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TIME WARP

Delivering Smiles on the Daily

Birth of a HOT ROD Nation

One of the reasons I’m so proud to work for HOT ROD is the legacy of accomplishments of the staffers who came before me. I recently wrote about how HRM was “The Original Influencer” for readers, but the magazine has had incredible impact on the industry as well.

Snooki

BLOOD, SWEAT & GEARS

1968 Chevelle SS396 Vintage Drag Test!

As the lights come down, you squeeze the engine toward six grand, slide your leftfoot off the clutch, stab the loud pedal between the last yellow and the green, and bang!— 375 horses (a 425 Performance Rating via NHRA’s new system) launch you off the line for a near record run. Right? Wrong! At least that’s the way it was on every run we made with this month’s drag test vehicle, a ’68 Chevrolet SS396 Chevelle hardtop.”

SECOND ROUND KNOCKOUT

Daniel Cumby’s ’95 GMC Jimmy Overhaul

LONE RANGER

Two Years in the Making, This ’69 Ranger Stands Alone

KIK IT

An Attention-Grabbing Customer Collector

CHARLIE BROWN

A Showstopping ’68 Chevrolet K5 Blazer

STEER YOU RIGHT

A PSC Motorsports Big Bore XD steering box solved our Jeep’s steering woes

TACOMA ENVY

TECHLINE - Q/A

RPM

AUTOMOTIVE NEWS

ROCKIN' AND TALKIN'

Using Cobra handheld CB radios on the rocks, ropes and road trips

ULTIMATE ADVENTURE

PART 1: INTO AMERICA’S WILDERNESS

Two engines, four-wheel drive: Citroen's 4x4 is unique … just check the trunk

Automakers have devised quite a few ways to get power to all four (or sometimes more) wheels underneath off-road vehicles, but only a very select few have accomplished that task with two engines.

My plan for the classic Dodge Power Wagon I don't own

My mind often springs to life and engages full throttle in the middle of the night when it should be sleeping. When this happens, my brain is like a 4x4 high-centered on a rock, engine revving, all four tires spinning, but no movement. Thank goodness for my pal the iPad. I simply fire up the rectangular electronic wonder and look at 4x4 stuff on the interwebs until sleep once again comes to call.

2021 RAM 1500 TRX

Ram launches a performance truck with every intention of making the Ford Raptor’s off-road dominance extinct

Anatomy of a magazine editorial: Completely ignoring the ideal method for writing a monthly column

I’ve been writing for magazines for more than two decades. And in all those thousands of articles, my editorial columns are the ones I’m most proud of, but not necessarily the ones that take the most effort.

HELL RIDE

Confusion and chaos pretty much sums up this movie. It is the modern day version of all the biker exploitation “B” movies ever made.

Women's World

RIDING THE TAIL OF THE DRAGON

HALL OF FAMER VICKI “SPITFIRE” SANFELIPO AND TRIGGER, HER 1993 HARLEY SOFTAIL

Accident Scene Management founder, Vicki “Spitfire” Sanfelipo, was inducted into the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum Hall of Fame in August of 2020.

WIN PAUGHCO'S IIIIIII GOLD CHOPPER

FRESH FROM THE MOVIE ROUGH BOYS AND SOON IN YOUR GARAGE!

Glenn H. Curtiss

The fastest man in the world ... bullets are his only rival! - 1907

DRESS FOR THE SLIDE

Well everybody, here we are in November.

CHRISTIAN MOTORCYCLISTS ASSOCIATION

It’s important to remember to take a moment before a ride, and to make sure you have considered the anticipated challenges that can pop up.

RIDE YOUR OWN RIDE

Well, October is upon us and thank goodness for that. It means 2020 is going to come to an end soon. Not soon enough if you ask me. Along with October comes Halloween and maybe Biketoberfest. Love Halloween. This year everyone has a costume. Just don’t wear a mask. Bad joke I know, but it seems appropriate.

THEY PLAY AROUND WITH MURDER LIKE THEY PLAY AROUND WITH MEN

They're hog straddling female animals on the prowl!

RIDE SAFE RIDE SMART THE SLEEPY COMMUTER

You’re riding your motorcycle to work just after sunrise, traveling down a typical suburban street lined with car-filled driveways.

MIRANDA YOUNG

PARANORMAL EXPLORER AND BIKER

JOHN SHOPE'S DIRTY BIRD CONCEPTS WORLDS BEST BOSS GIVES SUPER SURPRISE

Hot on the heels of his success at creating one-of-a-kind custom baggers at Dirty Bird Concepts in Phoenix, Arizona, motorcycle mastermind John Shope came up with the next great idea: the Dirtytail. These Softail-based customs not only look incredible, they do the one thing that no stock Softail has ever done, namely, offer decent handling.

GLAM FAIRY

There are few Choppers in the Industry that are immediately recognizable and have achieved almost a cult following.