Back in the 1960s, Chuck Miller was on the cutting edge of car customization. He created absurd and cartoonish hot rods that were more like caricature sculptures than automobiles. This “Fire ...

Rick Dobbertin's '86 Hot Rod of the Year J-2000, besides all the bells and whistles, features turbocharging, nitrous injection, and "silhouette" V8/rear drive layout.

The bubble-top Silhouette was perhaps the most futuristic looking of the Original 16 Hot Wheels lineup. But it was in fact based on a real-life custom hot rod of the same name built in Monterey ...

Pro touring, or restomod? This is Hot Rod staffer Steven Rupp wheeling his 1968 Camaro through the turns at the autocross. While retaining the stock silhouette, it's all pro touring, with every ...

The weather wasn't the only thing that was hot at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds on Saturday, as thousands of vintage ...

Typically, a hot rod silhouette would be made from an injection molded plastic. But Candylab's new line is made by shaving the wood on a router table to get a precise, compound curve.

HOT ROD launched its Facebook page back in 2008, with Twitter being a fast-follow in 2009. Social media was certainly in its infancy back then, but it forever changed how the company would share ...

And the hot rod we have right now is the perfect example of such modern muscle motoring. Whether you are selling a ...

Windsor man’s hot rod heaven heats up. ... One of his notable possessions is “Silhouette,” a dragster with an airplane-like cockpit and design that was raced in the 1950s at the long-gone ...

Xiang Shuai’s latest creation takes heavy inspiration from the Harley-Davidson V-Rod’s silhouette. As a result, it flexes a round headlight, flanked by a small fairing and raked-out USD forks.

Hot Rod says they’ve digitized more than 128,000 pages of their magazine from more than 900 issues. That’s hundreds of thousands of photos, ads, and books of stories that span decades.

The next day, Oct. 5, Howard was back at Hot Rod Charlie's barn along with Becraft, KHRC veterinarian Dr. Molly Metz, and Kentucky paddock blacksmith Arthur Tearl.