The Allure of the Odd
It’s a condition we’re at a loss to explain but most enthusiasts succumb to at some point: the allure of the oddball car. As much as we all love a classic Deuce roadster or 1955 Chevy sedan, you have...
View ArticleThe Wild Antics of Pat Minick and the Chi-Town Hustler
Where It All Began With the passing of driver Pat Minick of the popular “Chi-Town Hustler” team of Farkonas, Coil, and Minick, we’re reminded of everything that made Funny Cars so exciting wrapped up...
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Hot Rod Builder Roy Brizio Tells Us How to Build For 40 Years
In a Rolling Stone article a few years ago, seminal guitar player Jeff Beck said he almost quit playing guitar to go to work building hot rods at Roy Brizio’s South San Francisco shop. There is almost...
View ArticleFreak Show Friday: An Actual mini-1969 Camaro
First of all we should state that Freak Show Friday does not ever knowingly use Photoshopped or photo-chopped images. For such serious matters as FSF, we have the highest of integrity. That being said,...
View ArticleDisturbing Tri-Five Chevy Chainsaw Massacre Gallery – Over 150 Images
Desecrating a shrine is how some view modifying the beloved 1955-57 Chevy. So many are devoted and beholden to GM’s finest that countless thousands have been lovingly restored to within an inch of...
View ArticleTurn Back Tuesday: Junior Brogdon’s Phony Pony Funny Car-Or Not
If Junior Brogdon’s “Phony Pony” Funny Car looks odd in this shot from the NHRA Winternationals in 1968, you should see it from the side. There was a time in the go-go days of Funny Cars when everyone...
View ArticleFreak Show Friday: The Big T
This could be considered a “T-Bucket” and we’ll tell you why. The top of the cowl and windshield are from a 1923 Model T roadster body, and for good measure the grille shell is from a 1929 Model A...
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HOT ROD Interview: 2016 Funny Car Champion Ron Capps
Take 5 With Ron Capps Though Ron Capps is the 2016 NHRA Funny Car champion, we took the opportunity to ask him questions we’ve wanted to ask for years, unrelated to this, about his first championship....
View ArticleWhere Did T-Buckets Come From?
Where It All Began You hardly ever get an opportunity to see the origins of a hot rod trend or whole category of hot rod, but in this image from April 1957 you can see the two cars that started the...
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Ed “Big Daddy” Roth’s Mysterion and Mysterion II
I loved Ed Roth, especially as a child. If Roth had been a traveling circus, I would have left home to join. As it was, I got a chance to work with him in the 1980s and 1990s on some cars and art. I...
View ArticleThe 1967 “Invader” Roadster Has Twin Everything
One of the things we’ve always liked about this alternative shot from the Invader feature from HRM’s July 1967 issue is that in spite of this being a twin-Pontiac engine, twin-Hydro transmission,...
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Every Year (Almost) of Ohio George Montgomery’s Iconic Willys Gasser
Here’s a rare opportunity to see the transformation of a long running, iconic Gasser. Virtually every year Ohio George Montgomery ran his 1933 Willys Gasser from its humble beginnings in 1959 to the...
View ArticleFreak Show Friday: The Trike T!
Last week we presented a yellow T-bucket-type of Freak Show, and we thought it would be fun to follow that with another yellow T-bucket-inspired creation that is at the opposite end of last week’s fine...
View ArticleFreak Show Friday: Repurposing, Recycling, Ingenuity
Not all freaks are good, and not all are bad. But good or bad, if you’ve got something like a 1937 Plymouth sedan body, and you know it will take lot’s of cash to make it complete before you begin...
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Some Secrets and Dark Places of NHRA Pro Stock According to Chris McGaha
Chris McGaha doesn’t hold anything back. He speaks from the heart and tells it like it is, so when we delved into the intricacies of Pro Stock racing in 2016 for the first year of fuel injection, we...
View ArticleFreak Show Friday: RotorWay Javelin prototype
Freakishness need not be limited to cars, nor should it scare you. Though a little offbeat from our normal Freak Show Friday–– what is normal for a post called Freak Show Friday? Right? What appears to...
View ArticleFreak Show Friday: When Is a Mustang Not a Ferrari?
When you have a Mustang but really want a Ferrari, you either trade up or start fabricating. This example is the latter, and has all of the identification we know and love from various Ferraris of...
View ArticleFirst Look: Pre-War Gallery From 2017 Goodguys Show at Del Mar, California.
140 Images of Hot Rods Roamin’ the Fairgrounds. We like truckin’ down to Del Mar for the Goodguys Meguiars Nationals because it has traditionally been a pre-1948 show, but also because it’s so big it...
View ArticleFirst Look: Post-War Gallery From 2017 Goodguys Show at Del Mar, California.
Lots of Street Machines, Low Riders, and Trucks Roamin’ the Fairgrounds. We like truckin’ down to Del Mar for the Goodguys Meguiars Nationals because it has traditionally been a pre-1948 show, but also...
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Russia Hacks Chevrolet and Steals Camaro Design
Russia was discovered to have hacked Chevrolet’s vast computer system, stealing intellectual property and advanced design programming for future Chevy models. Of interest to HOT ROD readers is their...
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