A guide to hot rods, street rods, and traditional rods, plus a handy checklist of the traditional trends every hot-rodder should know. There are a few concepts that send my brain revving above mental ...

It's not like the roads are littered with hot rods, far from it. In fact, each time you see a hot rod out in the wild, it's a cool experience — even the best factory hot rods are few and far between.

This 900HP blown rat rod turns classic hot rod attitude into a raw high-power street machine. With a supercharged V8 setup delivering massive force, the car feels aggressive before it even moves, but ...