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AI Quick Summary HOT ROD Magazine's Summer 2025 issue celebrates the tradition of home-built cars, emphasizing DIY culture since its 1948 debut. Despite fewer print how-tos, the HOT ROD website ...
The TwelveAir, photographed for HOT ROD Magazine’s Fall 2024 cover by Andrew Link, is one of the most stunning vehicles we’ve ever seen and we are proud to award it the top spot on our Top 10 ...
As the name implies, Pro Street evolved from both the drag- and street-racing scenes. Its direct predecessors were the street freaks of the Seventies, American cars modified with drag parts for ...
Get ready for the 31st Annual HOT ROD Power Tour, June 9-13, as it rolls through the Midwest with classic cars, racing, and more. Don't miss out!
Hot Rod Editor in Chief John McGann – all photos John McGann Hot Rod Magazine editor in Chief John McGann joins Dane Neal on WGN Radio. Hear as John shares the excitement around this annual event that ...
According to Hot Rod Magazine (and who would know better?), auto journalist Gary Baskerville is credited with co-opting the term for the modern car rat-rodding trend that emerged around 25 years ago.
This hot rod legend holds the honor of being the first non-race car to grace the cover of Hot Rod magazine, in 1948, and it was featured on a U.S. Postal Service Hot Rods Forever commemorative stamp.
HOT ROD magazine touts the Power Tour as the largest and finest automotive tour of its kind in the world. Classic cars and hot rods travel city to city on a route that takes the vehicles through ...
From snowboarding to HOT RODS! NHRA's Brian Lohnes and HOT ROD Magazine's John McGann chat with Roadster Shop CEO Laurent Potdevin! Laurent's path has taken him from Louis Vuitton, Burton ...