Roddings Largest Online Magazine HotrodHotLine Newsletter
September 5 2007

   The 2007 NSRA Streetrod Nationals in Louisville is just a memory now, but we know that some of you either didn’t get to attend or, if you did, you may have missed some of the fantastic exhibits inside the expo hall. Every year Hotrodhotline does a “Virtual Tour” to show you many of the fine companies who were exhibiting and give you a chance to see some of the products you may have missed. Check out the Louisville Virtual Tour now.

 Easy Up Ramps are portable, strong, and give you an easy way to make your car accessible without having a large piece of equipment taking up space in your shop.  This patented ramp system comes in black powdercoat finish or even in colors... They are very affordable too at $595 per set. Take a look now...

Classic Radiator and Heaters understands that a quality cooling system is critical to the consistent and reliable performance of your engine and vehicle. Taking seriously their commitment to provide the best in product and service, they are an authorized dealer for “US Radiator,” “Griffin Radiator” and “Flex-a-Lite.”  Check out all of their services here

  Everything old is NEW Again..... and that’s really true in the case of Stewart Warner and their fantastic gauges. There was a time when Stewart Warner was the ONLY gauge company the guys were using in their rods and NOW They’re back with a full line of products including the return of the Green Line Gauge.. Take a look at all that Stewart Warner has for you..

Steele Rubber ..... A name you can trust for quality. Rubber and weatherstripping may not be the most expensive part of your rod but if you use inferior products it can be disastrous .... Steele Rubber has a 50 Year tradition of providing quality rubber and weatherstripping products.  Check it out....

If you’re looking for premium quality parts at real world prices, Professional Products is the first choice of both professional and amateur car enthusiasts. The Professional Products line of intake manifolds, harmonic dampers, throttle bodies and related fuel system components and accessories covers both street and strip applications for domestic and import vehicles.
  . If you’re looking for better performance, better quality and better price, Professional Products is your one stop shop.

Look.... The fabulous ‘40 Column is Back ... Check out the selection at Julianos ... You’ll find ‘40 Steering Columns,  ‘40 Steering wheels, Hot Rod Columns, Banjo Wheels, ... as well as Classic steering wheels of the 30’s and 40’s in 15 inch and those very cool metalflake sixties  wheels. Julianos is your source for  Real Hot Rod Stuff !  www.Julianos.com 

Take a look at  the Spal USA featured product this week. The dual High Performance 12” fan features a curved blade design that aids in noise reduction and air flow.  You’ll find this and other new products from Spal USA including their full line of power door and window products at their website. For More Info .....

Street Beat Customs offers the best in Car Covers, Spare Tire Covers, Hood Protectors, Front End Masks, Front End Covers, and Nose Bras for your car or truck protect in various ways. Car Covers can protect the car from any element sunshine or dust. Car Covers allow the exterior to have the best protection even when your car or truck is parked outdoors  FOR MORE

The all new Gen IV Magnum utilizes all the features that you have come to expect from our Sure Fit Series units; including fully electronic servo motor operated doors, a dedicated defrost mode, bi-level operation, and an adjustable heater blend door for “ just right ” temperature control. The Gen IV Magnum utilizes a CAD designed case, a separate parallel flow copper/ brass heat coil, an aluminum plate/fin cooling coil ...... Get The Details HERE

The Engine Factory has a huge selection of “custom built for you” options. This awesome Chevy 383 Stroker with 475 Horsepower is just one of the many choices at EngineFactory.com This is the time to beef up your ride with some horsepower, and the Engine Factory has been building Turnkey Engines since 1969 so you know you can depend on them for the best. All Engine Factory Engines run right out of the crate .... no need to add anything. Take a look at all of the great engine choices at www.EngineFactory.com

From Alan Grove Components, Inc. is a reasonably priced (Price: 345.00) serpentine system. This versatile street rod style bracket system is designed for the small block Chevy using the Corvette reverse rotation short water pump and corresponding aftermarket aluminum pulleys. Works well with most induction systems: single carbs, multiple carbs and fuel injection etc. Note: A offset thermostat housing will be required if using tuned port injection.

