Featured Hot Rods and Other Roadkillers

Michael Snow from Horneytown, North Carolina saw our Farmer’s Chopper post and shared his old school rat rod lawn mower with us. He tells us that he had an old riding lawn mower sitting around for parts, and one day he just went crazy on it. He lowered the front end, chopped the hood and grill, and more. [More…]

The story of Aaron’s Rat Rod goes like this: In 2007 I worked at a dealership in the local town that had a 1936 Dodge dump truck sitting in a grass lot behind a building. I’d have to trim weeds around it when the dealership got slow. I’ve always bought rat rod magazines and always thought about building one, but… [More…]

This is no ordinary Rat Rod. It was designed and built by an experienced Winston Cup race car builder. The build was completed with race-quality parts front-to-rear for superior performance and reliability. “DELIVERANCE” was completed in March, 2012. [More…]

This Turbo Diesel Rat Rod Truck from South Texas Performance, based in Victoria, Texas was built as the shop faced some top rat rod builders in The Rat Hard Build-Off. The contest, sponsored by Rat Hard [More…]

N2a Motors is a California based custom auto manufacturer with a mission of reviving the art of American coach building. Melding design elements from different Chevy models, the 789 shows the world that you really can’t have enough of a good thing. [More…]

The Redneck Repo shop truck is a 1954 Chevrolet 3100 with a 1953 front clip. The wrecker box is handmade and features a 1930’s hand crank boom. A 1962 327 powers the truck and sports an Edlebrock aluminum intake and Edlebrock AFB style carberator, original ’60’s Cal Custom aluminum valve covers and more. [More…]

A two-part project by Metropolitan Choppers and metal sculptor Scott Cawood, The “Siren Of TI” Chopper is a 900 pound master piece constructed with nearly 250 pounds of scrap iron and steel as a tribute to the beautiful Sirens of Treasure Island Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. [More…]

RM Sotheby’s is offering the exceptional recreation at its Petersen Automotive Museum Auction on December 8, 2018. The hot rod is expected to go for six figures. [More…]

Rey Payumo of Kailua, Hawaii found this 1963 Chevrolet Impala packed with junk in a garage in Hayward, California. Rey tells us “It had an previous restoration, the color used to be lowrider purple and it used to be totally lowridered out. After buying it, my lil’ brother Roy and I towed it South… [More…]

Collectors Weekly member Rustfarm restores old motorcycles for a living and simply felt this just had to be done. He built this between 2000 and 2005. It runs and drives and can be seen at vintage motorcycle and tractor shows in and around Ohio. [More…]

Gary Fisher and his crew at Resurrected Rust Garage transform disparate parts into the Resurgence Rat Rod, the winner of the 2015 Rat Rod build-off, a national contest organized by Rat Rod Magazine. The Resurrected Rust Garage team won  the trophy for the second year in a row. [More…]

This smokin’ 1950 Chevrolet Sedan Delivery will soon find its way on top of a 1993 Caprice Classic, a Craigslist purchase that will provide modern everything for this chassis / body swap build. The goal is to fully swap the b-body chassis, floor, wiring harness, lighting, seats and any other creature comforts for this build that will remain patina. [More…]

Danny Love shared this story and photos with us ~ This pristine 1947 Ford Pickup belonged to his Dad (aka Jiggs) Danny tells us that he remembers standing up as a young boy in the front seat just to be see out of the windshield. Danny is 54 years old now and says that he “can’t hardly… [More…]

This is a 1951 Hudson Hornet powered by a 292 Chevrolet six cylinder with Offenhauser Intake Manifold, dual carburetors, finned valve covers, high lift cam, 198 marine head for that Twin H Power look… The [More…]

Sadly, much of our drag racing heritage is fading into the sunset of time due to the passing of legends. It doesn’t help that storied tracks where drag racing put its stamp on America are being destroyed. But all hope is not lost, racing enthusiasts like Ted Beach and his gasser are helping preserve 1320 history. [More…]

Bob Carlberg of Rialto, California (and his dog, Rambler) took three full years to build and paint his 1963 Studebaker Daytona Lark Wagonaire, and handled the entire process himself, except for the front seats. It [More…]

In 1954 Edsel Ford handed control of Ford Motors to his son Henry Ford II. Anxious to bring Ford back into the modern era, Henry the Second hired Italian Gian Paolo Boano to construct a one-off show car on a new Lincoln chassis and this was the result – the stunning 1955 Lincoln Indianapolis. [More…]

This 1950 Chevrolet 3100 pick-up retains little more than the  sheet metal, much of which has been modified to accommodate a NASCAR chassis and drive-train — the truck’s original suspension, brakes, engine, gearbox, electrical and frame have all been ditched. [More…]