Rides & Roadkillers
The Ardbeg Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky Hot Rod Tractor
A one-of-a-kind, customized, incredibly loud, and rip-roaring machine thanks to the creative genius of hot rod specialist Paul Burham. [More…]
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Rides & Roadkillers
Charles Darmanjian’s 1947 Plymouth ~ Flat Black Rat
Charles is a one-man-show in a small three bay shop in North Troy, New York. He primarily designs and fabricates parts for cars that are far from rat rods, his project car is a 1947 Plymouth. While his business caters to newer cars, Charles admits that it’s the classics he really enjoys working on. [More…]
Rides & Roadkillers
Patrick and Ethel’s 1946 Chevrolet Pickup
This1946 Chevy was acquired in 2013 and has been worked over from the ground up. Patrick dropped and chopped the truck and so much more. [More…]
Hot Rod Lifestyle
Hot Rods Today – The Democracy of Customization
Naturally, everything is open to individual opinion. However, most hot rod enthusiasts simply do whatever they want to their cars. [More…]
Car Shows & Events
2017 RatCity Rukkus ~ Las Vegas, Nevada
The Rodder Files brings you the 2017 Annual Rat City Rukkus, an annual car and culture show in Las Vegas. [More…]
Hot Rod Lifestyle
Building a Hot Rod ~ A Broke Man’s Guide
I’ll admit right up front: For all the blabbering that I do about hot rods, I don’t actually have a hot rod to drive during the short Vermont summers. [More…]
Vintage Films
Ingenuity in Action ~ 1958 NHRA Hot Rod Film
This vintage film explains how to prepare for and enter a car show and serves as an ethnographic account of the nomadic tribe of hot rodders. [More…]
Hot Rod Lifestyle
Hot Rodding is Dead
So You Heard That Hot Rodding Was Dead. Maybe you overheard somebody say that all the old tin was gone, rusted away… [More…]