Packard Hot Rod Flashers

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 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!

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!

Hot rod moms work hard to keep traditions alive.

It may feel like a daunting task attempting to determine the best leaf spring for your traditional hot rod straight axle build, but our buyer's guide will surely help.

Tim talks about the process of upgrading the factory hubs on his 1929 Roadster project with new manufacture units courtesy of Speedway Motors.

Speedway Motors did the 2023 Hot Rod Power Tour, and we're back with some stories and photos from one amazing adventure

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.