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Hot Rod Legends Interviews
Darryl Starbird Collection, Darryl Starbird Rod and Custom Hall of Fame Museum, Starbird Hall of Fame, Predicta, bubble top king, bubbletop king

5 Minutes With Darryl Starbird

December 6, 2022

Darryl Starbird is an automotive customizer who, along with peers like Gene Winfield and George Barris, helped popularize the custom car during the 1950s and ’60s, when customs became a widespread part of American culture. He opened his Star Kustom Shop in Wichita, Kansas, in

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Fueled Rides Hot Rod Legends Tuesday Time Capsule
Limefire Roadster, 1932 Ford roadster, Pete Chapouris hot rod

Limefire Roadster – Dual Purpose Dynamo

November 30, 2022

The list of hot rod luminaries that roamed SoCal’s sunny landscape – many profiled in this column – helped define what we know today as “hot rod culture.” And every once in a while, a handful of such legends join forces to create a special

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Hot Rod Legends Tuesday Time Capsule
Veda Orr, SCTA

Veda Orr – SCTA Pioneer and Lakes Racer

November 7, 2022

Nearly all the hot rod legends profiled on these pages did their magic following World War II, veterans who dreamed of racing glory while fighting for America’s. Upon returning home, bursting with a pent-up need for speed, they flocked to southern California dry lakes and

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Retro Rumblings Tuesday Time Capsule
Pat Ganahl

Retro Rumblings – Too Tall Pat Ganahl Gone (Way) Too Soon

October 22, 2022

Editor’s Note: This month’s column is a tribute to hot rod journalist and historian Pat Ganahl by someone who knew him and worked with him in various capacities over the span of four decades. The floor is yielded to Thom Taylor. [caption id="attachment_95752" align="alignright" width="436"] Thom

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Retro Rumblings Tuesday Time Capsule
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Retro Rumblings – 1071 Serpentine Lane

September 29, 2022

You know that feeling when you’re leaving the driveway for the last time? You go through that emotional look back at a home or office that you spent so much time in. The blood, sweat, joy, and tears of the past tug at the heartstrings,

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Fueled Rides Hot Rod Legends Tuesday Time Capsule Video
GoldenRod Streamliner, Bobby Summers, Summers Brothers Racing

GoldenRod Streamliner – Wheel-Driven Land Speed Rocketship

September 26, 2022

The land speed record has always been the Holy Grail for speed-addled enthusiasts. Prior to the advent of jet-engine machines, wheel-driven racers were the LSR standard bearers. Case in point: In 1947, Englishman John Cobb set the LSR record at 394.196mph, courtesy of a pair

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Hot Rod Legends Tuesday Time Capsule
Art Himsl

Art Himsl – Rodding’s Top (Spray) Gun

September 6, 2022

Custom paint and intricate pinstriping have been essential elements in the ethos of hot rodding. Nearly every rod and custom flash a protective coat of gloss. If accented by detailed striping and vivid flames, so much the better. And few were – and are –

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Retro Rumblings Tuesday Time Capsule
Pure Hell Fire Burnout

Retro Rumblings – Fire Burnout!

August 9, 2022

Nothing in drag racing brings back the glory years more than nostalgic photos of a fire burnout. These images represent the true fire, fury, and wild times of drag racing’s golden years. Fire burnouts were a part of drag racing lore in the ’60s and

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Retro Rumblings – Buddy Buddy

August 5, 2022

I was at a car show recently and the subject of awards came up. The guy I was talking with had no idea I spent 28 years employed with the Goodguys family traveling thousands of miles on the chrome carnival tour. Those were the best

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Hot Rod Legends Tuesday Time Capsule
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Encore Icons – Noteworthy Deuces From the Street Rod Era

August 3, 2022

If the original hot rod era of the 1940s and ’50s was the second coming of the 1932 Ford, then the street rod revival that began in the 1970s could be seen as the Deuce’s first encore. And what better representatives of that time than

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