For the first few decades of the 20th century, V8 engines were finicky, expensive things reserved for low-production luxury cars. Fancy pants Cadillacs and LaSalles were powered by V8s, while more ...

The phrase is a spin-off of "rat bike," which was in reference to custom motorcycles built on the cheap. The late Gray Baskerville, venerated hot rod writer, is said to have been the first to apply ...

Nothing in the world spells rat rod better than the Fords of old. Provided you can get your hands on something from before the war, which has been sitting around unattended for years, and have enough ...

There is no carmaker out there with as much influence over the custom industry as Ford. The Blue Oval has been making cars pretty much since cars were invented, and that in itself isn’t spectacular.

The flathead is dead. At least that's what they used to say back in the mid-'50s as legions of modern overhead valve V-8s leaped out of wrecked passenger cars and onto the hot rod scene. But as they ...

Hot rodding is an iconically American phenomenon. Hot Rod magazine defines a hot rod as "an early American car that has been modified for improved looks and performance." Hagerty adds that the term ...