Hot Rods - Hot Babes
Hot Rod Pin-Ups II: Gearhead Girls and Dragstrip Dolls
Did you know - Ferdinand Verbiest, a member of a Jesuit mission in China, built the first steam-powered vehicle around 1672, designed as a toy for the Chinese Emperor, it being of small scale and unable to carry a driver or passenger but, quite possibly, the first working steam-powered vehicle Hot-rod competition is largely confined to acceleration contests (see drag racing), but hot rods may also compete in various classes against time or distance in speed and endurance attempts. Many natio...

The Yellow Essex
Owen Martin and His Prized Essex Hot Rod
My brother, Owen Martin, loved to tinker with cars. Over the years, he restored many old cars into showy street rods, but I think the love of his life was his 1929 Essex. He actually ended up restoring it several times, changing the configuration and once bringing it back to life after an accident. He drove it to many rod runs and car shows in Kansas. He particularly liked going to the Osborne Kansas rod run each year. (photo of Owen Martin with his Essex from the family album)

hot rod galery
Hot rods
Hot rod are typically American cars with large engines modified for linear speed. The origin of the term hot rod is unclear. One explanation is that the term is a contraction of hot roadster, meaning a roadster that was modified for speed. (wiki) Buy Hot rod used car : Ford Mustang 1967 Hotrod Mustang Racecar Restomod Hot Rod : $25,100.00 Volkswagen Beetle - Classic 1969 volkswagen very fast custom no rust clean hot rod : $3,694.99 chevrolet 3 window coupe streetrod rat rod hot chopped : $14,...

"Big Daddy" Ed Roth?
Who's Your Daddy? - Big Daddy Ed Roth!
This image is made available under a Creative Commons license. Many thanks to bcmacsac1. Here, Ed "Big Daddy" Roth stands by one of his most enduring custom creations - Mysterion. If you want to read more about this Kustom Kulture icon, check out the Big Daddy Roth on Wikipedia piece below. If you're like most of us, first you'll want to look at the pictures; I suggest you start with the Big Daddy Roth Video section and then go to Big Daddy Roth on Flickr. the MYSTERION & Ed "Big Daddy" Roth