Discover HOT ROD’s Top 10 Cars of 2025—our third year reviving this iconic list. See the trendsetting builds, top builders, and innovations shaping car culture. The HOT ROD staff had a busy 2025, to ...

Watch this stunning 1936 Ford undergo a bold custom roof chop transformation into a true Kustom hot rod masterpiece. From classic vintage steel to aggressive lowered styling, this build highlights the ...

In Behind the Build Ep. 8 presented by Hagerty, we head to Fountain Valley, California, to visit Ruffian Cars, where founder Chris Ashton has built a reputation on one bold promise: “Building wild ...

More than 3,000 cars showed up to celebrate seven decades of HOT ROD, including no small number of cover cars and world-famous builds. David Freiburger guided us through the best ones.

American Hotrod takes a close up view of one of the premier hotrod builders, Boyd Coddington. He is an automotive industry legend, whose work embodies the American hotrod. From his families' small ...

Internationally renowned builder of bespoke customer cars, Paul Bacon, has completed his most ambitious project yet – a ...

The Coddington crew travels to St. Louis, Mo., to visit the Anheuser-Busch headquarters in preparation for their newest hot rod. But Bud Light challenges Boyd, choosing the hard-to-find '33 roadster ...

Boyd's next mission starts with the unlikely discovery of a '65 Ford Mustang in an old barn. But as the team begins to tear apart this ailing American classic, full of holes and rusted metal parts, ...