Automotive
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Pulling the Plug
Easy DIY Battery Disconnect Switch Install
5 min |
May 2022
Hot Rod
SEVENTY YEARS OF CHRYSLER HEMI DOMINANCE AT THE TRACK AND ON THE STREET
While many manufacturers have toyed with building engines with hemispherical combustion chambers, only Chrysler has wed itself to the technology to the extent that the name "Hemi" has become synonymous with Chrysler.
3 min |
May 2022
Hot Rod
Stump Puller!
Procharged 489-inch Big-block Chevy is all
3 min |
March 2022
Hot Rod
What Is a Gear Vendors Overdrive?
eBay Motors Powers HOT ROD Drag Week Presented by Gear Vendors Overdrive.
4 min |
March 2022
Hot Rod
What Do Electric Vehicles Mean for the Future of Hot Rodding?
Electric vehicles are gaining in popularity and EV swaps are starting to show up in hot rods. Will this spell the end of traditional hot rodding?
3 min |
March 2022
Hot Rod
Barn Find
1937 ford truck rescued after 55 years!
2 min |
February 2022
Hot Rod
Bring the Noise
"How to Install Electric Exhaust Cutouts"
1 min |
February 2022
Hot Rod
THE GREATEST DRAG RACING RIVALRY OF 1966
Drag racing has had some famous rivalries. Long before Don “The Snake” Prudhomme mixed it up with Tom “The Mongoose” McEwen, years before “Big Daddy” Don Garlits called out Shirley “Cha Cha” Muldowney, there was Bill Jenkins versus Jere Stahl. In 1966, it was the greatest rivalry in drag racing.
2 min |
April 2022
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MUSCLE CAR FIGHT
Modern and classic Pro Touring muscle battle on the track at Optima’s Ultimate Street Car race.
6 min |
April 2022
Hot Rod
DIY PREP AND SAVE
How To Prep Your Car for Paint the Right Way
6 min |
April 2022
Hot Rod
It's a Driver!
With a new engine and suspension, HOT ROD’s C10 project truck is back on the road! See how it happened.
7 min |
April 2022
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IT'S BACK!
This Pro Street Olds From 1995 Returns as a Power Tour Long Hauler in 2021
4 min |
April 2022
Hot Rod
CORVETTE IN PARADISE
This Big-block 1958 Corvette Was Rebuilt Beyond Restomod but Stays Nostalgic
4 min |
April 2022
Hot Rod
BRING OUT YOUR BEST
The Tricks, Techniques, and Tools of Professional Detailers
9 min |
April 2022
Hot Rod
Rare Nascar Photos From the 1960s
Stock car racing got its start in the rural South, but by the time NASCAR arrived at Riverside International Raceway in the early 1960s, the sport had achieved national success.
1 min |
February 2022
Hot Rod
MUSCLE CARS ON TRACK
UMI’s 2021 Autocross Challenge brought fast cars, both new and classic, to battle it out.
2 min |
March 2022
Hot Rod
Dry Lake Memories
VINTAGE HOT ROD AND RACING PHOTOS FROM PREWAR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
9 min |
March 2022
Hot Rod
FASTEST STREET CAR IN AMERICA
Fast Cars, Freaks, and Swedes from HOT ROD Drag Week eBay Motors Powers HOT ROD Drag Week Presented by Gear Vendors Overdrive.
10+ min |
March 2022
Hot Rod
HAND-ME-DOWN DART
STEVE HINCKLEY RESTORED THIS 1965 DART THAT HAS BEEN IN HIS FAMILY FOR THREE GENERATIONS
4 min |
March 2022
Hot Rod
Icons Reunited
The Scotty’s Muffler roadster ran a Hemi at Bonneville in the ’70s. Next time, it will be with the famous Tom Senter Ardun.
4 min |
March 2022
Hot Rod
IT GETS PRIMO PARKING
BLOWN LS-SWAPPED 1965 MALIBU PERFORMS AS GOOD AS IT LOOKS
4 min |
March 2022
Hot Rod
Turn By Turn
Easy Close-Ratio Steering Box Upgrade
2 min |
February 2022
Hot Rod
JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED
THE SURGEON GENERAL OF HORSEPOWER PRESCRIBED A FIVE-DAY ROAD TRIP TO CURE OUR ILLS
5 min |
February 2022
Hot Rod
PRODUCT SHOWCASE
1969 Che velle Restomod Build for the Road and for SEMA.
3 min |
February 2022
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Rock Solid
How to Build a Bulletproof 9-Inch Third Member
2 min |
February 2022
Hot Rod
LOST TO TIME
VINTAGE DRAG RACING PHOTOS FROM SANTA MARIA DRAGSTRIP
1 min |
February 2022
Hot Rod
It Has Been a Privilege
My first byline in HOT ROD magazine appeared in the February 1992 issue. Now, 30 years later, the February 2022 issue will likely carry my last. This is my final editorial column.
5 min |
February 2022
Hot Rod
FIVE DECADE SLUMBER
Built in the ’30s. Forgotten in the ’50s. How a barn find 1933 Ford was resurrected as the Devil’s Coupe.
5 min |
October 2021
Hot Rod
RADICAL IN RED
Spot All The Changes Made to This 1956 Chevy
4 min |
October 2021
Hot Rod
Carbon Fiber: The Performance World's Go-Fast Gold
What Is Carbon Fiber and Why Is It Today’s Hottest Performance Automotive Material?
8 min |