Thirty-five years of age is a bit late to get into the hot rodding game, but there's no doubt that Josh Martin is a real-deal car guy. No, he doesn't have the requisite yard full of decrepit jalopies...
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It's hard to believe that we started work on this big blue Ford over two years now. When we managed to score the '70 Fairlane 500 off eBay for $8,000 we knew we were already ahead of the game...
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So you've decided to start shopping for a project car, and for one reason or another, you've got a limited budget. There are always going to be economic lulls and discouraging situations, but when it forces you to lose out on your hobby and your passion, then hope can be hard...
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It was hate at first sight. Like having your marriage arranged with an ugly chick, Steve Yoder Jr.'s parents got him a '76...
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His name is Lang Paciulli, but his buddies call him Langenfelter. Obviously, the clever nickname is inspired...
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It's not that Rob Morell is impossible to please. He's just always tinkering, trying something new, pushing the limits...
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Born and raised in a mountain community just inland of Eureka, California, Brian Finch didn't get exposed to many hot rods...
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A stute PHR readers will remember this '65 Dodge Coronet from the "Hometown Heroes" photo contest in our January '09 issue, but my personal introduction to the hot rodding...
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We finally got over the hump with our '75 Laguna project car. As most of you know from your own project cars, there's an important psychological barrier you cross once the engine and transmission...
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For many of us, growing up in neighborhoods with a hodgepodge of ethnic backgrounds meant that it was not uncommon to go to a friend's birthday party where the highlight of the event...
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When he was 18 years old, Gary Abraham thought he was living the dream. He had a '70 Nova built to the hilt, and a hot girl by his side. One fateful evening, they decided to take the car to Union Grove Dragstrip...
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Our '66 Mustang, Project Street Fighter, has gotten a complete suspension overhaul and recently its straight-six engine was removed to make way for something new...
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While standard magazine protocol involves pulling the handle on the dyno, patting yourself on the back, and calling it a day, readers want more than just engine buildups...
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Unless you've seen and experienced this Firebird in person, it's easy to write off as just another Pro Touring charlatan funded for, instead of built by, a white collar wanker...
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Spray an Olds Cutlass in Barrio Gold, and the thing could damn well start hopping up and down spontaneously right there in the paint booth. And that's before the obligatory-shapely Latina...
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About 25 miles northwest of Detroit via Woodward Avenue, Pontiac Motor Division unleashed a GTO that was unlike anything else on the street...
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At first, the submissions only trickled in. Was our country truly in such economic doldrums that nobody cared about hot rodding any more? The fact that the Reader Projects issue was announced...
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NASCAR's premiere shindig--which started out as the Strictly Stock Series--later turned into the Grand National Series before morphing into the Winston Cup Series,....
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Tired of every media outlet spouting the same public relations stuff about the greatest car to come out of Detroit since the Model A?.....
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Enough with all the doom and gloom, please. We've been through this drill before, so put a sock in it, preferably one that reeks of stinky and politically incorrect....
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It's not like you need a car magazine to tell you times are rough, but when message board thugs can no longer gouge helpless daddies for Hannah Montana tickets like they used to, it certainly reinforces the pervasiveness of the situation.
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Denny Terzich of North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, has built some bad rides in his time, but none like this one.
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For Carl Casanova of Glendale, California, cars were a part of his life from the day he was born.
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We've got your weapons of mass destruction right here, buddy. The thing is, it's not fueled by enriched uranium and you can't find it in Iraq, so it's highly unlikely to be named to the...
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It started innocently enough with an ad on eBay for a 1963 Pontiac LeMans Tempest with just 3,165 miles.
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