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more about #hotrod more comments → Murilee Martin: Nobody seems to have noticed that the first car is a green Chrysler Newport. All pinup girls look better in a Newport- it's a proven scientific fact! ... more » Alfisted: Sugar and the Grand Inquisitor... which is which? Could be fun, either way. #photography more » AustinMiniMan: Can we please make the current front page of Jalopnik infinitely more bearable, and enjoyable, and post only #5? #photography more » pauljones: Okay, maybe I missed the memo. But growing up in Southern California, there were Hot Rod and Muscle Car gatherings at everywhere on any given weekend... more » eggwich del fiero: F, F, F, FF, M, F, F, F, F, F'n M, F, F. I'm just not the killing type. #photography more » Scoutch: Keep all your trailer queens and trailer trash; my heart (and other bits of my body I value highly) STILL belongs to three time NHRA Top Fuel champion... more » CptSevere: I like punk rock betties and rockabilly broads. They can bait their own hooks and shit in the woods. I'd hang out with any of these beauties. #photogr... more » Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Be nice to these girls, or they'll run you down. The photos seem to require a lot of processing to get these effects. Lovely work. #photography more » skaycog was here: I enjoyed Phillip Hall's other galleries. The females in this gallery are a little tough-looking to me. #photography more » If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face: I was never used to be that big a fan of this generation Thunderbird, but they've really grown on me. If you want a retromodern T-Bird, get one of th... more » oldraven: Crack Pipe for sure. That's both due to, and in spite of the fact that I'm a Thunderbird fanatic. These conversions are PAINFULLY common, and every on... more » FuturePastNow: I've seen one of these driving around my hometown. Looks just like this one, except matte black with flames. Looks kind of neat. Not $20,000 neat, th... more » discontinuuity has left the Jalop until further notice: Crack pipe. I bet you could find a really nice 1950-something Ford for a lot less than $20,000. Heck, you could probably get the 1950s Ford plus a 1... more » Six Flags Over Tomsk: This cat's beyond square, daddy-o. Pass that pipe! more » JB_Finesse: YOUR ALL JEALOUS OF THE RETRO UPDATEDNESS AND YOU WISH YOUR CAR HAD AN INTERIOR MODELED AFTER THE PADDED CELL I WAS IN FOR 12 YEARS OR THE FREAKY MUST... more » -
#pinups
Girls With Cars: Photographs By Phillip Hall
We learned last year that most of you prefer hot rod pinups to European Booth Professionals, so here's a selection of Alameda photographer Phillip Hall's "Girls With Cars" work for you. More » -
#nicepriceorcrackpipe
Fifty-Fraud T-bird for an Old School $20,000!
The Stray Cats brought Rockabilly to a whole new generation of honky-tonkers and poodleskirters. Now, Nice Price or Crack Pipe brings you a Thunderbird that wants to do the same thing for their cars. More » -
#customcars
Aussie Nutjobs Drop GMC Twin-Six V12 In Fiberglass Hot Rod
"Rod Bods Down Under" is a hot rod shop in Australia specializing in fiberglass bodied cars, including one with a gigantic hunk of Detroit metal up front. What vehicle doesn't need a GMC Twin-Six V12? More »
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#retro
Hot Rod Hooligans Rip '60 Buicks, Make Getaway In Chicken Truck: The Choppers!
The ringleader drives a T-bucket with six pots, and the gang earns their bread strippin' the squares' sleds. Welcome to 1961's The Choppers! More » -
#billetproof
The Stupidest Awesome Car At Billetproof 2009: Lowest Car Ever
This Ford Model A at Billetproof is the lowest vehicle we've ever seen. It's so low you can't get a foot under the frame. We're pretty sure it's being naturally clearanced. And that's just the start. More » -
#bloggingtheautobloggers
Motor Trend Publisher Files For Bankruptcy, Will Privatize
Secretive media mogul Ron Burkle's Source Interlink, the publisher of Motor Trend, Hot Rod and Automobile filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. No word whether Angus Mackenzie's preparing for a new career in hair care. [Bloomberg] -
#jalopnikbookreviews
Hot Rod Garages, By Peter Vincent
For those of you who like to get your 90-weight-coated paws on some car-themed reading material, we're continuing with this book-review thing. Today we're checking out a weighty slab of a coffee-table book. More » -
#dragracing
Ya Don't Drive, Ya Aim! Motor City Drag Racing, 1958
It's like threading the needle at a quarter of a mile… but it's really livin'! Hot Rod Magazine put together this great drag racing documentary for the 1958 Nationals, and it's well worth watching. More » -
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#ratrod
Before They Called Them Rat Rods: Hellhammer's Caddy-Powered Model T
When we brought a car with a crazy engine/transmission swap and some wild junkyard suspension mods to the 24 Hours of LeMons race, some folks thought it wouldn't last a dozen laps... but we knew better. You see, we've got the mighty Hellhammer, aka Junkyard Dave Schaible, as crew chief, and this guy can build anything. Here's one of my favorite Hellhammer projects: one of the first- if not the first- of the current generation of Northern California rat rods, built back in the early 1980s. It's a Model T body (which was found, complete with bullet holes, sitting in a Castro Valley field) on a Model A frame, powered by a '49 Cadillac 331-cubic-inch engine spinning a seriously lumpy mid-50s-vintage Isky cam. It's built entirely from stuff Dave had sitting around, including a Geo Metro back seat, '40 Ford brakes, handmade headers, etc., and I'm having a tough time thinking of any vehicle that's more fun to drive. Those of you heading to the Billetproof show in September will get to see this machine in person. More » -
#chooseyoureternity
PCH, Packard Eight Swap Edition: 1937 Pontiac Sedan or 1929 Ford Truck
Well, whaddya know- an American Hell Project beat a French one in our most recent Choose Your Eternity poll, with the Malaise Corvette Limo winning by a small- yet significant- margin over the V8-ready Peugeot 404. Unprecedented! We need to honor this tremendous underdog victory by going with an all-American matchup, with a 71-year-old car taking on a 79-year-old truck. Not only that, to honor the amazing Packard Straight Eight we saw in today's Engine of the Day post, each of these projects must be viewed as the potential recipient of a supercharged Packard inline eight engine. So forget those small-block Chevy engines that come with 'em, because the Chevy is just too easy. More »
