Oldsmobile Hot Rod Parts

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.

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

Hot rod moms work hard to keep traditions alive.

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

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!

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.

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.

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

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