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FIVE GEARS AND SEVEN YEARS IN THE MAKING

BROTHERS IN ARMS TEN HISTORIC HOT ROD ESSENTIALS WITH ROOTS IN THE MILITARY • FROM WAR-BORN ENGINES TO TURBOCHARGED ICONS, THE BATTLEFIELD HELPED SHAPE HOT RODDING. HERE ARE OUR PICKS FOR THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PARTS AND PIECES

High Mileage • AMERICA TURNS 250, AND THESE 5 ROADS TELL ITS STORY BETTER THAN ANY MUSEUM

WHEN THE RACING STOPS, THE CRUISING STARTS

THE PATH LESS TAKEN • THIS 1969 FORD TORINO SHOWS THAT YOU CAN DO GREAT THINGS IF YOU TAKE A CHANCE ON SOMETHING DIFFERENT

TRUST THE PROCESS • MIKE CALLAHAN PROVES YOU CAN RUN 200 MPH AT BONNEVILLE IN A CAR YOU DROVE 2,000 MILES TO GET THERE

THE NEW OLD SCHOOL • CHUCK PALFI’S RESURRECTED 5.0 MUSTANG IS A REMINDER THAT TIME WAITS FOR NO HOT RODDER

THE HOLY GRAIL • THIS ALL-ORIGINAL ONE-OF-ONE 1970 HEMI CUDA, LOCKED AWAY FOR 50 YEARS, IS GETTING BACK ON THE ROAD

THE PASSING OF A LEGEND REST IN PEACE ED ISKENDERIAN

HOW PAR’S BIG-BLOCK BULLETS TURN DRAG-AND-DRIVE EVENTS INTO A 3,000-HP PLAYGROUND

A RARITY IN ALUMINUM • WE DUST OFF A UNIQUE BIG-BLOCK CHEVY AND FIND OUT SOME SURPRISES ALONG THE WAY

THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM • VEHICLE EMISSIONS ARE OFTEN FRAMED AS A SIMPLE PROBLEM WITH SIMPLE SOLUTIONS, BUT THE TRUTH ABOUT HOT ROD POLLUTION IS FAR MORE COMPLICATED

HOT ROD’S DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO THE BEST ENGINES OF ALL TIME • THE HOT ROD STAFF PICKS THEIR FAVORITE ENGINES AND JUSTIFIES THE DECISIONS

NHRA 75th Anniversary Celebration • NHRA celebrates 75 years in 2026, and it began right here at HOT ROD.