There’s no doubt that today’s hot rodding scene is overflowing with talent. Builders from around the globe are constructing rods and customs with an artistic eye and painstaking attention to detail. Much of this can be credited to the abundance of technology and resources at their disposal, but also from the luxury of learning from [...]
History
Function Over Form
Post-War ‘Hot Rods’ at Indy
Thank you for indulging me with another look at Indy cars and drivers of influence. This time we’ll look at my favorite open wheel racers from after the war. You’ll notice how many beautiful and unique cars were built year after year from 1947 through the late 50s, much like early hot rods and customs [...]
Pre-War ‘Hot Rods’ at Indy…
There’s been quite a bit of a relationship between the Indianapolis 500 and the early days of hot rodding. Many of the drivers started out on the dry lakes or circle tracks before moving up to the brickyard, and many of the slick racing bits on the race cars eventually trickled down to hot rods [...]
Short Story of the Shoebox Vicky…
I’ve loved watching the amazing progress of Mark’s (Royalshifter)“Victoria Secret”, the ’51 Ford Victoria transformed from rust to glory. Seems like this might be a good time to give a little backstory on Ford’s shoebox Vicky (not to be confused with the ’30/’31 Model A or ’32 model by the same name). The 1951 Custom [...]
A Tribute to the Edelbrocks…
I don’t know how I missed this tribute to Vic Edelbrock Sr. and Junior, considering that that it was made back in 2005. Obviously it was shot at least that long ago, as a number of the amazing legends of hot rodding being interviewed have now passed away themselves: Robert “Pete” Petersen, Bobby Meeks, Bob [...]
The Jack Stewart Ford
I once heard that Rikster doesn’t own a car of any kind… or even a driver’s license. I don’t know that there is any truth to any of that, but I like the idea of a crazed custom fanatic sequestered in The Netherlands using only the internet to quench his thirst for learning more and [...]
Assembly
I’ve gotten all of these images via email about ten times this week, so I figured I had better fold and feature them here. Essentially, it’s a hodgepodge of factory released imagery and assembly line photos – all of which are pretty damned cool. In fact, I hadn’t seen many of these before… Enjoy:
Revenge On The Street
When I was 16 years old, I had a Nissan 300zx. I know… I know… And I guess I could tell you all where to stick your pitch forks at this point, but lets keep it civil. It was what it was… And I loved that sleek little Japanese wonder of speed. I drove all [...]
I kinda miss Oakland…
No, not the town. I miss going to the Grand National Roadster Show when it was still in Oakland. Of course the Pomona show is bigger and 10 times better with cooler cars, decent food and impressive grounds… And yes it’s true that your less likely to get jumped in the parking lot at the [...]
