The walk around the 47th Annual NSRA Street Rod Nationals Plus has proved to be every bit as interesting as we thought it would bethis year and in years past. Since we have spent plenty of time over ...

Tires and wheels—what they look like and how they fit are two of the most critical factors in the success of a hot rod. That was expressed to us by every builder and manufacturer we spoke to for this ...

How will the bleeding-edge technology of the most bonkers Corvette ever affect hot rodding? Is this the beginning of something new or the beginning of the end? Cryptic? Well, yeah because these are ...

In my 20 years of living in Los Angeles, I've never experienced such a cold and rainy winter as we've had this year. I'm not complaining, either, just remarking on an observation. Coming from ...

Anyone who is at least passingly familiar with custom cars has probably at least heard of the concept of a hot rod. A hot rod is, of course, a custom car designed with the express purpose of going as ...

Hot rods are a special breed of cars, something no one else outside the American continent can do with a proper degree of success. Dating back to the years that separated the two world wars, hot rods ...

Add independent.com on Google Add the SB Independent as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Community Hot Rod Project’s 4th Annual Toy Drive Car Show will be 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Some of the very first self-propelled vehicles were products of engineers and the curious in private garages and workshops. Within a few decades of the invention of the first car, companies were ...