In the Summer 2025 issue of HOT ROD, we celebrated home-built cars—built not bought, as some would say—and that is a large part of HOT ROD’s legacy. Since the first issue, our mantra has been to ...

Legendary custom car builder Scott Sullivan discusses his roots at the drag strip, his signature wide-tire street machines, ...

Recently, HOT ROD magazine's Mike Galimi was a guest of NUVO's ON THE AIR with Amanda Gore series to discuss the 20th annual HOT ROD Drag Week. Coined as, "The world's toughest competition to find the ...

This video explores the quickest classic muscle cars, focusing on models that achieved some of the fastest quarter-mile times ...

Hot rods have left an indelible mark on automotive history, evolving from post-war curiosities into enduring symbols of creativity and freedom. Their journey from the fringes of the automotive world ...

This '49 Lincoln is done up in the style of the Lincolns that successfully raced in the early '50s.

Cars pour into the grounds here at Auto Club Raceway Pomona for the In-N-Out Burger and HOT ROD Magazine 70th Anniversary Celebration!

The 2025 Shiny Rust Hot Rod show took place over the weekend at the Oakland Expo Center in Waterford, Michigan. It focused on classic cars, and shiny or rusty, big or small, they had them all on ...