What would you have bought for transportation back in 1954? For those of us who weren't there (or even close to being born), it's easy to say we would've bought a top-of-the-line Cadillac Eldorado, a ...

Everyone from the average hot rodder to the most famous builder can get nervous when debuting a newly finished vehicle at its first show. For Steve Contris, from Hokes Bluff, Alabama, the vehicle was ...

Lowriders are among the most detail-oriented vehicles in the field of aftermarket customization. They involve a tremendous amount of detail, and restoring one not only requires a good amount of feria, ...

Oscar Ruelas, 78, a car builder, retired longshoreman and co-founder of Duke’s car club, who lives in Los Angeles, on his 1954 “Mr. Lowrider” Chevrolet Bel Air, as told to A.J. Baime. I started ...

My dad was a hot-rodder. In 1970, the year I was born, he and a friend took the straight-six out of his 1954 Chevrolet Bel Air and put in a small-block V-8 with a Muncie M22 four-speed manual. When I ...