Too often when guys are looking outside the ordinary for the perfect hot-rod fodder they forget to consider cars produced outside the U.S. All you really need are good, strong body lines if the plan ...

In 1930, Lee Chapel set aside space in his Broken Drum Auto Salvage—on San Fernando Road south of Glendale—for his first "speed shop." The fenderless car at right was a Chevy "single-seater" that he ...

American Hot Rod is a reality television series that originally aired between 2004 and 2008 on The Learning Channel and Discovery Channel. The unique series documented the crew at Boyd Coddington's ...

Hot rods were once a huge part of American youth culture, so much so that hot rodders developed their own language. Here are ...

Boyd's next mission starts with the unlikely discovery of a '65 Ford Mustang in an old barn. But as the team begins to tear apart this ailing American classic, full of holes and rusted metal parts, ...

A striking 1933 Ford 3-Window Coupe hot rod, built on a custom Randy Ellis Design frame and powered by a Holley EFI-fed 383ci stroker V8, is currently being offered at no reserve on Bring a Trailer.

Not many people get the chance to live 97 years, but Gene Winfield did. The creator of hot rod and Kustom icons born in 1927, passed away Tuesday after spending time in a professional care facility.

Visitors from all over California and beyond are pulling their hot rods and souped-up American classic cars into town for the 25th annual Bent Axles cruise and barbecue weekend.

American Hotrod takes a close up view of one of the premier hotrod builders, Boyd Coddington. He is an automotive industry legend, whose work embodies the American hotrod. From his families' small ...