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...
When most people think of speed parts, they rewind a few decades and think back to the Ford flatheads that were so prevalent in the 1940s and 1950s. However, did...
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...
Although not the first V-8 engine ever produced, Henry Ford’s side-valve V-8, launched in 1932, certainly qualified as the first mass-produced V-8 sold to the public. Over time, however, the...
Here is the officially licensed anniversary celebration of the world’s longest continuously published and best-known automotive magazine.HOT ROD Magazine: 75 Years celebrates the stunning content that has been created and...
Step into the world where cars became dreams on wheels. In Designing Dreams, Dick Ruzzin unveils the untold story of General Motors, Harley Earl’s groundbreaking vision, and the artistry that...
How to Chop Tops: A Pictorial Guide to Hot Rodding’s Most Popular Modification Discover the art and precision behind one of the most iconic modifications in hot rodding—chopping tops. How...
Flathead spoken here. From stock rebuilds to high-horsepower modified engines, this book delivers instructions on every facet of rebuilding your flathead V-8. Crystal-clear photos make every step easy to understand...
Produced in cooperation with HOT ROD magazine, HOT ROD Mavericks takes you on a rollicking look back on more than a century of trailblazers, risk-takers, hell-raisers, and forward-thinkers.No aspect of automobile...
Reprint of original 1954 edition. How to hot rod Chevrolet inline six-cylinder 216 and 235 cid engines, plus GMC 228, 248, 256, 270 and 302 cid engines, and the Buick...
Reprint of original 1952 edition. How to hotrod Ford and Mercury flathead V-8 and six-cylinder engines, plus Model A & B engines and the Lincoln V-12 engine. Filled with cutaways,...
In the 1960s, model kit building was a huge hobby. Kids built plastic kits of planes, tanks, race cars, space ships, creatures from scary movies, you name it. Before baseball...
You're building a hot rod. The first step is the chassis. If it's not right, the car won't handle well. If it's really not right, the car might destroy itself....
How to Chop Tops: A Pictorial Guide to Hot Rodding’s Most Popular Modification Discover the art and precision behind one of the most iconic modifications in hot rodding—chopping tops. How...
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...
The book forms the basis of a feature on the history of Australian Street Rodding which is to appear in the Rodder's Journal issue 22.The History of Australian Street Rodding...
Hot rodding has always been about taking something that Detroit built and making it leaner and faster. At the epicenter of the movement was a cast of driven men who...
Ford Flathead V-8 Bible has the detailed and accurate information you need to build, restore, or just daydream about the engine that gave birth to hot rodding. The ultimate Ford...
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...
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,...
