Wally Parks Presented with Recreation of His Old Roadster
A precise replica of Wally Parks’ Model A roadster hot rod was presented to the NHRA founder recently by the Cal-Rods Car Club. photo courtesy museum.nhra.com He has graced every hot rodding hall of...
View ArticleHot rod pioneer Ak Miller dies
Ak Miller, a pioneer in nearly every type of racing, died Thursday, December 15. Born in Denmark in 1919 but raised in Southern California, Miller started racing at the Muroc dry lake when he was 14...
View ArticleHot rodding legends answer questions from the rest of us.
At times it seems as though every time we turn around, we hear of another pioneering hot rodder or mainstay of kustom culture dying. Just in the last six weeks, we lost not only Don Nicholson and...
View ArticleWally Parks dies at 94
Wally Parks: 1913-2007 Wally Parks, the man who legitimized hot rodding in all its forms, died of pneumonia over the weekend. He was 94. Born in 1913 in Oklahoma, he spent his early years there and in...
View ArticleU.S. Drag Team to reunite at Hot Rod Reunion
The “reunion” part of the Hot Rod Reunion has always been sort of loosely interpreted through the history of the event as a get-together of like-minded hot rodders, but this weekend will see an actual...
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