Clayton Machine Works announces new aluminum trim which provides that added touch of detail. The trim, available in 4 and 6 foot lenths, can be easily shaped into an ulimited amount of styles and designs. Not only can they be used on door panels, they also make a great design detail on valve covers, air cleaners, etc. FOR MORE

Check out this new offering from Painless Performance....Chevy PowerStar Starter SB 168T w/Offset Pattern,. Kick start the whole process with the new PowerStar starters with 160-lbs/ft of torque for guaranteed cranking power every time. See it Here

HANELINE has several different  32 Ford Dash Panels to choose from along with panels for many other cars.  Haneline has over 2,000 patterns. and all of the gauges to go in the panels too...We carry only the finest gauges, including Haneline, Beede, Teleflex, Stewart Warner, Classic, and Westach FOR MORE..

Zigs Street Rods is a stocking dealer for TCI Chassis and many more suspension and chassis parts... For the Best Selection and prices check out the Zigs Street Rods site

  Now that we’re planning those winter projects, we need to get some good instructional material to help us with all that we plan on doing. HotRodLibrary now has 9 very good Metal Working DVD’s by Ron Covell available to order online or by phone. You can choose from “Chopping and Sectioning”, “Shaping Aluminum”, “TIG Welding Basics”, “Working with Steel” and several others... Check it OUT !

HUSHMAT ULTRA
is a pressure-sensitive, constrained-layer damping material which has excellent adhesion to many 
difficult to bond substrates such as oily visco-elastic steel, automotive E-coat, primers, finishes, and 
many plastics including polypropylene. The aluminum foil constraining layer and specially formulated viscoelastic polymer layer combine to give effective vibration damping and outstanding thermal insulating properties over a wide temperature range (minus 30 to 400 degrees F).  For More product Info

  We know that many of you would just love to have Air Suspension on your Rod or Muscle car but there are lots of questions you have about these systems. In our Hot Rod MD we have a really great article from the fine people at ChassisTech  AIR RIDE PRO . This is a FAQ column with lots of diagrams and illustrations to help you with any questions you may have. The people at AIR RIDE PRO have everything you need for a complete system.  Check out their article at Hot Rod MD NOW

   Our friends at DynaMat have some excellent installation articles on their website .... you’ll find out how to install many of their heat control and noise control products. Check it out at the DynaMat website and then cruise around and see all of the cool cars that feature their products. 

WIRE WORKS, was founded in 1974, and is a result of over 30 years of experience in wiring street rods and developing electrical products directly for street rod applications. Having attended the first NSRA Street Rod National in Peoria in 1970 and being one of the first 100 members of the National Street Rod Association (#90), Ron Francis has, for years, been aware that fellow rodders can use help with what is often one of the least understood phases of street rod construction ... the wiring system. Ron's goal to create a wiring system that is designed specifically for the do-it -yourself ....FOR MORE

The Turbo Hydramatic 350 (or Turbo 350 as it is more commonly known) is one of the most popular automatic transmissions of all time. Fitted to millions of street rods, pony cars, and small block-powered street machines, turbo 350s are lightweight, easy to install, and lend themselves well to engine and transmission swaps. Though in stock form, they are best suited for use behind mild small blocks and smaller engines such as V6s, a TCI® prepped Super StreetFighter™ or Competition Turbo 350 can handle over 600 normally aspirated horsepower. More from TCI Auto

 Hotrodhotline.com was invited to the Media Opening of a new exhibit at the Wally Parks NHRA Museum. featuring 50 years of Famoso Raceway.  Sam Flowers covered the opening for us and then went to the Museums Twilight Cruise following the grand opening. – The March Meet, the fabled drag race that put Auto Club Famoso Raceway, as well as Bakersfield, on the motorsports map, is the focus of a new exhibit at the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum, presented by the Automobile Club of Southern California. The exhibit, titled Bakersfield: A Salute to the March Meet – 50 years of Racing, opens Aug. 29, in conjunction with the Museum’s monthly Prolong® Twilight Cruise Night, and runs through August 2008 at the Fairplex in Pomona, Calif.  For details on this exhibition CLICK HERE

