![Garden State of Mind: Turning Back the Hot Rod Culture Clock at the Race of Gentlemen [Video]](https://www.sub5zero.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/video_still_203.jpg)
The Jersey Shore (the place, not the TV show that stunted the advancement of Western civilization by about 34 years) might not seem like a hotbed of retro hot rod/rockabilly culture at first blush, but...
Tag Archives: Hot Rods
![Cutworm Cool: These Scratchbuilt Hot Rods Raise the Bar [Video]](https://www.sub5zero.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/video_still_201.jpg)
Back when hot rods were a new idea, there weren’t dozens of companies out there from which to buy the parts you needed. Instead, you had to make them yourself with whatever skills, tools, materials...
![Estates of the Art: The Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG S-Model Wagon Battles…the Icon Derelict?! [Video]](https://www.sub5zero.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/video_still_164.jpg)
Fewer contradictions in the automotive world (or the world, period) are as intriguing as the high performance station wagon. They manage to be commodious enough to handle the spoils of a victorious Costco run and...
![Driving Shotgun: Cruising in a Cozy Ford Model T Hot Rod [Video]](https://www.sub5zero.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/video_still_151.jpg)
Although few of us like it, the fact remains that in the case of some vehicles, compromises were made in the name of enhancing the looks, performance, or both of those vehicles. However, if we...
![Toledo Dangerous: Roadkill’s Freiburger and Finnegan Tempt Fate in a Hot Rod Jeep [Video]](https://www.sub5zero.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/video_still_072.jpg)
One of the hottest shows on MotorTrend’s YouTube channel is Roadkill. Correction: One of the hottest automotive shows on all of YouTube is Roadkill. Every episode is an unscripted, low-budget buddy comedy/road movie, with Hot...
When we heard a few months ago that Mecum Auctions would be holding a collector car auction at the Anaheim Convention Center (located literally across the street from Disneyland), we were beyond stoked. Yes, we’ve...
We like this. We used to hate the idea of putting a new body on an old frame and calling it a “hot rod.” It didn’t seem right. That was when buying a new body...
One of the most exciting stories from SEMA ’09 was Carroll Shelby giving the official go-ahead to Classic Recreations to build a continuation of the 1967 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500, called the 1967 Mustang Fastback...
This past weekend, the record for world’s fastest gasoline-powered land vehicle was set by Spectre Performance’s 1900 hp SpeedLiner. Powered by a twin-turbo 1970’s Cadillac engine with 1200 ft-lb of torque, this speed demon, nicknamed...
This weekend capped off the 12th Goodguys PPG Nationals in Columbus, Ohio. The event took place July 10 to July 12 on the grounds of the Ohio Expo Center with thousands of 72′ and earlier...