Issue 31

Rodding USA

By Hot Rodders for Hot Rodders

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Lesson Learned
By Paul Martinez On January 26th I had the most upsetting and disturbing incident in 37 years of traveling around the USA photographing hot rods and car shows. I had driven to Pomona, CA on the 24th in a rented Chevy Suburban hauling the Rodding US
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Family Car
PHOTOS AND TEXT: DALE M. MOREAU 1957 BUICK SUPER Ann Griffin was in Junior high school when her dad bought this ’57 Buick Super. In ’58 when it came time for her and her date Ron Sowerby to go to the Junior Prom, her dad was the chauffeur in his new
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Lakes To The Street… The Bernie Couch Roadster
PHOTOS: PAUL MARTINEZ AND THE BERNIE COUCH COLLECTION WORDS: PAUL MARTINEZ Ir eceived a phone call about two years ago from one of our subscribers and he mentioned he has a Deuce roadster which was flathead powered. I asked him a few questions about
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News
The LA Roadster Show, one of America’s premier events for pre-1936 hot rod and roadster enthusiasts, is returning to the Fairplex in Pomona for its 54th annual event. The show, which had been put on by the LA Roadsters - one of Southern California’s
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Fill’er Up!
BY BOB DRAKE PHOTOS: BOB DRAKE Old cars have a lot of things in common even if they are different makes. The gas tank is one of them. That commonality stops there though. Most tanks aren’t interchangeable from make to make or even model to model. Mo
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Secret Project
PHOTOS: PAUL MARTINEZ & KELLY SHIMABUKURO WORDS: KELLY SHIMABUKURO 1932 FORD ROADSTER There were 2 cars my dad and I always talked about while I was growing up, the iconic ‘32 Ford 3-window coupe and the ‘32 Ford roadster. Our normal conversations wo
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HRIA News
By: Todd Ryden You can’t stop time, which is why the automotive aftermarket is concerned about the future of our hobby and industry. We need to reach out to young enthusiasts and builders to show them the many opportunities which are available withi
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More Than A Classic
PHOTOS & WORDS: LIL’ JOHN HARVEY This gorgeous 1934 Ford Victoria is proudly owned by Frank and Andrea Brown of Los Lunas, New Mexico. They purchased the car in 2016 in California. Frank had known the previous owner of the car, Ken Parkhurst of North
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Project Hot Rod Roadster Pickup
PHOTOS & TEXT: PAUL MARTINEZ Project RPU is now to the visual excitement stage as the body work is close to completion, and the “cranberry” Axalta Coating Systems paint begins to flow from Charles Spencer’s paint gun at Charly’s Garage. The engine a
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Hot Rod Stroller Charity
One look at this stunning hot rod stroller and you can picture pushing your child or grandchild around at the local car show. You will have the opportunity to win this one-of-a-kind cruiser and at the same time support KT’s Kids and the students in C
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Rodding Products
WINTERS nostalgic Championship Tapered Steel Tube & Bell Quick Change Rear comes built to your specs. This assembly includes a 10” ground ring & pinion, heat treated lower shaft, Winters Track Differential, axle seals, and your choice of a 10-spline
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TRUCK Fever
PHOTOS & WORDS: PAUL MARTINEZ What could possibly be the side effects of a dad giving his twelve-year-old son a 1957 Chevy pickup truck? Bill Donaldson of Chandler, Arizona can answer the question since he was the lucky recipient of his dad’s work tr
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The Fifty Mile Car
PHOTOS & TEXT: LANE ANDERSON After fifty-plus years of building cars were go anywhere capable with comfort and reliability, it is time for a simple car. This is the transformation of a stock 1929 Model A Ford, rumble seat coupe. Starting with an olde
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1929 Ford Roadster Pickup
PHOTOS & TEXT: DENNIS W. PARKS When you grow up in your dad’s machine shop after school and attend hot rod events on the weekend, you are bound to pick up some hot rod knowledge. Vince Baker took advantage of both of these situations. He has done lo
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Time For A Street Rod
PHOTOS & WORDS: ALAN ZUSMAN Jess Roman is the youngest of three brothers and all of them are cars guys. While his older brothers were into low riders and muscle cars, not Jess, it was the hot rod which was his choice. Around the age of 19 or 20, he a

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