We wouldn’t have the hot rodding we have today if not for those gearheads and innovators who came before us. They were the risk takers and the mavericks who refused to conform and follow the herd.

This year marked the 12th edition of Battle of the Builders (BOTB), the automotive aftermarket industry’s ultimate proving ground. Hundreds of the best builders in the world entered across four ...

Not many people get the chance to live 97 years, but Gene Winfield did. The creator of hot rod and Kustom icons born in 1927, passed away Tuesday after spending time in a professional care facility.

From the January 2013 issue of HOT ROD: Builder Dan Webb recreates the iconic vehicle that set the 200-mph bar back in 1950. To celebrate HOT ROD's 75th anniversary, we teamed up with CASTROL GTX to ...

Built in 1979, this bright red '32 Ford looks like a flawlessly-crafted yet typical street rod. However, its powerplant is far from typical, as it used to belong to a Ferrari Daytona. Ever since hot ...

Dive into the world of classic automotive customization with this Kustom choptop build. Watch an old car evolve into a bold hot rod through traditional metalwork, lowered styling, and timeless garage ...

There are many cars from the past that keep custom garages on their toes in our time. How many times haven't we seen models originally made decades ago being given a new life at the hands of American ...

Invented by Frenchman Leon Levavasseur to power airplanes, the mighty V8 has become an icon of American automotive history. Cadillac introduced America to the V8 motor in 1914, and the car industry ...

Anyone who is at least passingly familiar with custom cars has probably at least heard of the concept of a hot rod. A hot rod is, of course, a custom car designed with the express purpose of going as ...

Yet within 15 years, and the turn of the century, youngsters from Burbank to Birmingham were creating traditional-style hot ...