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AMBITION REALIZED

CUSTOM CAR BUILDER STANLEY CHAVIK IS LIVING THE AMERICAN DREAM

THE LONG GOODBYE 2021 DODGE SUPER STOCK DRAG TEST

If the ICE age is ending, the long goodbye starts now.

GENERATION Z

HOT ROD traces the history of an exclusive high-performance package for America's sports car.

SUPERCHARGED TIME MACHINE

Les Sutak's supercharged 1969 Camaro Z/28 appeared on the cover of HOT ROD 43 years ago. It remains a street machine time capsule today.

HELLEPHANT HELLUCINATION!

Design icon Ralph Gilles mind melds with SpeedKore for a next-gen Mopar.

POWER TOUR 2022

HIGH OCTANE AND SWEET TEA

THE LAST TIRE SHAVER IN LA (and maybe the world)

Will the lost art of tire truing make a comeback?

TRACK ATTACK

Modern muscle and classic Pro Touring hot rods battle on the track at Optima's 2022 Ultimate Street Car race in Charlotte.

FrankenFord

If you want something a bit different, this LS-headed Ford 300 six-cylinder may be just what you're looking for.

ELECTRO-MOTIVE EDUCATION

General Motors' Electro-Motive Division modernized the railroad industry with its revolutionary diesel engines and diesel-electric locomotives.

Waiting Its Turn

INTENTIONALLY HIDDEN FOR DECADES, THIS HISTORIC AND PRESERVED EAST COAST HOT ROD WAS LOST UNTIL DAVID SIMARD FOUND IT.

THE 2000HP RECIPE

How Nelson Racing Engines Builds the Most Powerful, Road-Ready Crate Engines on the Planet

IT'S ON CONTRACT

In high school, Mitch Laucks had to sign a contract with his parents prior to buying this full-size Chevy.

TEN THINGS I'VE LEARNED AFTER 20 YEARS WORKING IN AUTOBODY REPAIR

Automotive Painter and Autobody Technician (plus writer and TV host) Kevin Tetz offers his top 10 lessons gleaned from many years of working in the field.

Good Foundation

1979 CAMARO FOUND BURIED AND FORGOTTEN IN KANSAS GARAGE

FIBERGLASS AND MICA

This customized 1957 Corvette has been hidden in storage for decades.

Boost in a Bottle

Easy Nitrous Kit Install

The Untold History of Project X

This '57 Chevy's backstory from an insider might be more interesting than the official one.

A Piece of History

The 240-mph Supercharged Hemi-Powered Belly Tank From the '50s Returns

Amped Up

The EV Swap for the Everyman Is Coming Soon

Trials, Tribulations, and Second Thoughts

Did we butcher Project X? Controversy abounds, but how much did we have to modify our 1957 Chevy for its latest drivetrain swap?

The Shape of Perserverence

There is much more to Scott Sullivan’s 1954 Chevy than meets the eye

Time Capsule

Parked and stored since 1957, this 1937 ford truck is as original as they come

Top Flight

This Historic Custom Was Built in the ’50s and Hasn’t Changed Since

Blood Letters and Badmen

In the early ’60s, drag racing became a theater of the fantastic. Funny Cars still held very close to the original form, completely recognizable as the street machines from whence they came.

LONG WAIT

TWENTY YEARS IN THE MAKING, THIS WILD '57 IS BACK ON THE STREET

PROOF OF CONCEPT

We hit the drag strip for testing and tuning on our electrified '57 Chevy.

LIFELONG ACCOMPLISHMENT

After Years of Searching, a Chevelle Enthusiast Finally Finds the Holy Grail

Pulling the Plug

Easy DIY Battery Disconnect Switch Install

SEVENTY YEARS OF CHRYSLER HEMI DOMINANCE AT THE TRACK AND ON THE STREET

While many manufacturers have toyed with building engines with hemispherical combustion chambers, only Chrysler has wed itself to the technology to the extent that the name "Hemi" has become synonymous with Chrysler.