Kevin Hart is a man of many talents – standup comedy, entertaining movies, the ubiquitous credit card commercials. Those ventures have afforded him the ability to build a multi-million-dollar collection of cars, from exotics to American muscle cars. Many, but not all, of his American rides
Danny Hyde bought this '36 Ford for $100 back in 1957. It was a five-window coupe then, and by the early-’60s it was a hot rod with a Buick Nailhead V8 and Skylark wire wheels. When Danny moved to California in 1984, he decided he
We’ve spent the last couple installments focusing on metalwork and fabrication on the Goodguys 2023/2024 Grand Prize Giveaway ’32 Ford coupe being built at Streamline Custom Designs in Utah. Like any good project, though, there’s always more than one thing happening at a time on
During a 15-year career in Major League Baseball, Howard "Howie" Kendrick hit 127 home runs, including one grand-slam bomb that lifted his team – the Washington Nationals – to a playoff victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. That hit put his team in the National
Hot rods are a family business for Joe Kugel, who grew up in the hobby and has worked for his father, Jerry, for decades at Kugel Komponents. It’s little wonder he had a few fresh ideas for a Deuce roadster. “I wanted to build (another)
All of us have our short list of dream cars. For some, it’s only one. Johnny Rundle’s dream was to own a cool chopped Mercury – an old-school custom. He realized that dream by buying a finished car, but then had to suffer through the
Sometimes it’s good to get back to the basics. In a hot rod landscape increasingly filled with elaborate computer-designed parts, custom-machined wheels, intricate one-off trim pieces, and sophisticated high-tech fuel-injected engines, we can all use a refresher course in our hobby’s simple origins, a reminder
Chasing your dream car – in this case a ’69 Chevelle big block in Dover White – should be rewarding. The hunt is as often as much fun as finding the perfect ride. James Bazuik, though, learned one of life’s harder lessons when he bought
There are a lot of modified 1955-57 Chevys out in the world, but very few get the traditional custom treatment you might have seen at car shows in the late-’50s and early’60s. So, when a custom Tri-five comes along that’s as clean, cool, and well
The best place to learn any craft is through experience and on-the-job training – hands down. Just ask Bryan Fritsch, the owner and builder of our Goodguys Feature Pick from the 39th Grundy Insurance All American Get-Together. Bryan has helped train plenty of rookie police