You can see Sams coverage in our 2007 Show Coverages

Adam Caldwell got some great shots in Lompoc

Chuck Belica went to a show in Warren

  If you didn’t make it to the Hot Rod Reunion in Columbus this year you still have a chance to experience the Best Time a Rodder can have....  Bakersfield, California, The reunion features top nostalgia drag racers competing in such categories as Top Fuel, Junior Fuel, Supercharged Gassers, and A/FX, as well as a variety of exhibition entries. Oct. 12-14, 2007, are the dates. The weekend includes hundreds of street rods, customs, and muscle cars as well as the Reunion Swap Meet, Manufacturers Midway, and lots of celebrities. Click Here for more details and registration.

Over 2,900 street rods will be on hand at the Kalamazoo County Fairgrounds this fall as the National Street Rod Association® presents its 28th Annual Street Rod Nationals North®. The dates for the city’s largest vintage car show will be September 14, 15, 16, 2007.
This will be the 21st time the NSRA Street Rod Nationals North® have been held in Kalamazoo and an all time high number of participants and spectators are expected this year. Almost all of the Kalamazoo County Fairgrounds will be utilized for the event as well as most of the buildings, which will house over 120 manufacturer and dealer displays and other attractions.

Rhinebeck is just around the corner and our own Big Al Liebmann will be on hand to cover this great show. With over 1500 Classics, Rods and Muscle Cars up to 1972 on hand this will be a fantastic show. Sept 14 - 17th at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds... BE THERE ! FOR MORE DETAILS CLICK HERE

 September, the Somernites Cruise team will be holding its sixth fun run kicking off early Saturday morning. From Somerset we will travel to Renfro Valley to watch a live show and be entertained by
some of Kentucky's Country Music's greatest. Also we will take a tour of the Country Music Hall of Fame and there are several small shops that will be open to buy soveniers and food. After watching the live event and touring the small little village of Renfro Valley we will cruise on over to Somerset and begin the Show and Shine portion of the Cruise Day ww.SomerNitesCruise.com

  The San Francisco Rod, Custom and Motorcycle show is coming up faster than we can believe ! Jack and Mary Ann flew over to San Francisco for the show last year and had a great time. They are expanding this show to include so many new things .... The Biker Build Off in the motorcycle building, A huge building for Nostalgia or “Rat” Rods was awesome ... there will be lots of news in coming weeks to tell you about all of the fabulous things the fine folks at RP Productions are planning... We can hardly wait !

In December, you’ll want to attend the East Coast Indoor Nats.... It’s a great show with over 300 of the countries finest cars on display and lots of activities for the whole family. Check it out now...
 

Carolina Open Car Classic and Hot Rod Show on Dec 7, 8th in beautiful Charleston, South Carolina. This fabulous show will include: Celebrities! Top name entertainment during the entire event!, Great food & beverages. $1000 cash giveaways every hour!, A catered VIP party on the 7th for advance registered entrants., A HUGE awards party on the 8th after the show,. Incredible custom made trophies to award the top three in each of the 79 classes.
* The "Best of the Carolina's" 16 category winners will have their name and car info permanently displayed

Thanks to these fine companies for sponsoring our Young Rodders contest each month.

  We have lots of great young rodder stories and as far as we’re concerned they’re all winners ! Their stories take us back to when we were young and had many of the same experiences. CLICK HERE

31 Ford $45k

69 Rivi $29,990

We love to hear from you so if you have any comments or Questons.... Just email us or give us a call !  877-700-2468

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Jack Lawford’s 34 Ford

Until Next Time
 Keep Rodd’n and we hope to see you on the road this year...
Jack, Mary Ann
and the Staff at Hotrodhotline
 

HRHL “Road Van”