It's not every day that one of our treasured national events has the opportunity to turn fifty years old. The Indianapolis State Fairgrounds is the same massive venue that the original show started at, although back then the building used only housed 80 cars in a stadium-like layout.
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Marking its 20th year, the East Coast Indoor Nationals raised the bar once again by assembling an amazing array of hot rods, customs, muscle cars, resto's, and modified motorcycles all in the name of the Toys for Tots program benefiting children in need.
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Stopping to check out the 26th Annual Shades of the Past Hot Rod Roundup in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, in September added a definite level of cool to our must-see list with everything that the area had to offer.
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The HOT ROD staff walked around the SEMA show and picked out 26 vehicles that we liked, then challenged them to come on the ’10 Power Tour®. These are them. Think they’ll show up?
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There was no sign of an economic downturn at the 36th Annual Turkey Run. Record crowds, record number of cars, record swap meet sales, record car corral sales, and a very successful auction...
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The weather cooperated for once and the 5th annual HOT ROD Drag Week, presented by Gear Vendors, was a bug hit. We've got one number for you: 204.
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What happened at the 61st running of the fastest show on wheels. Plus, we explain how Bonneville racing works.
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Though there has been a lot of talk recently about how some car shows exclude cars from the '50s and '60s, the Goodguys Rod and Custom Association has been practicing equality for all rodders...
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Every year one of the most contested competitions at the NSRA's Street Rod Nationals in Louisville, Kentucky, isn't found outside in the parking lot but rather in an air conditioned room...
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With the 40th Anniversary of the Street Rod Nationals, it was a perfect time for Street Rodder and Ford Racing's recognition of street rodders who install a late-model Ford engine in a Ford hot rod...
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It was Friday, the 14 of August 1970, and the first Street Rod Nationals was about to begin. Six hundred street rods and many more rodders were coming from across the country to see how other rodders...
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The Model T has always been a major force in the world of street rodding and it was quite apparent everywhere you looked throughout the weekend at Henry's most simple offering. With nearly every body type...
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The starting point of the AMSOIL Road Tour was the NHRA Hot Rod Reunion with the end being the famous St. Ignace Car Show in St. Ignace, Michigan. After our Sunday morning driver's meeting the AMSOIL tour...
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This year's '52 Chevy two-door began its Road Tour life at Woody's Hot Rodz in Bright, Indiana. When we decided to attend the huge Syracuse Nationals in New York on the Merrill Lynch Jones Group Tour...
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We all know what happens when you send a snowball rolling down a mountainside. With that thought in mind, the 10th Syracuse Nationals once again brought numbers of noteworthy hot rods...
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Scouting out the Coolest Things at SEMA
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It seems like just yesterday that I climbed into a blue '33 Ford Coupe with white racing stripes and headed out on what would be a 15-year and counting adventure that would cover...
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After a 40-year absence, The HOT ROD Magazine Drags returns to promote late-model muscle
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There are some shows that for whatever reason become a "must-do" on many people's calendars. The Lifters Car Club's King of Clubs event is just that. This July saw the fifth such event...
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HOT ROD is back at SEMA and we'll be trying to give you a glimpse of all that's crammed in and around the Las Vegas Convention Center
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Traditionally held the second weekend in September, the Goodguys Rod & Custom Association decided, for the first time in 17 years to move the East Coast Nationals back a few months...
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The Goodguys Rod & Custom Association has had a long (nearly 30-year) relationship with hot rodders across the county and, when they come to town, you can be assured of the chance to see all types of customs...
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The second leg of the 2009 AMSOIL/Street Rodder Road Tour series was a cruise from the Vintage Air Headquarters in San Antonio, Texas, to the NHRA Hot Rod Reunion...
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Over the years the roadster show's swap meet has become legendary. Not very long ago there were so many people looking for deals it was hard to get through the crowded aisles...
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The L.A. Roadsters car club annually holds one of the premiere rodding events in the U.S. and some would say the world. One of the oldest clubs in the country...
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