Chris Ryan and his wife Lori own and operate Ryans Rod and Kustom from their home in rural Ninety Six, South Carolina. It’s quite the homestead – a sprawling property with a vintage filling station just around the bend. But it’s inside their shop that
If you’re looking for topography that’s as flat as a dry lakebed, Kansas isn’t a bad place to start. That’s where you’ll find James Wolk and his wife Michelle blasting around in their heavily chopped three-window 1934 Ford coupe, a back-to-basics rod that incorporates plenty
“The wagon Ford shoulda’ built, so we did!” That’s the way Riley Morris describes this 1955 Ford Sport Wagon on the thread he posted on the Jalopy Journal’s HAMB message board chronicling its build at his Sunnyside, Washington shop, Rocket’s Hot Rod Garage. “The Chevy Nomad
Here’s a hot rod math quiz: When does 2 x 32 equal 342,000? When you’re Bart Caliaro and you own two high-mileage road warriors, a '32 Ford sedan with 182,000 miles on the odometer and a '32 roadster that’s racked up 160,000 miles. [gallery link="file"
Since the Legends column began alternating between famous hot rodders and famous hot rods, we have showcased the ZZ Top Eliminator Coupe and Norm Grabowski’s “Kookie” T, both lifted to prominence by the mainstream media. Thus, they were feted not only by car guys but
Owning a post-1940 classic Ford was never a plan for loyal Bow-tie fan Rod Pearce. Pearce’s first car when he was 16 was a ’57 Chevy hardtop and that love for Tri-fives has stuck with him some 50-plus years later with a ’55 and a
Bart Grange has been a diehard hot rodder since even before he got his license (he’s 77 now, so you can do the math). Over the years, he’s had a score of hot rods and classics including a ’40 Ford pickup and panel truck still
The success of having a hot rod built by a pro shop almost always depends on the relationship between the customer and builder. The project will likely turn out well if the two parties share a similar vision. A shared objective was critical in the
Here’s a sobering thought for you: 1990 was 30 years ago. Please, take a minute to catch your breath. Yes, it’s been three decades since we ushered in the decade of Vanilla Ice, Oakley Blades, Lollapalooza, and “Pulp Fiction.” And as is the case with any
The Ford Mustang SVO Turbo came out two years after FoMoCo dropped the new Fox platform (the third generation of the venerable Mustang). In 1981 Ford created a special program called "Special Vehicle Operations" (SVO) to help aid in the design and development of performance
