In the Summer 2025 issue of HOT ROD, we celebrated home-built cars—built not bought, as some would say—and that is a large part of HOT ROD’s legacy. Since the first issue, our mantra has been to ...

Jamie Jarvis is currently sitting in first place in B/Gas class in HOT ROD Drag Week 2023. His '55 Chevy 210 is pretty enough to be a car show contender, but he shows it no mercy on the racetrack. As ...

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 ...

The good ol’ Ford Ranger is one of the most famous trucks to have ever been unleashed on American roads. There’s so much that was right about the Ranger, from its compact size and insane durability to ...