Randy has spent his entire career chasing the dream he had as a youngster growing up outside New York City in suburban Cliffside Park, New Jersey. “When I got out of the service and returned from ...

The HOT ROD Magazine Model Car Contest really comes alive in 1989 as many of the models seen in the pages of HOT ROD will be in competition in Indianapolis, Indiana, on April 1. Sponsored by Ertl, ...

The world of hot rods dates back to the 1920s and ’30s, when young guys would soup up Model A and Model T Fords in their garages. Each year, Ford seemed to crank out new cars faster and cheaper, ...

This 1930 Ford Model A hot rod was built by Junichi Shimodaira, widely considered a founding father of Japan's lowrider scene. That same week, Schauwecker bought the hot rod and trailered it all over ...

As Craig Callum approaches his second anniversary as Design Manager at Hot Wheels, I caught up with him to discuss his personal car collection and what inspires him as a designer. Trinity Francis: ...

When Jerry Brown was 17, he owned a hot-rod Model A Ford, making him like that “kid in a hopped up Model A” in the oft-recorded early ’50s song, “Hot Rod Race.” Over the years, Jerry has owned a ...

What are the most famous hot rods? The most influential, history-changing cars in this hobby? The 2020 Detroit Autorama organizers presented their selections this year with an exhibition called "The ...

Between June and August 1949, the streamliner was taken to four different dry-lakes points meets to allow Dean to get used to ...