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Flat Tires and Flatbed Trucks
TIME AND TREASURE • THE BRESNAHAN FAMILY AND SOUTHERN COMFORT CUSTOMS FIGURED OUT HOW TO REIMAGINE A CLASSIC 1955 NOMAD AND TAKE HOME THE 2025 RIDLER AWARD!
RACE INSPIRED
QUICK TURNAROUND • DAVE SHUTEN’S HEMI-POWERED DEUCE ROADSTER
THE KRAZY PSYCHO TRIFECTA • WHEN JUST ONE CRAZY CUSTOM-PAINTED PRO STOCKER BARRACUDA ISN’T ENOUGH.
SO REAL • MURRAY PFAFF’S ILLUSTRATIONS CHANGED THE WAY WE LOOK AT PROJECT CARS. NEW TOOLS WILL TAKE HIS IMAGINATION EVEN FURTHER.
POWER TOUR 2025 DRIVEN BY HAGERTY • 2025 HOT ROD POWER TOUR SMASHES ATTENDANCE RECORDS ON ITS EPIC JOURNEY
PRO STREET PRESERVATION • COREY WEGRZYN’S TUBBED NOVA IS A PIONEER OF BACK-HALVED STREET CARS
THE MOMENT SUPREME NHRA TOP FUEL CELEBRATES • TOP FUEL IS THE PINNACLE OF PROFESSIONAL MOTORSPORTS’ SPEED AND ACCELERATION, A FACT IT HAS ENJOYED SINCE IT BEGAN IN 1963.
SHAKEN AND STIRRED • RINGBROTHERS ARE BUILDING AN ASTON MARTIN THAT’S WORTHY OF HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE.
Touring the United States One HOT ROD Power Tour at a Time • After 31 years, it is still about cruising and hanging out with family and friends.