Chris Conly wasn't one of those "typical" customers-at least not from the start. A few years back, he'd approached Barry to see if he'd whip out a chassis and rough in some of the bodywork for a '34 Ford cabriolet...
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Earl Jones knew he married the right woman when she gave him a '50 Chevy for a wedding present.
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The story of Roger O'Dell's custom project begins with a phone call from a friend complaining about a '36 Ford roadster...
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I'm always anxious when I see a new build and then hear that the project started with an existing old hot rod because I love old barn finds and survivor cars from back in the day. When I spoke to Gary Bennett...
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These days, Dennis McPhail is anything but "understated". Roll back the calendar some 15-plus years, however, and that would've probably been the best way to describe him ...
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Lynn Bird began a project and ended with a Ala Kart inspired 1927 Ford Model T roadster show car.
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My favorite cars have always been traditional-style rods, in particular, the early "show coupe" style...
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A big part of the appeal of show rods like Craig Smith's wild customized 1932 Ford Roadster is nostalgia for the early Sixties.
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In the Rodding world there are many unwritten rules and Kent Ladner broke two of them with his Plymouth Belvedere.
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What we have right here is a perfect example of the often talked about but seldom seen "barn car". You know the one...
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America's first whack at a sports car wasn't much to talk about. The brainchild of Powel Crosley Jr., the Hot Shot debuted...
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Spectators at the '09 Grand National Roadster Show (GNRS) were the first to see Jim Benitez's Model A roadster...
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The goal behind building a custom, some people say, is to attract attention. The history of customs is full of cars that get-or got-a lot of attention...
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Putting a single person's name to this story from one angle might seem to be a bit of an overstatement, but at the same time not tying it all together with a selected surname would be a bit of an oversight as well...
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Tom Carver's '32 Ford used to be one of those forlorn field trucks. The old Deuce saw decades of abuse before Tom spied it at a swap meet...
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Over the past generation it seems that every piece of hidden treasure has been discovered. Well, we're here to tell you that it's still out there...
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A thousand miles east and another mile higher than his Southern Californian peers, Otto Rhodes was an unlikely trendsetter. Over a four-year period he sculpted his ordinary F-100 into a chopped, pearl-painted, chrome-laden show stopper...
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The amazing '60 Chevy custom you're looking at has been making the rounds of the top-shelf indoor shows...
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In 1954, a young kid behind the wheel of a channeled '32 Ford Tudor came storming down Mt. Vernon Avenue in Wichita, Kansas. As the Ford passed the train tracks....
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Everybody loves a saga, a story about an ordeal that never seems to end. So next time you're bench racing with your buddies, bring up the story of Jerry Kincade's '51 Ford.....
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One of the most popular competitors for the America's Most Beautiful Roadster Award at the 2009 Grand National Roadster Show was the Black Widow,....
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Paul and Erik Hansen are the owners of Resilience, this classic but contemporary '52 Buick custom, but they are just part of the team responsible for the creation of the car.....
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Cromling's history with this particular '40 Ford coupe is somewhat unusual in the respect that he has owned this car since 1972. Sure, there are plenty of folks who have kept a car for as long,....
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What do you picture when you think about hot rod activity from the Fifties? Dusty dragstrips with leaping flagmen? Stripped down roadsters tearing across a dry lake? If your mind conjures up images of dragstrips...
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"Growing up in Los Angeles in the Fifties, I was very much aware of the hot cars. Right from day one the Tri-Five Chevys were the most popular, but only the wealthy kids had the pleasure of driving one. The rest of us said `someday'." -Allen Blackmore
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