Oldsmobile 518 Hot Rod Parts

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

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.

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

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!

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

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

Hot rod moms work hard to keep traditions alive.

Doug Siemen's Model T is a cool little hot rod. It's even better when you learn that it was built from scratch for a great cause. Check it out!

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