod show in the country.” The competition, which started in 1950, is U.S.-based cars from 1937 or earlier ...
The Deuce Coupe was described as a 1932 Ford Model 18 with a V8 engine, popular with hot rod builders in the 1950s because the cars were available and cheap. The cars were called "deuce" because ...