In this issue

Ever wonder what it would be like to attend Motorweek in Monterey? Well in this issue we give you a taste of what it would be like! Motorweek coverage includes the Hagerty Kickoff Show, The Little Car Show, Gooding & Company auction, Pebble Beach Tour, Motorsports Reunion, and, of course, the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance! Then we take you to the Goodguys West Coast Nationals, and put a remote kill switch on our project car. Fun issue with some amazing cars and fantastic photos!

Phil and Cami Barrows' ‘57 Chevy 150

Phil bought his ‘57 in 1978 and it was his regular daily driver for years, and his favorite memory is leading a parade of classic Chevys from the church with his bride Cami to their reception on his wedding day! But a few years ago Phil got the urge to rebuild the car.

1 min

Toyota/Save Mart 350 Where rubbing is racing!

Kyle Larson dominated an action-filled Toyota/Save Mart 350 NASCAR Cup Series race at Sonoma Raceway.

1 min

Jim and Saraina Silva's Early 1955 Chevy Pick-Up!

In September of ’83, Jim (15 years old), his father, brother George and longtime friend Jerry Glover piled into his dad’s ’53 truck and headed to Stockton in search of a truck.

1 min

FERRARI DAY AT THE BLACKHAWK MUSEUM

HOT CARS

1 min

CLASSIC CHEVYS ON TREASURE ISLAND!

Recently Ron Pfisterer invited me to tag along with him for a Classic Chevy Club gathering on Treasure Island in the heart of the San Francisco Bay. It wasn’t widely publicized, it was just a gathering of locals.

1 min

Beyond City Limits Presents Ocean Beach Cars and Coffee

Windmills, beaches, dogs, & cars!

1 min

EFI FUEL SYSTEM INSTALLATION

In the last issue of HOT CARS magazine we installed the heart of our EFI system, the Holley Sniper throttle body.

1 min

AUTO ART

My family lived in North Long Beach, CA, so you just KNOW I had a great first half of a childhood right in the middle of Custom Car Land. My first car show was in 1951 at the Pan Pacific Auditorium with my Dad. Larry Watson’s first shop was 3 1/2 blocks from our house.

4 mins

CRAIG CHERRY 1964 FORD GALAXIE

Craig Cherry’s Galaxie is a perfect example of a muscle car time capsule.

3 mins

CRAIG CHERRY 1938 Chevrolet Cabriolet

While walking through Craig Cherry’s massive car collection one car stuck out and caught my attention more than the others; it was his 1938 Chevrolet Cabriolet.

2 mins

RPM NATIONALS 2020 - Santa Margarita Ranch

It was touch and go there for a while. We all followed the RPM Nationals on Instagram waiting to hear if there was going to be a 2020 event? Then word came that they were going to have the event but were not sure if spectators were going to be allowed. So again we patiently waited to find out if it was going to be a racers-only event.

3 mins

SPEEDWAY MOTORS MUSEUM OF AMERICAN SPEED

“This place is a national treasure!” was the answer I gave the docent when he asked what I thought of the museum.

1 min

MOPAR MANIA

The Bob Frey Collection

2 mins

Kailani's MUSTANG

So why does the “Mopar guy” have a 1965 Mustang?

2 mins

INSTALLING A/C IN YOUR ‘A' BODY! PART ONE: UNDER THE HOOD

Since I’m still waiting for the QA1 lower control arms to come in, we’ll have to hold off on doing the front suspension until later. In the meantime let’s get our Vintage Air (VA) A/C installed on our project car!

1 min

The Ripper

This beautiful 1932 Ford Sedan just screams “Hot Rod!” when you look at it and maybe that’s why its owner, Dave Lozano, wanted it so badly.

1 min

SHOP TOURS!

What is it about shop tours that we all love so much? I think we’re all curious to see the next batch of upcoming hot rods, but it’s something more than that.

1 min

Project FIXER UPPER

The latest news is that all the suspension and brake pieces are on backorder until mid-July! Dang COVID 19 has really slowed things down.

1 min

OUR FEATURE CARS OVER THE YEARS!

We’ve had the great joy and privilege over the years to photograph some amazing cars and got to meet some great people.

1 min

AUTO RACING

With Weathertech Raceway just an hours drive south of us in Monterey, and Sonoma Raceway just an hour north of us, our home office was in a great place to cover the many different forms of auto racing these two tracks had to offer!

1 min

AUTO MUSEUMS

The Nethercutt Collection is a privately owned American multi-storied museum located in Sylmar, Los Angeles, California founded by J.B. Nethercutt in 1971.

1 min

Project Fixer Upper gets a rear end update

One of the first things I wanted to do on the ElCo was to upgrade the suspension.

2 mins

ICON DEBUTS "DERELICT" 1949 MERCURY COUPE WITH PIONEERING EV CONVERSION AT SEMA 2018

As with all ICON projects, the latest one is all about pushing the limits and challenging the status quo.

3 mins

Looking back: 2017 Auburn Hill Climbs

History of Ford A Speed Technology (F.A.S.T.)

2 mins

AUTO ART

This year marks the 50th anniversary of my fascination with drag racing. During that time I have taught myself to draw, paint and make models of dragsters.

2 mins

Nostalgia Days Livermore, CA

Nostalgia Day car show has become one of the premiere car shows in Northern California.

1 min

RPM Nationals

Flat head, nostalgia drag racing at its best! That’s what the RPM Nationals is all about!

1 min

Hot Rod Hill Climb

Central City Colorado

1 min

Spanish Bay Resort / Motorweek

The Spanish Bay Resort on 17 Mile Drive on the Monterey Peninsula hosts the Pebble Beach RetroAuto; it features an elegant and thoughtfully curated collection of exhibitors offering rare collectibles and memorabilia from our automotive past.

1 min

Billetproof California

The rules at Billetproof are simple; if you’re driving a big buck street rod or custom covered in billet aluminum pieces, you’re not welcomed here!

1 min

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HOT CARS Magazine Description:

HOT CARS magazine is dedicated to all the car guys out there that enjoy all forms of motorsport. The magazine leans toward the Street Rod and Street Machine styles, but we cover a little bit of everything. We attend events up and down the West Coast bringing you pictures of some of the best cars California has to offer. One weekend we might be at a Goodguys show, and the next weekend at a sports car race. Although these two shows may be as different as night and day, they have one thing in common; great cars and great people. Our feature cars are just as unique. We have featured everything from a sling shot dragster, to a Chevelle “Hatchback”, to a “Rat Fink” style ’34 Ford! Our in house “Project Car” is just that, it’s being built right out in my garage! No “big-buck” project being built at a big name Hot Rod shop somewhere. Just a simple, low buck, nostalgia style, ’30 Ford Highboy Coupe that’s going to see a lot of miles when it’s completed . We’ve got some great regular features; “Auto Art” is dedicated to the great automotive artists out there, each issue an artist shares their work with our readers, “Web Search” is a fun look at some of the neat automotive web sites out there (we review them and give you the URL), “In-Scale” takes a look at the world of model car building with feature cars and kit reviews, and of course, a “Reader’s Rides” page where our readers send in picks of their Hot Rods!