Mercury Mercury Hot Rod Frame

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.

How to replace sway bars in a Mercury Comet and the advantages that come with it.

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.

Mick Rau has a garage full of cool cars, but this Hirohata-inspired Merc is a standout.

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

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.

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

That flathead engine pictured on our street rod catalog cover is just one little piece of a pretty mean little Model T hot rod. Check it out.

Not only is Ronald's Model T hot rod outrageously cool, but he's kept us in the loop as he's built it. It's been a pleasure to see it come together and now we're excited to share it here.

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!