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Hot Rod is an American car magazine devoted to hot rodding, drag racing, and muscle cars—modifying automobiles for performance and appearance. It was published monthly until 2024, when it transitioned to quarterly publication.
Sep 13, 2023 · Bob Lindsay and Bob Peterson began selling booth space for a hot rod and speed-equipment show in 1947 and one of the by-products from that time was the birth of HOT ROD magazine.
May 2, 2024 · In early 1948, Hollywood Publicity Associates and the S.C.T.A. teamed up to produce a car show in an attempt to improve the hot rodder's image. The show was an instant success, and Petersen's...
Jun 15, 2016 · The physical changes that occurred between 1948-49 and 1952 were these: The 156-inch V860 was replaced by a 296-inch Edelbrock-built Ford V8 prepared by Meeks. The reader will note the...
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The HOT ROD Digital Archive will contain more than 900 magazine issues published from 1948 through 2021, with every single article and photo digitally converted over the last 18 months by HOT ROD into PDFs as well as easy-to-read, digital-friendly stories, totaling more than 128,000 pages of content.
Nov 3, 2022 · Announced in conjunction with this year’s SEMA Show, MotorTrend just unlocked its virtual vault of Hot Rod magazines stretching back to the publication’s inception in the late 1940s. You can click below to check it out: ACCESS THE HOT ROD DIGITAL ARCHIVE HERE.
Buoyed by war veterans with tech-savvy, disposable income and a need for speed, the hot-rodding hobby was without much in the way of informational publishing. In a brilliant stroke, Petersen stepped into the void in 1948, launching Hot Rod Magazine.
