Dave Lohr keeps telling me that he builds his cars to scare people, but to be honest, I don't think it's working. Two years in a row I've run into Dave (aka "Littleman") at the Autorama Extreme-the ...

I've accepted that I have an acute talent for losing hideous money on cars, but this scenario is extensive and ends in just plain blackmail. Let's go back to 1998 when I decide to build a Rat rod '28- ...

When Jerry Brown was 17, he owned a hot-rod Model A Ford, making him like that “kid in a hopped up Model A” in the oft-recorded early ’50s song, “Hot Rod Race.” Over the years, Jerry has owned a ...

The world of hot rods dates back to the 1920s and ’30s, when young guys would soup up Model A and Model T Fords in their garages. Each year, Ford seemed to crank out new cars faster and cheaper, ...