Hot rods, typically old, classic American cars with large engines modified for linear speed. Yep!
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[More...] The origin of the term “hot rod” is unclear. For example, some claim that the term “hot” refers to the vehicle being stolen. Other origin stories include replacing the engine’s camshaft or “rod” with a higher performance version. Regardless, these are some of our favorites…
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Barry Weiss made a fortune selling wholesale produce and feeds his unique car collection, including this ’47 Cadillac, with the proceeds.
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Charles is a one-man-show in a small three bay shop in North Troy, New York. He primarily designs and fabricates parts for cars that are far from rat rods, his project car is a 1947 Plymouth. While his business caters to newer cars, Charles admits that it’s the classics he really enjoys working on.
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Doodlebug is the colloquial name for a home-made tractor made during World War II when production tractors were in short supply.
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It took 24,000 hours and 1.3 million dollars to transform a ’55 Chevy Nomad into the award-winning Chevy “NewMad”.
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This is no ordinary Rat Rod. It was designed and built by an experienced Winston Cup race car builder with race-quality parts front-to-rear.
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Michael Snow from Horneytown, North Carolina saw our Farmer’s Chopper post and shared his old school rat rod lawnmower with us.
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This truck was self-built with some help from neighbors, friends, and family. All the parts — every piece, came from Wabash County, Indiana.
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The Roadkill Shop Truck Project: Take a ’77 Camaro and S-10 frame rails and build a new soul for the ’49 Studebaker in 30 days for $1,000.
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South Texas Performance Turbo Diesel Rat Rod Truck built for The Rat Hard Build-Off ~ Builders get 30 days and $3,000 to build a Rat Rod.
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Melding design elements from different Chevy models, the 789 shows the world that you really can’t have enough of a good thing.
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Josh Mazerolle and his crew have 9 days to convert the LS Twin Turbo Hilux into a Drag Car for the Fastest Car Season on Netflix.
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When Dodge released the 1968 Coronet, it had no idea that it had created a legend, one of the best cars produced during its golden era.
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A hands-on glimpse into the history a 1966 Shelby Ford Mustang Group II racecar originally built for Shelby American driver Ken Miles.
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As it’s known, Rescue Pig started out as a 1949 Packard passenger car body that was dropped on top of a ’96 Dodge RAM truck chassis.
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The 1938 Ford roadster pick up features a car front-end, car fenders and modified running boards, and a factory produced bed of some sort.
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This 1950 Chevrolet 3100 pickup retains little more than the original tins — the chassis and drivetrain have all been ditched for NASCAR gear.
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This unique 1948 Dodge Milk Truck from Holland Dairy has been put back on the streets with a few borrowed parts.
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Holley Performance takes a closer look at Griffin Steinfeld’s strip and street driven 1963 Chevrolet C10 at Holley LS Fest West.
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The Multimatic-designed ’32 Ford hot rod with in-wheel front suspension, Ford Racing motor, and, well, a pile of other goodies.
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The original Continental sold to his grandfather as a new car was in fact a used car, which was replaced with an “executive demo”.
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The 1961 Buick Skylark is back, this time at Pikes Peak Airstrip Attack, for a half-mile run — which is what this car was BUILT to do.
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Racing a Pro-Modded chassis of the vehicle his father picked him up from school in, Fast Freddy merges sentiment with serious SPEED.
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This is Deplorable, a 1934 Renault Outlaw Gasser built by Renegade Race Cars and spotted at the NHRA Holley Hot Rod Reunion…
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This classic VW Beetle has been chopped, sectioned, and slammed on a full-tube chassis and is powered by a late-model 5.7L HEMI.
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This coupe has been chopped 4¼”, channeled 4″, sports 2nd Gen Corvette IRS, a Borg-Warner Super T-10 4-speed transmission, custom home-garage paint, pleated interior, and hand-built wheels…
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Robert’s 1938 International Harvester sports a blown 392 Hemi that breathes through an 871 blower and exhales through sizable stacks.
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Wes Smith has always been into cars, but he grew tired of cleaning his show cars every time he took them out. Then he discovered rat rods.
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Sleepers are cool. This ’68 Chevy Nova named “Sweet Pea” is a good one. It’s crusty, it looks like it was budget built, and it really rips.
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Taking 8 months of spare time and some help from close friends, Richie took this old Chevrolet wagon and made it a truly unique build!
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From Jay Leno’s Garage ~ Blastolene’s Piss’d Off Pete. Automotive artist Randy Grubb chops a Peterbilt into drivable sculpture.
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From DIY Garage ~ In this video you will see nine incredible Restomods and Pro-Touring Cars from top builders in the USA.
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We look at Phillip Huff’s beautifully restored 1964 Plymouth Barracuda Valiant at the 2018 Holley Hot Rod Reunion in Bowling Green, KY.
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This SpeedKore built 1970 Barracuda debuted at SEMA 2016 ~ This is also the 700-HP ‘Cuda wrecked in the Kevin Hart crash on September 1st. Take a closer look at the car…
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It might be hard to believe, but Bob Bruhn’s stunning ’65 Rambler Marlin is very much a home-built car.
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Jay Leno checks out Danny Trejo’s interesting car collection and the two go cruising in Danny’s 1965 Buick Riviera.
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BMX madman Denim Cox hits Hoonigan’s Tire Slayer Studio and offers up the bulletproof formula for a $650 Ford Econoline Van.
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Brendon Vetuskey’s 1955 Chevy gasser is a vision from his childhood. Now that its built, it has also become a Hot Wheels car.
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Snow White ~ Graham Smith’s Street-Legal 1957 Chevrolet makes is debut at Shakespeare County Raceway, Warwickshire, UK.
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This 1968 Ford Falcon running on 275 Drag Radials lays down around 2600 HP through its 449 CI Small Block Ford with a pair of 88 mm Turbos.
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Dubbed simply “The 57”, this a Car Biography of Steve Darnell’s Welderup built tri-five Chevrolet.
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This 1926 Hudson was hand fabricated into a woody surf wagon by Ben McCloy and Scott Satteria of Jack Dick Custom’s in Martinez, CA.
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Dennis Gage spotted this sleek, stealth Buick Riviera with custom wheels, paint, and taillights at Cruisin’ the Coast. Here’s a closer look.
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Inside Ricky Boada’s Ford Model A with a Honda S2000 engine swap. Ricky shows you around, drives around, and goes over future turbo plans.
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Dennis Gage goes for a spin in a couple of Johnny Hotrod’s home-built creations, a ’32 Ford and a ’52 Chevy painted by Gene Winfield.
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Don’t change cars, change the car. Mike Musto drives a Caddy that’s had several identities.
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This one is gold, baby — black with gold stripes, the Shelby Hertz “Rent-A-Racer” dream machine.
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Suzanne Williams grew her craft until she found her true love: a 1934 Ford Tudor sedan she’s spent nearly half a century perfecting.
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Andy’s 1965 Riviera is Buick badassery from the clean and classy shaved body to the custom interior all slammed on air suspension.
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In this episode from Vehicle Virgins, they test out Superformance’s 1963 Corvette Grand Sport! It is absolutely insane.
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The Monkeemobile is a Pontiac GTO modified by Dean Jeffries. Mel Gutherie tells what it’s like to own and drive this piece of pop culture…
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Badass Diesel Turbo RAT ROD Pickup
INSANE 57 Chevy Wagon RAT ROD!
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BAD A$$ Custom Peterbilt HOT ROD SEMI
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