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1950 Merc Goes Home With Ridler Award

A Full Custom Mercury Goes from Great 8 to Ridler Winner By Brian Brennan   -   Photography By Eric Geisert It’s time to announce the Don Ridler...
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The 2023 Barrett-Jackson Cup Shows Off 50 of the Country’s Top Builds in Competition

By Brian Brennan   -   Photography By the Author It’s January and the Barrett-Jackson Auction in Scottsdale, Arizona, has become a decades-long tradition. The nine-day event...
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Parting Shot: Tribute To Tommy Ivo’s Iconic T-Bucket

“TV Tommy” Ivo’s Ford T-Bucket is an Iconic Hot Rod … But There’s an Equally Impressive Tribute Model T Coming By Brian Brennan This month’s Parting...
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Rodding Around: Modern Rodding News December 2022

Steele Rubber Products Named NSRA Manufacturer of the Year By Brian Brennan   Steele Rubber Products has been named Manufacturer of the Year by the National Street...
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MR’s Featured New Products For December 2022

Our Pick Of Classic Car Parts For Your Ride Granatelli Billet Aluminum Hose Clamps These compression-style hose clamps provide five times the clamping force of a...
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Parting Shot: Lil’ John Buttera, A True Innovator

Buttera & His 1926 Ford Model T Set a Standard In The Hot Rod Scene By Brian Brennan   -   Photography By the Author As we wrap...
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Dream Big

Charley Hutton’s Color Studio Takes Dream Cars One Step Further By Tommy Lee Byrd   -   Photography & Videography by Ryan Foss Productions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghqFMEklpv8 Having the vision and...
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Parting Shot

When TV Paid Attention … the Ricky Nelson ’32 Ford Roadster Belonging to Tony La Masa By Brian Brennan How much television do any of us...
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Rodding Around: Art Morrison Milestone & Goodguys 2022 Winners

Art Morrison Enterprises Surpasses Chassis Milestone By Brian Brennan The team at Art Morrison Enterprises (AME) just turned a milestone page as they celebrated a major...
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Rodding Around

New Displays at Speedway Motors Museum of American Speed Our favorite car museum is the Speedway Motors Museum of American Speed, located in Lincoln, Nebraska,...
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Rodding Around News

Goodguys is Texas Motor Speedway Bound By Brian Brennan   –   Photography By Author Goodguys Rod & Custom Association, the world’s largest hot rod association and producer of...
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The History Of Michael “Blackie” Gejeian

The Man Behind The Fresno Dragway, Autorama, and Legendary Emperor roadster By Michael Dobrin   -   Photography By the Author, the Blackie Gejeian Collection & Tim...
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Starting Over

Losing a Good Friend is Never Easy By Brian Brennan   -   Photography By the Author When the doors are closed and locked, when the lights are...
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Parting Shot

Gene Winfield, We All Should Be This Lucky By Brian Brennan   -   Photography By the Author & Chuck Vranas I’m going out on a limb, but...

Matt Jones, was hand-selected by Art Morrison, to purchase the controlling interest in AME.

Fife, Wa - Matt Jones, who joined Art Morrison Enterprises (AME) in 2005 with a freshly minted Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering,...
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Rodding Around – Happy 100th to Alex Xydias

By Brian Brennan   -   Photography by Ed Justice There are some birthdays that just seem to mean more to us than others. But for any...
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Danchuk Tri-Five Nationals & Golden Star Classic Auto Parts Giveaway ’55 Chevy

By Brian Brennan Since 2015 the American Tri-Five Association has produced the Danchuk Tri-Five Nationals hosted at Beech Bend Raceway in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Coming...
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The History of Hollywood Hot Rods

https://vimeo.com/512669268 Modern Methods Wrapped in a Traditional Package By John Gilbert - Photography by The Author & Tim Sutton - Videography by Tim Sutton Hollywood Hot Rods’ shop...

Doug Klett lägger till en speciell vibe till denna Ford Coupé från 1936

Av Chuck Vranas – Fotografi av författaren Det sägs ofta att om något är menat så kommer ödet så småningom att gå in för att...
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Byggd av beslutsamhet, 1939 Ford Deluxe coupé

Rick Loves Ford Coupé från 39 har gjort rundorna... Flera gånger! Av Brian Brennan Det finns hot rods och sedan finns det hot rods. Vad betyder...

Några av våra favorit Highboy Deuce Coupeér

By Chuck Vranas - Fotografi av författaren Inget får din puls att rusa mer än en highboy Deuce coupé som ryter förbi dig med ett...

Steve’s Auto Restorations

Rodding Around A Look at What’s Happening Today By Brian Brennan This is a new monthly column for Modern Rodding that deals with what’s happening today throughout...

In The Shop: Alloway’s Hot Rod Shop

Bobby Alloway Lets Us Take a Peek at What’s Coming By Gerry Burger - Photography by Toby Caldwell For some reason I am always interested in that...

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Mike Green’s Unique 1950 Mercury Coupe

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Buttera & His 1926 Ford Model T Set a...