Back in the '20s and '30s, when automakers were introducing new models, it was quite common to have a short transition period where the new model had parts from the previous one included with it. Grant Chitty's Canadian-manufactured 1928 Model A Spor

2006 was our Inaugural Year of UTAH FAST PASS; we had 40 supercars from all over the world participating. The participants would pay about ten grand to participate. The FAST PASS was a 100% charity to help crippled children, Navajo Christmas, familie

PHOTO LOCATION: Arizona Model A, LLC - Chandler, AZ My Dad, John Whitfield, purchased this 1940 Ford Standard Coupe in Pennsylvania in June 1954 for $100 and was the second owner. The original owner had the car for 14 years but had inherited a low-mi

Henry Dana was more than just an icon in the street rod community; he was a wealth of knowledge and a friend to many. His passion for cars led him to establish Dana's Hot Rods in Fort Pierce, Florida in the late '70s. However, in 1995 Henry and his w

If you've never attended the winter Barrett-Jackson auction in person, you're missing out. Yes, almost everyone has seen the event on television. Still, you have to attend it in person to get the entire experience of the people, the excitement of hig

So-Cal resident Gary Stell Jr. can look back fondly at his teen years when he and his father worked on old cars in their garage. His dad's business car was a '63 Volkswagen Bug, which he'd drive back and forth from Buena Park to Los Angeles every day

Muscle cars and hot rodding didn't just change Detroit automotive culture; they reimagined it. The ability to control raw power on an open road without checkered flags or pace cars, with distant frontiers beckoning, came to symbolize the unbridled fr

I was born in Tucson, Arizona, and have lived here most of my life. It's interesting how you can live somewhere and find that you don't always know as much about your hometown as you think you do. Recently, the Tucson Street Rod Association, the loca

Jim “Jake” Jacobs, a name synonymous with traditional hot rodding has instilled his extraordinary talents to produce another iconic hot rod. This time, his car of choice is a 1928 Ford Roadster that was conceived to hold a unique engine that had been

During the days leading up to the February 2-4 Grand National Roadster Show, weather predictions called for devastating rains in Southern California on Thursday and Sunday. We arrived on Wednesday. The skies were partly cloudy, and then the rain made

The Tucson Auto Museum is dedicated to preserving automobiles from around the world. The museum was started eight years ago as a passion project of a private collector and has grown to over ninety cars. Now, as a local 501(c)(3) non-profit organizati

If you have ever been on a quest for the perfect car, and luck comes your way, you might run across one. Let's face it, that perfect car comes in many forms, depending upon the eyes of the beholder. The world changed in 1955 when GM introduced the Ch

We all have been inspired by various hot rods over the years. Still, we all have that one specific hot rod that is laser-etched into the back of our skulls so deeply that no amount of body filler could ever fill it in. That hot rod may have been park

In January 1975, I was a freshman at the University of Arizona and was completely hooked on hot rods after seeing American Graffiti in 1973. I didn't own one then, but I was searching for a 1932 Ford Coupe. A good friend and I drove to Sierra Vista,

SEMA 2023 was well attended by both vendors and spectators, but the atmosphere is going away from hot rodding as we know it and at a very rapid pace. Companies gear their products to the market, which has shifted to trucks, import & muscle cars, and

Thinking back to my childhood of how my interest in hot-rodding began was probably nurtured by my parents. My mother from Montana met my dad from Pennsylvania at Victorville Army Airfield, Victorville, CA, during World War II. They always reminisced

The “Last of the Season” Show for Goodguys occurred November 17-19, 2023, at Westworld of Scottsdale. The 26th Annual event was a bit different from previous years in that it rained on Saturday morning for a couple of hours. Fortunately, by late morn

Editor's Note: Joe Abbin owns Roadrunner Engineering, and Motorhead Mart in Albuquerque, NM. He has also authored three books on Ford Flatheads. For more information, visit: www.RoadrunnerEngineering.com Most people have noted the recent resurgence o

Mike (Miner) and I had been friends for about 30 years and attended all the various car activities and shows together in our 1932 Fords. Mike called me one day and told me he was going to have Barry (Lobeck's V8 Shop) build him a ‘32. Mike had known

“Epiphany” may be too pretentious, “founding,” perhaps too affected; that said, back about 2009, a bunch of senior Hot Rodders discovered their shared passion for burning fossil fuel, “B.S.,” and beer. Several of the initial group came together on Ca

In 2018, Alan Johnson, proprietor of Johnson's Hot Rod Shop, devised an idea to build a car to test the multitude of in-house built parts. This would be an excellent indicator of how the parts functioned and whether any modifications might be necessa