Mercury 904 Hot Rod Parts

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

This year's Hot Rod Power Tour spanned 5 days across 5 cities from Tennessee to Indiana and we rode along with one of the craziest vintage Mail Trucks you can imagine!

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.

Hot rod moms work hard to keep traditions alive.

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

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.

Read about the hardships faced when Tim tried to fire up his 241 Dodge Hemi for his 1929 Ford roadster. Learn his tips for how to persist despite difficulties that will help any hot rodder with their own troubles.

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.

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

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