Discover HOT ROD’s Top 10 Cars of 2025—our third year reviving this iconic list. See the trendsetting builds, top builders, ...

LIMA – Greg Hawk took one look at the hot rod parked in Neal Lause’s garage and told him to “leave it alone.” It wasn’t the typical advice you would expect to hear from the owner of Pop’s Rod Shop in ...

We’ve been scanning the offerings at Hemmings.com again, scouring the listings for deals but also a little inspiration. It’s the usual gearhead daydream modus operandi: What would we buy if it were ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cody Wendelbo loves summer. He gets to dream of it every day while working at his business, The Hot Rod Shop of Fargo. Wendelbo, 31, got the car bug at an early age. "I would just sit in my mom's 1965 ...

At the base level, a Hot Rod is a car that takes a humble-looking body and packs it with more power than you can shake a stick at. And, while this is a formula we're used to seeing tuners and ...