Articles of hot rods, customs, classics, bikes and other rides.
1950 Plymouth Suburban When I first saw these photos I was floored. Wade had shared them on his Instagram page. I made it a point to contact him and find out more about this beautiful car and find the back-story. A friend of his shot these photos and requests to be annonymous but he certainly […]
Paternal Inspiration An old photo of his mom and dad with a ‘50’s era Chevy Truck in the background sparked a cylinder in Larry’s head. That spark led to an inspiration to some day have an old Chevy truck to cruise around in like his parents did back in the day. Soon enough, Larry got […]
MOON Bike Building story. My name is Peter Ström and I am 54 years old from Stockholm, Sweden. I have a few bike-builds behind me – I built my wife’s FXR trike, Sportster chopper to myself, Sportster bobber whit a lot of engraving on to my daughter. Every one of them has been well appreciated […]
A couple and their trucks. The first time I saw this truck it was love at first sight. Maybe it was the memory of the movie, or perhaps it was the song, She Never Cried (when old Yeller died). But whatever it was, it was just a moment that you never forget. Charlie Milan, a […]
Don Carrick sent us this inventive hot rod he found in Pennsylvania. Brian Stichter owns a machine shop and sharpening business in Mohrsville, PA. His father always tinkered with cars including a ‘29 Model A Tudor. Brian’s earliest memories was with that car and he knew someday he would own one. The time came when […]
Kenny Davanzo’s 1949 Chop Kenny took a basket-case of a bike from the Mississippi swamp and built it up to the laid-out chop you see here. He took it down to the frame and raked the neck to build a old school chopper. The frame is an original wish bone, and the motor is the […]
One look at this bike you will see the detail is simply incredible. This is Karl’s 10th Triumph build each comes from a single inspiration point. He set out to build a bike that would represent and perform like a drag or salt-flat bike of the early 1960’s. He chose a Duplex frame that was […]
1955 Oval Window, Rag-Top Bug After a long hiatus with VW’s Cameron Chavez caught the “bug” again when his father-in-law bought a 1952 Bug. So he was looking for this car which he found close-by in Downey. He started putting new parts on it and it took over from there with about a year of […]
Fuel Fed Fun Now on Blacktop TV:: Richard Hall, Underoath Car Club member out of Torrance, CA brought new life into this family owned beauty. I first saw this car at the 5th Annual Mercifuls Spark of Love Toy Drive and Car Show. He won the Blacktop Pick trophy at the event, so here it […]
Here’s a cool Readers Ride from Hamburg, Germany! The story of the bike all starts from a friend who shared a pic from the ’60’s of a kool trike. Inspired, I looked for more pics and had to build one however with new technology. I found the rear end on ebay for $800.00 and then began […]
Don Carrick of 413 Photo sent us these great vehicles. 1952 CHEVY COE RAMP TRUCK CAB: 1952 Chevy COE Thriftmaster, Paint by Todd Cassler of Flames Unlimited BED: 1971 Ramp Bed, Powdercoated by Blue Lake Powdercoating CHASSIS: 1988 Chevy 1 Ton Dually C30 Stretched 45″ by Zimmomatic Trucks Front – Airlift air bags Rear – […]
Introducing Jerry Laboranti A Bonneville Salt Flat style roadster Story By Jerry Laboranti, Photos by Don Carrick/Studio 413 I have always thought that a Ford model A roadster on a 1932 frame seemed to be a winning pair in traditional hot rodding. There’s just something about this combination that gets the car to sit just […]
