Accel Buick Hot Rod Parts

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.

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

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.

This or that: stripped down for speed or low and slow in a slick custom?

Like many of you, our New Year's resolutions often involve car projects. Jess Gasper tells us about a hot rod roadster project that followed her home and is going to keep her busy in the year ahead!

Speedway's own Jess MacKichan ran her hot rod '33 Ford up the mountain at this year's Hot Rod Hill Climb in Colorado! Here's her report, along with some great photography that will make you wish you had been there!

If you had to pick only one-is it a hot rod or a muscle car?

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

Cowl steering is a racecar-inspired steering configuration for your hot rod that can solve a lot of problems. Here's how to do it.

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.