1936 Chevy Hot Rod Frame

Tim Matthews has been collecting pieces for this hot rod for a long time. Here's the amazing story in his own words...

After being stored away for decades, Bob finally finished his big block powered '36 Chevy coupe...

From the Model A coupe body to the dropped axle and chrome OEM wheels. This car project is a basic, but cool traditional hot rod. Comparable to the American Graffiti coupe. Read more on how to start planning your hot rod car build.

When it comes to a traditional style build on an early hot rod it just has to be rolling on a solid front axle of some sort. In this buyer's guide we take you through I-beam and round tube solid axles, spindle choices, radius rod needs, and more.

Look up "hot rod" in the dictionary and you'll see a picture of this car.

This 1932 Ford hot rod has all the right touches and packs a big block Chevy under the hood!

Check out Eric's wicket '34 3-window! It's chopped, channeled, and powered by a rowdy blown big block.

Learn how to lower a hot rod by modifying the axles and some history behind early hop ups. This project features a Ford axle with wishbones for a Model A.

This hot rod was built to be driven, and there are some neat tricks and great pieces of history hiding in plain sight!

Tim talks about the process of upgrading the factory hubs on his 1929 Roadster project with new manufacture units courtesy of Speedway Motors.