It’s been a standing rule ever since man started putting doors on cars, if an automobile has more than two doors it’s going to look stodgy and if it’s a four-door station wagon think beyond stodgy—it’ll be orthopaedic-shoe ugly.
That was the 20th century and the rules have changed a lot since then. In fact, there aren’t any rules anymore. Take for example Dan Taylor’s ’66 Dodge Polara station wagon, fully restored and customized by Hot Rods & Custom Stuff(HR&CS) of Escondido, California. The saga of Dan’s Dodge wagon starts out in reverse, with his son buying it for his first car, a surf wagon to drive to high school and ultimately transportation to college. The pass from son down to father—having the Dodge parked in his driveway for six years—spawned a vision in Dan’s mind of how the ’66 wagon could look with the right touches. Dan’s wife, Amy, agreed to the project if she could be in charge of paint colors and interior design.
Randy Clark, owner of HR&CS, planned to keep the exterior of the ’66 Polara wagon relatively stock appearing, but underneath he had big plans to update the Dodge into a 21st century hot rod surf wagon. The Chrysler Corporation wasn’t the first American car company to switch from body-on-frame construction to unit construction, but they were among the pioneers.
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STREET SHAKER
Jeff Norwell’s ’32 Ford Pickup Breathes Fire with a 422ci Hemi V-8
Valley Custom Forged the Path for Many a Rod and Custom
It must go with the territory … as one gains experience, one realizes just how much one doesn’t know.
NEXT GENERATION
THE START FAMILY’S ’33 FORD TUDOR BRINGS A NEW GENERATION INTO HOT RODDING
THAT 60'S SHOW
PETE’S COMP COUPE DREAMS CAME REAL
Digital Doin's
Our '55 Ford Gets a Custom Digital Dash
LIKE FATHER … LIKE SON
THE DOMINGUE ’57 CHEVY DELRAY
BEST FORD IN A FORD
TAKING THE OUTDOOR AWARD, CAN 600 HP IN A ’57 FORD BE SUBTLE … YES
A CAUSE OF ACTION
THE ULTIMATE FAIRLANE COMES WITH A 427 SOHC
COWA BUNGA!
THE SEXIEST ORTHOPEDIC SHOE EVER
50TH NSRA STREET ROD NATIONALS
A GREAT DEAL OF HISTORY WAS ON VIEW FOR ALL TO SEE … AND REFLECT