Want your ride featured on HOT ROD?to find out how! A good Readers' Rides feature is all about finding someone with a good story, decent photos, and, more often than not, a hot rod that's a little ...

After the passing of his father, Larry felt it was time to restore the beloved Jeep and trailer back to its former glory, and it sure turned out perfectly. Larry Spent years replacing completely ...

Before the wussification of America, things were made out of steel. Coal was dug out of the Pennsylvania ground and traveled by rail to huge mills in places like Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, ...

It's been more than almost two decades since Hot Rod magazine first proclaimed the "Dare To Be Different" mantra, provoking rodders to break the mold of conformity and branch out into other varied ...

Owning a Willys Jeep makes you an enthusiast, but using one makes you a true adventurer. Meet Larry Shank, owner of this 1953 Willys Jeep CJ-3B and its 1947 teardrop trailer as featured on the latest ...

Long before the foreign vehicles hit American soil touting superior gas mileage, this 1953 vehicle was getting about 25 miles to the gallon. It was a 1953 Willys Aero Ace powered by a 161-cubic inch, ...

American coupes of this era, even ones made by off-brand manufacturers, usually are the last to get scrapped. However, this one suffered a nasty interior fire, and that was that. The Aero was a ...

Still trading on the reputation of its remarkable World War II Jeep, Willys-Overland celebrated its 50th anniversary as an automaker with little change in the redoubtable four-wheel-drive vehicle ...