There is a long list of considerations when turning an ordinary vintage pickup into a custom classic truck. Some are cosmetic, others are for performance, and there are often safety issues as well. In ...

Q: Recently, you wrote about replacing a water heater’s drain valve. A friend told us that we should also check the anode rod. Is this worth checking? If so, how do we do that? A: An anode rod is a ...

You have two tank tracks, the cab from a 1947 Mercury 2 ton truck and a Chevrolet Small Block V8 laying around your farm in rural Ontario, Canada, what do you do? Why you build an insane V8-powered ...

HOT ROD magazine isn't the same publication that it was 46 years ago. A quick perusal of HOT ROD's January 1949 issue will show the reader how hot rodding has changed. Remember now, in 1949 there was ...

For some, driving a rat rod is the perfect way of transportation. You build it out of what you find in the scrapyard, it looks cool, you get your hands dirty and get high on gasoline fumes every time ...

A fisherman in Australia made a costly blunder when he went to fill up the gas tank of his boat at a 7-Eleven in West Pennant Hills, New South Wales. He mistook a rod holder for the gas tank, and the ...

John Walter Christie was a larger-than-life figure. Born in 1865, the New Jersey native built his own cars which he showed off in early-20 th century races, becoming the first American to compete in ...