Photographer: Fred Anderson The Rolling Bones Hot Rod Shop consists of three guys … Keith Cornell, Ken Schmidt, and a young hot rodder who works with them Chris Chabre. Keith and Ken built two deuce 3 windowcoupes in a style that represented the best of the late forties, early fifties hot rods to them and they… Continue reading Rolling Bones Hot Rod Shop- Garage Night 2007 – Greenfield Center, N.Y.

Marty & Patty Pierson of Hall, New York are the owners of Marty’s Chop Shop. Marty’s is a high-end custom street rod shop. Here you can commission a one of a kind Hot Rod built to your spec’s or have Marty dream up one of his own designs. Marty has been building custom cars and… Continue reading Marty's Chop Shop – Hall, N.Y.

Photographers: Bob Choisser& Bob Edmonds We were on the road once again yesterday taking a road trip up to my home town of Santa Rosa. We stopped first at Conrad Cavallero’s Red Barn Classics shop and he accompanied us on north of Santa Rosa to Fred Stokes ranch where we got to see the progress of… Continue reading Cavallero's Red Barn Classics Shop and Fred Stokes Ranch – Santa Rosa, CA

  Photographers: Bob Choisser& Bob Edmonds Bob Choisser traveled to Vern Tardels Flathead Ranch for a 50 year trip back in time! Tardel’s shop is by far, one of the most interesting and definitely the most nostalgic places we have seen to date. As I mentioned to you before, Vern arranged for 25 or so period hot… Continue reading Vern Tardel's Flathead Ranch – Santa Rosa, CA

Pictures from Bob Brace The state of Ohio is a hotbed for rods and customs. Many well known shops are located in the state. There are also some very good not so well known shops as well. One of these shops is located in the small town of Mansfield, Thunder Road Rod and Custom. Pat… Continue reading Thunder Road Rod and Custom – Mansfield, Ohio

  Photographer: Bob Choisser We did make it to Vallejo (CA) to the open house at the Pacific Coast Customs hot rod shop. They do some excellent work as you can see from the photos. It was definitely a pleasure to meet shop owner Robbie Azevedo. He had plenty of time to talk at length… Continue reading Pacific Coast Customs – American Canyon, CA

Jack and Mary Ann stopped by Taylors House of Color in Louisville on the way home from Syracuse. We know what fantastic paint comes out of Bobbys shop and we were hoping to see him in action. When we got there though, we found that the most recent jobs had just left the shop except… Continue reading Taylor's House of Color

  Photographer and Tour Guide: Bob Choisser We took a run up to Santa Rosa to see Conrad Cavaller’s Red Barn Classic Car shop and have the Tuesday Hot Rodder’s Lunch at the Fred Stoke Ranch in Santa Rosa. Fred is in the process of building a dozen nearly identical ’33 and ’34 Ford Pickup hot rods in an… Continue reading Conrad Cavaller's Red Barn Classic Car Shop – Santa Rosa, CA

Photographs by Robert Steinhaus 40,000 square feet of hot rod heaven! This is S.E. Michigan’s newest dedicated classic to current vehicle maintenance and modification center. The facility is divided into showroom and performance shop with a complete Dyno testing center, body shop and indoor, secured vehicle storage area. While looking at these pictures try to remember that this is not a… Continue reading Motor City Steel Commerce – Township, MI

Photographs by Jack and Minnie Roberts Hey Gang, Johnny Cate, formerly Mo and Curleys Rod Shop, has moved to a new location and changed the name to Johnny Cate Hotrod and Custom, located at 2721 Wright Rd in Alcoa, Tn, just outside Knoxville, Tn. You can call him at 865-984-1199. Anyways, Johnny called me and… Continue reading Johnny Cate Hot Rod and Custom – Alcoa, TN