Hot Rod Magazine

4 weeks ago | hotrod.com | Tim Bernsau

The automotive world changed on April 17, 1964 when Ford formerly presented the Mustang during the World's Fair, held in New York City. The car was immediately available from dealerships on that day, selling 22,000 units during its debut. Last year, we celebrated the 60th birthday of our country's beloved Mustang by attending several Ford celebrations in Charlotte. Presented here is a firsthand account of how the Mustang effected former HOT ROD staff editor Tim Bernsau.

1 month ago | hotrod.com | Johnny Hunkins

The first-ever Hot Rods & Helos hit Huntington Beach, California with an eclectic mix of helicopters and hot rods while supporting vital police charities.

2 months ago | hotrod.com | Johnny Hunkins

Huntington Beach, California is combining hot rods with helicopters in a pure genius play for anybody with a hardcore gearhead attitude. The folks who brought us the ultimate car guy’s lifeline during Covid—Los Angeles’s series of Quarantine Cruises—are at it again with a new event called Hot Rods ’N Helos. While car shows that combine fly-ins are nothing new, these events hew almost exclusively to exotics and supercars.

Dec 31, 2024 | hotrod.com | Tim Bernsau

Some of the nicest trucks got that way as a result of the snowball effect. You know how that works—it starts out simple and slow, then increases in speed and size until it rolls way past the original plan.  Zac Zipperian has always liked ’58 and ’59 Chevy trucks, and building one had been a dream of his for a while. In 2010, he found what he was looking for on eBay. It was a ’59 Chevy Apache—a southern truck from North Carolina.

Dec 9, 2024 | hotrod.com | Johnny Hunkins

Since 1977, Don Bone’s drivable dream has bucked fads and fashions to stay the course as a reliable street machine. It’s a rare breed of hot-rodder that stays the course over the years and decades. He sticks to his guns as fashions come and go. The world ebbs and flows around him, yet he is always comfortable in his own skin.