Welcome to our Blast to the Past section. This is where YOU can post your memories / pictures from the good old days ! It's great to see those old pictures from those times we loved so much. Send in your photos and story to Staff@hotrodhotline.com and we'll get it posted for you.
The attached photo of my 1950 Ford was taken in 1959. This was my first car at age 16. We found it in rough shape under a snowbank in Story Clity, Iowa. With a little tune-up to the flat head engine, a brake job, and a some fresh paint........ more
Here's a 40 Ford Coupe that was nearly new when my friend bought it in 1955 or 56 in Sioux City, Iowa. The lady he bought it from had someone put it up on blocks for her in 1941 after her husband passed away. I don't remember how many miles were on it, but I re... more
Hi guys & gals:
Don't know if anyone cares about the earliest customs to come out of Idaho,
but perhaps you Boiseans will get a chuckle from these:... more
First day out in 1974 after a 3-year build with a $450 body and a $50 frame. After 96,000 miles, the second picture shows the new rebuild of the same all-steel car as it was finished last year.... more
Photos taken in '61-'62. The '41 Ford Coupe was my high school ride. My brother John and I had stuffed it with a Chrysler hemi. The '51 ragtop towed it to Union Grove dragstrip, but the coupe was also my daily driver for several years... more
Tommy Ivo Twin Engine Buick Dragster Was Big Star. I Took A 33 Chevy Powered Plymouth Coupe, He Would Not Let Me Racer Because Of My Age
Danny Shelton
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Here is evidence that I really used to work on hot rods. It is me holding the camshaft from the flathead V8 from my 34 Ford. This was taken by Ted Bennett from Burbank HS about 1955.... more
Here are some pictures of my high school rod in 1963. 1931 Ford Coupe with 1955 Olds 324 engine and cast iron hydro. 50 Olds rear. Ross steering box.... more
Found and recovered by Larry Tarantolo, the 1932 Ford Roadster, Edelbrock Special 2B which ran 146 mph in 1952, check out the old photos of it, along with the program, and yes, Gene Winfield, master metal cra... more
The Rod & Custom Dream Truck was a radical 1950 Chevrolet Pickup built by the Top Customizer in the country, Barris, etc for Rod & Custom Magazine back in the 50's. Spense Murrary was the editor that had it built.... more
The Renegades Car Club of Long Beach was first organized in 1941, by five young men who desired something more from an automobile than mere transportation ...
RENEGADES Inc.... more
Back in the late 50's, the Mroz Brothers from Chicago, Illinois built a 1950 Ford called the Titian Tudor which they showed around the midwest taking top honors. In the 60's they decided to take it to the A-Bros for a make over.... more
I found this old pic of my 37 Ford coupe taken in 1961. At the time I had just put the flathead motor in, and pushed started it and got it running for the first time. Notice no radiator. You can barely see Me peeking over the roof [that’s Me].... more
