In the 1980s, I had Ferrari posters all over the garage and models of the red car on my workbench. I would tell friends there was a Ferrari in my garage and ask if they wanted to see it. They always said yes. When I took them out to my workbench, they’d say, “What a […]

Did you grow up reading Hot Rod Magazine®? It’s not only the first magazine devoted to hot rodding, drag racing and muscle cars; it’s one of the most successful. The current subscribers total over 460,000. From January 1948, when Robert E. Petersen published the first issue, the magazine differentiated itself in the marketplace. One trademark […]

All it takes is one car to change the history of the automotive industry. Consider the 1932 Ford V8. Its launch created the American hot rod subculture. Sometimes called a street rod, a hot rod is a classic American car with an oversized engine customized for speed. The term “rod” refers to the connecting rods […]