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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.