Thus, in 1930 — long before hot rodding went mainstream after World War II — a hopped-up car was a gow job. Roughly 20 years later, automotive enthusiasts would coin the word “hot rod.” ...

The small-block Chevy, introduced by the Bow-Tie brigade in 1955, eventually ended hot rodding's 23-year love affair with the flathead. And two, as we know, are better than one. See All 12 Photos ...

The late Dick Kraft had shown up at Santa Ana Drag Strip shortly after it opened July 3, 1950, with a contraption he called the "Bug," that consisted of a Model T frame, a cowl, an engine, and a seat.

Back in the late '30s-early '40s, the bulked-up cars were called gow-jobs or soup-ups. The accepted definition of the "hot rod" term is that it stands for 'hot roadster" . 4 Cylinder ...

In the genesis of hot rodding, the cars weren’t called hot rods, they were called gow jobs or soup jobs. Isky had heard around town that he needed to go to the Muroc lake bed, and he tinkered ...

“Hot Rods are my passion, but the graphic arts are my craft,” said Utah painter Gene Chambers of Studio-66 Hot Rod Art, whose work is inspired by the custom car culture of the 1950s and ’60s.