They say practice makes perfect. For hot rod builder Dave Hamilton, it seems to ring true. Dave is the owner of Ham’s Auto Body in Grants Pass, Oregon, and they’ve been cranking out top-shelf work since 1966. In his free time he builds hot rods
When Chevrolet rolled out its all new truck line in 1967, they recognized that pickups were being used for a lot more than just hauling. Many truck buyers enjoyed nicer features as well as different trim options. In 1971 the standard pickup was deemed a Custom,
Editor’s Note: In our annual countdown series we are reviewing our favorite ten stories of the 2018 season, stories you may have missed or enjoyed so much you wouldn’t mind seeing them again. We published nearly 500 stories on Fuel Curve this year! Talk about
Editor’s Note: In our annual countdown series we are reviewing our favorite ten stories of the 2018 season, stories you may have missed or enjoyed so much you wouldn’t mind seeing them again. We published nearly 500 stories on Fuel Curve this year! Talk about
Once an old car gets turned into a hot rod it rarely ends up in the scrap heap but that is not the case with this 1929 Ford Roadster Pickup. Most of the older hot rods are purchased by another hot rodder and get updated
Bay Area Roadsters member Dave Schaub is a died in the wool hot rod guy. He drives his hot rods everywhere. In fact, you might remember his double “49 in 9” exploits when he took his Brizio-built ’32 Ford roadster through all 49 continental United
Custom cars, aka Lead Sleds, will never go out of style. The legacies of Sam & George Barris, Larry Watson, Bill Hines, Dean Jeffries, Larry Alexander, Joe Bailon, Bill Cushenbery and so many other lead sled legends is carried forward by custom guys and gals
No matter who you are, walking past the car you learned how to drive in as a teenager can certainly turn your day around. Your mind drifts off, reminiscing who was there to teach you how to shift into second gear or cruising down the
When we stopped by to take some under construction images of the Corruptt Mustang back in the spring of 2018, the car was a shell of itself, literally. Tony Arme, the CEO of American Legends Hot Rods and Muscle Cars out of Phoenix, AZ had
When he’s not building insanely cool Swedish station wagons, Louisville, Kentucky’s Greg Carnforth can be found building airplanes. He flies them too, just like he flies down the road and around the track in his newly finished ’65 Volvo wagon. We have seen offbeat, LS-swapped, track-suspended
