Though there has been a lot of talk recently about how some car shows exclude cars from the '50s and '60s, the Goodguys Rod and Custom Association has been practicing equality for all rodders...
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These days, it's hard to argue the merits of modern conveniences like independent suspension, fuel injection, power steering, and air conditioning without someone mentioning how it's not traditional...
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What started back in January has come full circle, as the saying goes, with our Factory Five Racing '33 hot rod going from a really big box of parts to a driving hot rod...
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Every year one of the most contested competitions at the NSRA's Street Rod Nationals in Louisville, Kentucky, isn't found outside in the parking lot but rather in an air conditioned room...
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Fabricating, or building, goes hand in hand when building a hot rod. But for many of us, we don't have welding skills, nor do we have a shop full of fabrication equipment...
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Recently a company called RCD Classics figured out a way to install a conventional cover on a Bilstein shock. It's actually a noteworthy achievement. Though a Bilstein looks like most other shocks...
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With the 40th Anniversary of the Street Rod Nationals, it was a perfect time for Street Rodder and Ford Racing's recognition of street rodders who install a late-model Ford engine in a Ford hot rod...
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It was Friday, the 14 of August 1970, and the first Street Rod Nationals was about to begin. Six hundred street rods and many more rodders were coming from across the country to see how other rodders...
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The Model T has always been a major force in the world of street rodding and it was quite apparent everywhere you looked throughout the weekend at Henry's most simple offering. With nearly every body type...
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The starting point of the AMSOIL Road Tour was the NHRA Hot Rod Reunion with the end being the famous St. Ignace Car Show in St. Ignace, Michigan. After our Sunday morning driver's meeting the AMSOIL tour...
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For the third installation of our "dream build" series, we sent Josh a series of swap meet photos in the hopes of conceptually building one of the most popular styles as of late: a highboy A-V8 coupe...
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Dan Olsen has a modest way of describing his striking '37 Ford sedan. "It's just a basic street rod with fancy paint," he says...
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It's hard to imagine that there has been a '32 Ford highboy sedan built in the last 27 years that doesn't take some trace of influence, directly or indirectly, from the famous Eastwood & Barakat sedan...
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Should you find yourself at one of the ten Top 100 events you and your street rod could be selected for a Top 100 pick which brings with...
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As slick as they get, Jerry Nocar's '33 Ford Speedstar coupe from Finksburg, Maryland was a true crowd pleaser with its heavily raked stance. Starting with an Alloway's Hot Rod Shop chassis, the coupe received nothing but the best...
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Rolling into Ocean City as members of the Street Rodder Road Tour, Roger and Nancy Winterbotham of New Lebanon, Ohio, were veterans of the high-mile club. Having participated in three Road Tour segments, the couple once again...
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For Steve Ramsey of Fallston, Maryland, the three year metamorphosis of his superb '40 Ford coupe was easily worth the wait. Originally a gasser doing time on the streets during...
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Straight out of the pages of your favorite little book, Mike Szuba's Pasadena, Maryland-based '32 Ford coupe brought loads of nostalgic charm to the table. Rescued in '08 after a thirty-seven year sleep, Mike enlisted...
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Cruisin' Ocean City is signature for immaculately built high-horsepower rides that run the strip leaving their mark. Meade Baldwin's vicious '55 Ford Ranch Wagon out of Millersville, Maryland, was a choice not for the faint...
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Being that this is a cruising event, we first spied Carl Gordon's wicked '34 Ford hauler from Parkville, Maryland, in a parking lot on the strip. His pick-up was downright killer coated in a combination...
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We've watched Patrick Guthrie's '50 Ford coupe from Pasadena, Maryland, continue to evolve over the last five years. With dramatic enhancements at every corner the car looks like it came straight...
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The phrase every picture tells a story couldn't ring ay truer than when referring to Brian Bozarth's '30 Ford coupe out of Franklinville, New Jersey. Recalling back to his boyhood, Brian remembers riding in the rumble seat...
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Some traditional customs look like they rolled out of a time-warp if you get the formula just right. Steve Kopchinski's Glen Burnie, Maryland-based '50 Ford coupe got its good looks over 30-years ago thanks...
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There was a certain level of elegance which Jack Maloney's fresh '33 Ford roadster brought along to Ocean City when it rolled in from Highland, Maryland. Coated in a subtle sage green pearl accented...
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Jim Evans' '36 Ford 5-window coupe may look relatively mild but under that hood lurks a potent and period 312ci Ford Y-block engine topped with a '57 Ford NASCAR air cleaner. The coupe puts the power...
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