In 1930, Lee Chapel set aside space in his Broken Drum Auto Salvage—on San Fernando Road south of Glendale—for his first "speed shop." The fenderless car at right was a Chevy "single-seater" that he ...

American Hot Rod is a reality television series that originally aired between 2004 and 2008 on The Learning Channel and Discovery Channel. The unique series documented the crew at Boyd Coddington's ...

Boyd's next mission starts with the unlikely discovery of a '65 Ford Mustang in an old barn. But as the team begins to tear apart this ailing American classic, full of holes and rusted metal parts, ...

The American hot rod craze is believed to have originated in Southern California during the interwar years and into the early Cold War period. A time when the playbook detailing how to shove large ...

Welcome to the Roadster House. Originally built and owned by Ray Nelson, this has been a personal restoration and hobby shop since 1935. Ray expanded the garage several times, once in 1938 and again ...

Not many people get the chance to live 97 years, but Gene Winfield did. The creator of hot rod and Kustom icons born in 1927, passed away Tuesday after spending time in a professional care facility.

With half a million dollars, you can walk into a dealership today and drive out with a mid-engine exotic that bends the laws ...

Original hot-rod hero, founder of the So-Cal Speed Shop, WWII veteran, and one of the founders of SEMA and the SEMA Show, Alex Xydias passed away this morning in Southern California. He was 102.

American Hotrod takes a close up view of one of the premier hotrod builders, Boyd Coddington. He is an automotive industry legend, whose work embodies the American hotrod. From his families' small ...