Danville, California's Deke Ballard likes his hot rod Harleys new and blue. Consider his '93 FXST, for instance. Deke's Ron Simms-massaged Softail is a dazzling array of paint and plate and no slouch ...

Thumpin' big-blocks are nothing new to HOT ROD. We've recounted the buildups of several healthy rodents, but this one took a slightly different turn. Flowmaster wanted a badass street motor to test ...

What exactly makes a lowboy different from a highboy, and why did T-buckets change hot rod culture? Here's the history every ...

Building custom cars to a certain aesthetic and performance has been a favored pastime since not long after Karl Benz puttered out of his garage on the Motorwagen. Ever since that fateful day, ...

The hot rod dates way back to the 1920s, but found its cultural footing in post-World War II America. Soldiers armed with mechanical training picked up cheap Ford Model Ts and found ways to make them ...