Putting a single person's name to this story from one angle might seem to be a bit of an overstatement, but at the same time not tying it all together with a selected surname would be a bit of an oversight as well...
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Everybody loves a saga, a story about an ordeal that never seems to end. So next time you're bench racing with your buddies, bring up the story of Jerry Kincade's '51 Ford.....
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Cromling's history with this particular '40 Ford coupe is somewhat unusual in the respect that he has owned this car since 1972. Sure, there are plenty of folks who have kept a car for as long,....
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What do you picture when you think about hot rod activity from the Fifties? Dusty dragstrips with leaping flagmen? Stripped down roadsters tearing across a dry lake? If your mind conjures up images of dragstrips...
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It may not always be the first thing that comes to mind when looking at a hopped-up old car, but there's usually a great story of how a vintage vehicle survived through the years without ending up rotting away...
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When I sent the preliminary photos of this car to our editor for feature approval, his immediate response was yes, but with a question attached.
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Here's another interesting hot rod I ran across at the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum's cruise night in April that looks like it has some interesting history if it could speak. Hopefully the photos are worth a 1,000 words. By the look of...
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What do you do once you've won the America's Most Beautiful Roadster title and a Goodguys Street Machine of the Year award?
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Some hot rodders think all the great old barn finds don't exist anymore. Not us. We've been hearing (and publishing) a lot of stories lately about vintage...
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No matter how well you prepare and plan, it always seems more problems show up as the end of a project nears.
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Though it looks as if it's so steeped in the past that it turned green all over, there's nothing antiquated about Mark Murray's pickup.
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Y'know, I can't help but think that hot rodding had to be easier a few decades ago. Sure, the aftermarket was small or nonexistent, but it was pretty easy...
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There's a lot to be said for starting a project with the best example of your chosen vehicle you can lay your hands on. Check Out John Mearns' 1936 Ford Coupe
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Check Out Pinkee's 1932 Ford Coupe. A Spruce Or This Deuce, Both Are Classics.
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Check out this 1941 Ford Deluxe Coupe as well as a 1953 Chevrolet. - Rod And Custom Magazine
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Like any good nickname, the best car monikers have to come from an outside source. It's not like you can just start calling...
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Living in Southern California, we get used to seeing buildings come and go. The story is always the same-the property is too expensive to leave what was there alone. We've lost some really cool landmarks over the last several years, and no doubt will lose more
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Dad's CoupeI have been involved in street rods since the mid-'70s. At that time, I just wanted to have something neat to drive on nice days. This '32 project all started when I met Larry Marion in St. Paul, Minnesota, at the Nationals. He came up to me and a
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Preparing an original steel-bodied hot rod for paint is a big job. If it served time as a jalopy racer, as my '32 five-window did, it's going to be an even bigger job. Once I had the old Ford body beat back in shape, I took it to the Spade Brothers' custom pai
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Read About Rolf strm's 1931 Ford coupe
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This feature car is a slick 1934 Ford Coupe - Rod and Custom Magazine
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(Editor's note: I decided to take a break this month and let our newest addition to the R&C staff tell you a little about himself. We're glad to have him on board and are excited to see what he can do to tweak the look of the mag. Although he has made a few ad
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Last month we looked behind the scenes of the "Overhaulin'" TV show as they got started on their very first early hot rod project. At first the task seemed like it would be easier than all the rest-heck, the car didn't even have a roof or fenders, how hard cou
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If you keep your old car parts long enough, one day they will become valuable. Just ask Tom Leonardo, who's been building hot rods from discarded parts since he first started driving. If you're keeping score, that was shortly before OPEC figured out the law of
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