Too often when guys are looking outside the ordinary for the perfect hot-rod fodder they forget to consider cars produced outside the U.S. All you really need are good, strong body lines if the plan ...

The definition of a hot rod has always been flexible, but collector culture has quietly settled on an unofficial formula. For many enthusiasts, the ideal hot rod starts with a 1932 Ford, commonly ...

Thompson and the Challenger were back in 1960. Superchargers on the big-inch Pontiacs helped reach 354.33 mph and his third ...

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 ...

A striking 1933 Ford 3-Window Coupe hot rod, built on a custom Randy Ellis Design frame and powered by a Holley EFI-fed 383ci stroker V8, is currently being offered at no reserve on Bring a Trailer.

In hot rodding circles, we’re often told to respect our elders. But what happens when your elders have elders to respect? The complete lineage of American hot rodding stretches back the better part of ...

American Hot Rod is a reality television series that originally aired between 2004 and 2008 on The Learning Channel and Discovery Channel. The unique series documented the crew at Boyd Coddington's ...

The sleepy streets of Victoria were anything but quiet this past weekend, as the engines roared and chrome gleamed for the highly anticipated 15th Annual Hot Rod Riot Car Show. Hosted and masterfully ...

American Hotrod takes a close up view of one of the premier hotrod builders, Boyd Coddington. He is an automotive industry legend, whose work embodies the American hotrod. From his families' small ...

Original hot-rod hero, founder of the So-Cal Speed Shop, WWII veteran, and one of the founders of SEMA and the SEMA Show, Alex Xydias passed away this morning in Southern California. He was 102.

Hot rods were once a huge part of American youth culture, so much so that hot rodders developed their own language. Here are the classic terms you should know.

Boyd's next mission starts with the unlikely discovery of a '65 Ford Mustang in an old barn. But as the team begins to tear apart this ailing American classic, full of holes and rusted metal parts, ...