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 ...
Popularity polls are bittersweet experiences. This one was bitter because, of the 100-plus rods we featured in HOT ROD Magazine during 1986, only 10—less than 10-percent of the total—made the grade.