In the Summer 2025 issue of HOT ROD, we celebrated home-built cars—built not bought, as some would say—and that is a large part of HOT ROD’s legacy. Since the first issue, our mantra has been to ...

We had so much good stuff from our last "Barn Finds" story that we decided to carry it over and do Part Two, as promised. In the next pages you'll find a bunch of really cool old cars plucked out of ...

Hot rods have left an indelible mark on automotive history, evolving from post-war curiosities into enduring symbols of creativity and freedom. Their journey from the fringes of the automotive world ...

The 2025 Shiny Rust Hot Rod show took place over the weekend at the Oakland Expo Center in Waterford, Michigan. It focused on classic cars, and shiny or rusty, big or small, they had them all on ...

Hundreds of classic hot rods on view at the Shiny Rust Hot Rod Show Hundreds of classic cars, American muscles and other modified cars were on display during the Shiny Rust Hot Rod Show in Waterford, ...