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 ...

"Hop-ups, soup-ups, gow jobs; yeah, that's what we called them. We didn't have the name hot rod yet." "Hot rod" seems to have come into use after World War II. It caught on fast, but not in a good ...

“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.