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Hot Rod Legends

Legends of Hot Rodding: Eric Rickman – Hot Rod Magazine’s Lensman Extraordinaire

April 23, 2026

“Photography is a Love Affair with Life.” -Burk Uzzle, early Life Magazine photographer In the case of Eric Rickman, that affair was with motorsports and hot rods. In the annuals of hot rodding, no photographer had a greater influence on our hobby than Eric Rickman, the World War

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Hot Rod Legends
The Deucarri 1932 Ford Coupe, Ferrari V12

Legends in Rodding – The Deucari, A Deuce Highboy Roadster with Ferrari V12 Power

April 10, 2026

Your humble Goodguys Legends in Rodding correspondent recently spent time in Italy, which sent me looking for a Legendary American hot rod with an Italian angle. Then it came to me – years ago wasn’t there a roadster that someone had shoehorned in a Ferrari engine?

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Hot Rod Legends
Beach Boys Little Deuce Coupe 1932 Coupe

Legends of Hot Rodding: Little Deuce Coupe – the Most Famous ’32 of All Time?

February 18, 2026

“She's my little Deuce coupe You don't know what I got”                              —Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys We know. Calling anything the “most famous” is quite a statement. But the media attention and cultural significance of Clarence “Chili” Catallo’s custom Deuce coupe equals that of such icons of

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Ed Iskenderian, Isky

Isky – Barron of the Bumpstick – Passes Away at 104

February 4, 2026

Hot rodding has lost a true original and an indisputable icon who helped pioneer and foster our beloved sport and pastime. Ed Iskenderian, known simply as Isky in the hot rod world, has passed away at age 104. Referred to by many as the “Camfather,”

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Hot Rod Legends Tuesday Time Capsule
Frank Currie

Legends of Hot Rodding: Frank Currie – Pioneering Racer and 9-Inch Ford Guru

December 2, 2025

In our decade-long exploration of hot rod legends, a few pioneers have slipped through our ink-stained fingers. One such innovator was Frank Currie, a So-Cal legend of early drag and salt venues and later founder of Currie Enterprises, a company that tuned up more rearends

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Hot Rod Legends
Sam Barris

Legends of Hot Rodding: The Sam Barris Custom Merc – the Other Barris Makes His Mark

November 4, 2025

The '49 - '51 Mercury coupe is to custom cars what the ’32 Ford highboy is to hot rods – the matchless standard-bearer of its discipline. We’ve showcased many a ’32 in this column, but the Mercury custom has been a bit neglected. To make amends,

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Hot Rod Legends
So-Cal ’34 Ford

Legends of Hot Rodding – Coupe de Thrill, The So-Cal Speed Shop ’34 Ford

October 6, 2025

Since this column is dedicated to exploring the roots of hot rodding, one name continually pops up – the late Alex Xydias. We all know him as the founder of So-Cal Speed Shop in 1946, one of hot rodding’s first-ever dedicated retail performance centers. Xydias

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Hot Rod Legends News
Pete Eastwood 1932 Ford Tudor

Legends in Rodding: Eastwood-Barakat ’32 Tudor Sedan – An Orange and Primered Rocketship

August 14, 2025

Pete Eastwood has played a key role in the construction of some of the most famous hot rods to ever turn a wheel. It’s why he’s a Goodguys Legend of Hot Rodding. Affectionately known as P-Wood, his all-star lineup of celebrated hot rods includes Tom Prufer

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Hot Rod Legends Tuesday Time Capsule
Blackie Gejeian Shish Kabob Special T Bucket

Legends in Hot Rodding – Blackie Gejeian’s AMBR Winning T-Roadster, the Shish Kabob Special

July 1, 2025

Mike “Blackie” Gejeian lived a life worthy of several people. He experienced the Great Depression, survived WWII, and became a ground-breaking hot rod builder, dry lakes standout, show promoter, NASCAR driver, and yes, even a farmer. Gejeian hailed from just outside Fresno in central California’s San

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Hot Rod Legends Tuesday Time Capsule
Ed Pink

Legends in Hot Rodding – Ed Pink: The Life of a Powerplant Maestro

June 19, 2025

Writing about legends of hot rodding comes with a definite demographic risk. And lately it seems many of our legends are crossing the finish line, moving onto the great car show and drag strip in the sky. The latest, Ed Pink, arguably the most successful

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