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1950 Chevy Fleetline - Fleetline In Time
Earl Jones knew he married the right woman when she gave him a '50 Chevy for a wedding present. more
1936 Ford Roadster - Rising To The Top
The story of Roger O'Dell's custom project begins with a phone call from a friend complaining about a '36 Ford roadster... more
1931 Ford Model A Coupe - A Plus
My favorite cars have always been traditional-style rods, in particular, the early "show coupe" style... more
1927 Ford Roadster Pickup - Surfer Bird
Lynn Bird began a project and ended with a Ala Kart inspired 1927 Ford Model T roadster show car. more
1932 Ford Roadster - The Liberace Lowboy
A big part of the appeal of show rods like Craig Smith's wild customized 1932 Ford Roadster is nostalgia for the early Sixties. more
1955 Plymouth Belvedere - Red Rock
In the Rodding world there are many unwritten rules and Kent Ladner broke two of them with his Plymouth Belvedere. more
1930 Ford Coupe - Restorer's Rod
What we have right here is a perfect example of the often talked about but seldom seen "barn car". You know the one... more
1949 Crosley Hot Shot - Hot Shot
America's first whack at a sports car wasn't much to talk about. The brainchild of Powel Crosley Jr., the Hot Shot debuted... more
1930 Ford Roadster Pickup - Faster Pussycat!
Spectators at the '09 Grand National Roadster Show (GNRS) were the first to see Jim Benitez's Model A roadster... more
1950 Oldsmobile Futuramic 88 Deluxe Club Coupe - Understatement Of The Year
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... more
1932 Ford Coupe - A Couple Slices Of History
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... more
1932 Ford Pickup - Pickup The Pieces
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... more
The Trojan T
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... more
1953 Ford F-100 - The Mountain Pearl
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... more
1960 Chevy Impala - Unique Blend
The amazing '60 Chevy custom you're looking at has been making the rounds of the top-shelf indoor shows... more
1932 Ford Tudor Classic - Li'l Coffin
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.... more
1951 Ford Coupe - Shoebox Saga
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..... more
1926 Ford Roadster Pickup Black Widow - The Black Widow
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,.... more
1952 Buick Custom - Resilience
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..... more
1940 Ford Coupe - Ohio Style Straight From Arizona
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,.... more
1932 Ford Three Window Coupe - Class Project
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... more
1956 Chevy Nomad - Someday Driver
"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 more
1940 Ford Coupe - Forty Be Low
It may not always be the first thing that comes to mind when looking at a hopped-up old car, but there's usually a great story of how a vintage vehicle survived through the years without ending up rotting away... more
1930 Ford Model A Coupe - The Mystery Machine
Those of us who are, or have been, married have doubtless, at one time or another, surprised our spouses with unexpected gifts (and not always surprised in a good way). Jim Kipp is no exception--except that he gave his wife Debra one heck of a surprise 50th birthday present... more
1952 Cadillac Convertible - The Golden Edition
Fans of the television show "Monster Garage" may remember an episode from about three years ago on which a team of top-level customizers built a '51 Cadillac convertible custom... more