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New Life for Old Gauges

How Redline Gauge Works Updates Old Factory Gauges to Work with Modern Electrical Accessories While Retaining Their Original Appearance

The Kookie T Is Back!

The Restoration of Norm Grabowski’s 1922 Ford, The World’s First and Favorite T-Bucket

TWO DECADE DEVOTION

Lovingly Restored, This R-Code Galaxie Has Been Modified to Modern Performance Standards

The HOT ROD Archives

The HOT ROD Archives

THIS 150 MPH HOT ROD CHANGED HISTORY

Stu Hilborn (1917-2013) was one of the pioneers of hot rodding and the performance parts industry.

Homeless Hemi, Part 4: How Does Intake Manifold Design Affect the Power Curve?

WE TEST A STOCK INTAKE AGAINST THE DRAG PACK SINGLE PLANE INTAKE WITH A CARBURETOR. GUESS WHICH ONE MAKES MORE POWER.

THE JUNKYARD CIRCLE OF LIFE

Though the notion is strange to my non–car-enthusiast friends, HOT ROD readers will appreciate this—I like to go to junkyards, whether or not I’m actually looking for a specific part.

HOT ROD Drift Truck Project: The Fuel System

We Build a Performance Fuel System to Support 1,200 HP on E85

IS “CAR-GUY TV GOOFING JOURNALIST” A JOB?

I still view myself as a gearhead journalist, but the reality is that I’m a TV guy.

CADDYFAST!

Five-Time Drag Week Winner Larry Larson Built a Unique Race Car for No Prep Kings

Is your 4x4 destined to be a family heirloom?

Keepsake or Jeepsake? Sometimes it’s the same thing

MOUNTAIN CADDY

Matt Swithenbank’s Ford is good for snow, tow, and go (-ing fast)

RAPTOR 101

What are the differences between the first- and second-generation trucks?

Plastic gas tanks, sportops, and military Gladiators: What was new in 4x4s in 1966

It was the July 1966 issue of Four Wheeler and much was new and exciting.

ROAMING THE LAST BASTION OF THE OLD WEST

How a winning Baja 1000 chase team spends its off time

STARTING FRESH

James Mallios’ ’15 Ram 3500 can go farther down the trails than your average tow rig

MINOR UPGRADE

Adrian Holmes’ ’12 Wrangler Unlimited has slick sleeping quarters and a hearty backcountry appetite

DIY SPARE TIRE CARRIER FABRICATION

We rebuild our tire carrier

ARCTIC TORTURE TEST

Driving the 2020 Alcan 5000 Winter Rally in a ’20 GMC Sierra 1500 AT4

2020 NISSAN TITAN XD

A simplified lineup refocuses the Titan XD’s positioning

ONE OF THREE

“THE ENGINE USED IN THE SD-1 WAS BUILT AROUND A 3 X 4-INCH BORE AND STROKE. THE AIR-COOLED UNIT IN THE SD-1 WAS INDIRECT INJECTED AND RATED AT 5.4 GROSS HORSEPOWER AT 2000 RPM.”

THE COVID '660'

WHILE THE COUNTRY WAS SHUT DOWN, WE WENT RACING!

WIRELESS NITROUS

WE TAKE SNEAKY TO LEVEL 5000 WITH A 130-HP SELF-CONTAINED AIRBOX NITROUS SYSTEM!

SCOUTING THE ROAD TO DIESEL POWER

TWO SURVIVING PROTOTYPE SCOUT DIESELS

PRIVILEGED

A 1,000 HP, 2.6 SMOOTH BORE DURAMAX

PROJECT OBSESSED

PART NINE: TRACTION AND STEPS

DYNOMITE DODGE

A 1,500-HP MONSTER OF A DRAG TRUCK

MORE INSIGHT

EDGE PRODUCTS NEW AND IMPROVED INSIGHT CTS3

WHY TAKE A 101 COURSE FOR OFF-ROAD DRIVING?

WE wondered who these courses were for, and figured the easiest way to find out was to see who was taking them.

SPIDER TRAX

From Suzuki Samurai’s to Spider 9’s; Spidertrax has come along way in just over twenty years. The best companies always do. Founded in 1999 while still students at New Jersey Institute of Technology, Thomas Kingston and Eddie Casanueva were studying mechanical engineering and having fun in their Samurai’s on the weekends. Often Monday mornings included an inventory of broken parts.