Hot rodding has always been about being different. Ask any hot rodder why he built his car and he'll invariably respond, "I wanted something different," even if that "something different" is as common ...

For this anniversary issue, let's survey the many faces of contemporary rodding-some old, some new, some from the future This month HOT ROD Magazine completes its 35th year of publication.

When the term “Street Rod” came about many decades ago, the scene was filled with T-Buckets, fat-fendered Fords and obscure combinations of engine, body and suspension that only a gearhead could dream ...