From the most popular car customizer of the 1950s and 60s comes Barris Kustom Techniques of the 50s. Based on articles George Barris once wrote for Hot Rod and Rod...
Here's a hot rod manual from Tex Smith just for bow-tie boys. Exclusively about Chevy rods, this book deals particularly with 1954 and older models. Bodywork, chassis, suspension, and powertrain...
This history of hot rodding is long and fascinating . There is an old saying in hot rodding, that the car you have recently bought isn't truly yours until you...
The history of hot rodding and performance cars has been well chronicled through the years. Books and magazines have covered the cars, builders, pioneers, engineers, early racers, muscle cars, street...
In How to Build Affordable Hot Rods, author and lifelong hot rod aficionado Tony Thacker takes you through the process of building a hot rod on a budget. Drawing on...
In Lost Hot Rods , we attempt to answer the questions about whatever happened to these great cars. We're not talking about vintage tin sitting in the desert or woods,...
Hot rods have made legends, taking the spotlight in all aspects of the beach culture, in movies, and in music. They represent youth, rebellion, and a drive to do things...
Every pastime has its greats, and hot rodding is no exception. Once in a while, a hot rodder puts together a car that's so right and so well done that...
Von Dutch (real name Kenneth Howard) is one of the most interesting characters in hot rod and popular culture history. Considered the founder of "modern" pinstriping, he was a prominent...
Hot rods have made legends, taking the spotlight in all aspects of the beach culture, in movies, and in music. They represent youth, rebellion, and a drive to do things...
In Lost Hot Rods , we attempt to answer the questions about whatever happened to these great cars. We're not talking about vintage tin sitting in the desert or woods,...
Art of the Hot Rod is a gallery of the best of American hot rods, profiling top builders and featuring studio portraits of their most outstanding custom creations.
HOT ROD Magazine has defined more than one generation of car and racing enthusiast in its 50-plus years of existence. This reprint of the best from the decade 1949 to...
This colorful book looks at Ford hot rods, from the early Model T to the A and B models, and includes such custom creations as the High Boys, Deuce Coupes...
The 1935-48 Ford and Mercury is one of the most popular starting points for hot rods, and this Tex Smith book is the ultimate guide to those cars. Incorporating frame...
Every pastime has its greats, and hot rodding is no exception. Once in a while, a hot rodder puts together a car that's so right and so well done that...
HOW TO HOP UP CHEVROLET 6 CLY 228 248 270 GMC ENGINES This Huntington classic will help you understand how things were done in 1951! Explains the V-8 family tree,...
Chevrolet Inline-6 Engine 1929-1962: How to Rebuild Chevrolet's inline 6-cylinder, affectionately known as the Stovebolt, was produced and applied to Chevrolet-powered automobiles from 1929 through 1962. Its effectiveness and simplicity...
?Hot Rod Empire details Robert E. Petersen's creation of Hot Rod Magazine in the 1940s and the Petersen Publishing empire that grew to the mainstream juggernaut we know today. The...
From streamlined drag strip racers to custom cruisers, these vintage hot rod postcards—featuring classic photos, movie posters, magazine and comic book covers, pinstriping art, and more—take you back to the...
