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First-Gen Camaro Makeover - Retrograde
Revamping our famous project car from the mid-'90s with a gnarly late-'70s/early-'80s vibe. Groovy. more
1970 Ford Maverick - Bye-Bye, Little Buddy
What Happens When You Take a Six-Cylinder Maverick, Put EFI on It, and Then Hose It Down With Tons of Spray? Laughs Beyond Measure, Wicked-Cool Launches, and One Really Big Bang. more
1969 Pontiac Firebird - Buddies, Beer, & Body Tools
How Five Guys Spent Eight Days And Nights To Transform A Beater Firebird Into A Respectable Cover Car. more
1957 Chevy Timber Wolf Project Car - Pro Street Makeover
In the span of only five weeks, Pure Vision transformed a '57 Chevy Pro Streeter from run-of-the-mill to flamed standout. more
Project F-Bomb Races a Ferrari 360 Modena
An impromptu drag race with a modified Ferrari 360 Modena ends with disastrous results for our Project F-Bomb 1973 Chevrolet Camaro and an FAA violation more
The Basics of Custom Hard-Line Bending
Mark Bohlen Of Bent Custom & Performance Shows Us The Basics Of Custom Hard-Line Bending. more
1973 Chevy Camaro - Getting 1500hp to the Ground
Here's How Our Project F-Bomb Will Feed 1,500 Hp To The Ground more
1973 Chevrolet Camaro Suspension Install - Project F-Bomb - The Hook
Our 1973 Chevrolet Camaro Project F-Bomb get new suspension more
1973 Chevrolet Camaro - Project F-Bomb Paint & Body
The story behind our Project F-Bomb 1973 Chevrolet Camaro's extensive body massage and unforgettable bomber theme paint job more
Building The Chassis For Our 1973 Camaro - Project F-Bomb
Building the chassis for our 1973 Camaro project car with help from Red Zone Race Fabrication more
Nelson Racing Engines Small Block Chevy - Project F-Bomb!
Starting Project F-Bomb with the build of our Nelson Racing 406ci Twin Turbo Small Block Chevy more
1970 R Code Mach 1 - Project Garage
'70 Mach 1This real '70 R code Mach 1 originally delivered with a 428ci Cobra Jet and the Drag Pack option is the subject of Tom Lantz's custom buildup. A dual-quad '66 427ci Ford will serve as a worthy successor to the CJ with a 9-inch rear outfitted with 3 more
Top In-Progress Hot Rod Builds - Hot Projects
Rad Rides At SpeedWe've previously shown brief snippets of Blowfish, Rad Rides by Troy's Bonneville-bound project for uber-rodder George Poteet, but as you can see here, it's just about finished. We'll bring you a full story on this thing when it's completed more
1973 Chevy Camaro Short-Block Engine Project - Project F-Bomb!
1,000 hp You Can Drive Every Day and 1,500 hp on Weekends! Here's How Nelson Racing Engines Did It With HOT ROD's 406ci Small-Block. more
Building A 500hp Small-Block Chevy - 500 HP For Cheap
Head-Flow DataRHS 220cc intake-runner Pro Action heads equipped with 2.02/ 1.60 valves were flowed at 28 inches of water by Sherman on his SuperFlow bench. In theory, the flow numbers indicate these heads should be able to support nearly 620 hp at 0.700 inch more
HOT ROD LS7 Pontiac Solstice - American BadAss
We test the Hot Rod LS7 Pontiac Solstice and generate supercar numbers more
2006 Pontiac Solstice Project  - American BadAss
We knew it would be fast. We promised you, dear readers, that it would be fast. And ya know what? It's fast. Damn fast. more
The Hot Rod LS7-Powered Pontiac Solstice Project Build
Hot Rod, along with GM Performance Division, conspired to build the nastiest Pontiac Solstice in the world more
Building a Factory Five Roadster Cobra Kit Car From Scratch - Then Thrashing it
Factory Five Racing and Muscle Car Restorations show how to build Cobra kit car from the ground up - then we show how to beat on it. more
Final Assembly and Tuning on Project Solstice LS7 - Hot Rod Magazine
Finalizing the Buildup and Taking Advantage of the GM Performance Division Capabilities to Tune our LS7-powered Solstice. more
FFR Cobra Kit Thrash - Project Sidewinder Test
Sidewinder, the Factory Five Roadster We Built Last Month, Gets Put to the Test With a Heavy Right Foot as Big Smiles and Bad Hair Rule the Day. more
The HOT ROD 1 Crate Camaro
It's Done! Presenting HOT ROD 1, the Very First All-NewCamaro-in-a-Crate. more
Installing a Manual Transmission in the Hot Rod 1 Crate Camaro
Keisler Makes It Easy to Put a Five- or Six-Speed Manual Transmission inan Early Musclecar. more
1969 Camaro Aluminum ZL1 454 Crate Motor
HOT ROD 1 Has a Big-Block, but Not Just Any Big-Block. This Is thePrototype for the All-Aluminum ZL1 454 Crate Motors From GM PerformanceParts. more
The 1969 Chevrolet Crate Camaro is Finally Here
After Endless Controversy, the All-New Steel '69 Bodies From DynacornAre Legal to Sell. And You Can Call Them Camaros. more