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Wrenchin’ Wednesday: How to fix Your Floppy Wobbly Extension in 30 Seconds
All too often, you’ll find yourself creating the most absurd chain of extensions and sockets that mankind has ever seen. It can be for a bellhousing bolt, buried motor mount, or for that last dashboard...
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Richard Blackman Wanted a 1968 Mustang Fastback That Was Anything But Ordinary
Richard Blackman lived in rural San Diego County, California, for most of his life. The only time he hasn’t lived there was during military service time in the 1960s when he trekked across the vast...
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This 1964 NASCAR Galaxie Rises From the Dead
In the world of vintage Ford stock cars, John Craft is of the more knowledgeable authorities of the genre. Craft has authored several books on the subject, the most recent being an excellent biography...
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This 1965 Dodge Coronet has a 493ci Secret Under the Hood
There are certain cars that make winning look easy: as if it didn’t take a lot of effort to make it look so good, or make so much power. This 1965 Dodge Coronet is one of those cars, thanks to a super...
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What Makes Jeff Lutz’s Car So Fast? Find the Details Here
The undisputed street-car champion of the world is Jeff Lutz, driving his 1969 Camaro, nicknamed “Mad Max,” to the overall victory during Hot Rod’s Drag Week, presented by Gear Vendors. He took the...
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Life Going Sideways: Dirk Stratton Born to Drift
There is a tradition in the Stratton family, of Beloit, Ohio, that has been rolling along since at least 1928, and most likely began when the last bolt on the first internal combustion engine was...
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Is This 1932 Ford Roadster An American Hot Rod or A European Sports Car?
His story is similar to thousands of American hot rodders. Per Martinsen has had a passion for cars since he was old enough to know what one was. Hot rods got his interest early, and in his youth he...
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How to Prep a Coyote Block for 1,000 Horsepower
Regardless if you’re a Chevy, Ford, or Mopar fan, almost anyone can acknowledge that the Ford 5.0-liter Coyote packs a lot of punch with its 302 cubic inches. Add a small amount of boost and you’re...
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Off the Mic: My Short Track Racing Christmas Wish List
Dear Santa, can you bring these things to the world of short-track racing? Merry Christmas, Circle Track Readers! It’s been a little while since I put together a wish list of any kind for good ol’...
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Kid Buys Hemi, Wins Championships, Buys Again Decades Later!
It all began with a simple magazine article for Massachusetts native and resident Dennis Geniuch. As a gainfully employed 22-year-old mechanic at a local Mobil station he was reading his monthly copy...
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The Soul Collector: Meet Greg Carter and his 1938 Pontiac Superior Funeral Coach
Halloween may be in our rearview, but what better way to celebrate the high holiday of the weird and whimsical, misunderstood misfit and monster, than to use a hearse to get to work. If you’re going to...
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Freak Show Friday: Bring on the Zombies and Aliens
A Hot Rod for the Coming Apocalypse The coming apocalypse is no reason to abandon your hot rodding passions; just alter your concept of “modification” to be more like you see here. This started as a...
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The ARP/STREET RODDER Road Tour Is Bigger In 2017!
It is the 22nd year that we have headed out on the highway for the ARP/STREET RODDER Road Tours. What started in 1996 has grown into one of the most popular and anticipated series of events in our...
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Racing Around: News from the Short Track Racing Industry
Here is some of the latest news from the world of Short Track Racing! AFCO Performance Acquires Longacre Racing Boonville, IN- AFCO Performance Group of Booneville, Indiana, has announced that it has...
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The ABCs of PCVs
Every engine, regardless of its condition, has a certain amount of blow-by or air/fuel mixture that slips past the pistons and rings and finds its way into the crankcase. In addition, during normal...
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HOT ROD’s Holiday Hangover: Mighty Car Mods vs. Roadkill, and HRG’s Fishtail...
If you’re like us, fat and nearly sick on candy with the holidays, then we’ve got the perfect way recover from the holidays — distract yourself with Roadkill and HOT ROD Garage, as we’ve got project...
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For Starters
All of us have our own story on where we got our start in hot rodding. It shouldn’t come as much of a surprise how similar many of our stories are, but even so all the stories are a bit different. For...
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The 1941 Willys Street Gasser He Always Dreamed Of
We love Gassers and we love Willys. We especially love Willys Gassers, whether they’re flying alongside the guardrails at a dragstrip or cruising alongside a weathered post fence on a curvy country...
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Throwback Tuesday: Trojan Horses
1972 Unpredictable and dramatic burnouts were all in a day’s work for the Doheny and Fullerton Trojan Horse. Becoming NHRA World Champion in 1972, other noteworthy Larry Fullerton Horses included a...
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Steps and Tips on Installing a Three-Piece Sway Bar
Roll-Control Tech Many stock cars use a one-piece sway bar and find it more than adequate for normal setups on average racetracks. There can be some disadvantages to the one-piece bar, and there is an...
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