Modern Rodding

The team at Art Morrison Enterprises (AME) just turned a milestone page as they celebrated a major chassis milestone. We here at Modern Rodding can remember the original phone call and email when Art Morrison first revealed they were thinking about d

When scanning classified ads, seasoned hot rodders can usually sniff out untruths, like “ready to paint” or “90 percent complete” or, the old standby, “Corvette engine.” It’s almost always a red flag when these statements are presented in the ad, but

Dealing with the hot rods from the ’50s and ’60s is a lot easier nowadays given there is so much reproduction sheetmetal. This month we are going to look at a ’64 Ford Galaxie and the replacement of its firewall using an Auto Metal Direct (AMD) firew

Exclusivity can create something very iconic. When GM’s chief designer, Harley Earle, introduced the Nomad as one of his very special Dream Cars for the 1954 General Motors Motorama in New York, it created an incredible buzz among the public with its

If you’ve been following the construction of Colin and Sue Radford’s ’57 Ford Del Rio Ranch Wagon so far you’ve seen the installation of the Art Morrison Enterprises (AME) front bikini clip, a Ford Performance Coyote, and an AME four-bar kit with the

In the Dec. ’22 issue of Modern Rodding, our pals at Hot Rods by Dean (HRBD) started to show us a clever way to chop a top. To chop a top, most of us cut a band of metal from the entire top perimeter then tune the parallel edges to make a tight, cons

Customs have long been a part of hot rodding. As much as any other build style they are a focal point. While we have seen any number of body styles customized it seems like we always come back to the ’49-51 Merc as a standard. Such is the case for Ke

Bob Bauder was what you’d call a “real hot rodder.” The look and performance behind the cars he built for himself and his select customers was not necessarily for the faint of heart. These cars were “drivers,” in the purest sense of the word, and Bob

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZE4RoNW3Fw Sometimes a plan goes sideways. The first step to turning a tech article on how to stop rust on a mangy old Model A frame into a how to restore a 20-year-old car trailer is to temporarily redirect one’s pri

Hot Rods and fighter planes for as different as they are also have a great deal in common. Both are compatible. There are pilots and some fly using wings while others “fly” piloting hot rods. They both feel the “need for speed.” Virgil Winland has lo

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How much television do any of us watch nowadays? I’m talking about weekly sitcoms or some form of television drama. I’m thinking not nearly as much as we once did. Nowadays it seems to be a lot of TV specials or shows we “cast” from our smartphone on