Vic and Debbie Hager have their own way to mark those special occasions: They build hot rods ... Photos The car was a roller, sitting on its stock frame and still fitted with its Model A axles ...

It truly was the golden era. While all of this was going on the traditional hot rod generally based on a Model T, a 1932 Ford coupe or roadster, the Model A Ford (1928 through 1931), and the 1939 ...

Alex Steelsmith's 1929 Ford Model A roadster is a prime example of what traditional hot rods are all about. Alex Steelsmith's 1929 Ford Model A roadster is a prime example of what traditional hot ...

The hopped-up 1930 Ford Model A he drives is a “gow job,” a hot rod from ... devotees of traditional hot rodding who have owned and modified many early Fords, so they sold the car to Mr ...

Imagine the look on Henry Ford’s face if he ever saw his Model A being turned into a high-revving hot rod like this.

The easiest way to begin a traditional hot-rod build is to start with a car that was already hot-rodded ... though the stock Model A rails were long gone and the body was resting on a different ...

That car, with Washington Blue and black paint, full fenders, and wire wheels was one classy street rod. This fenderless, channeled, black with flames version is something of an traditional hot ...

To stand out in a sea of big-engined Model A hot rods, Classic Car Studio tried something a little different. They built the car almost entirely out of bare metal, including the interior ...

though the traditional image of a hot rod is of an older car like a Ford Model T that's been souped up with a massive protruding engine. It'd be fair to assume that anyone who owns a hot rod would ...

When Pittsfield’s Eli English first got his hands on that 1930s Ford hot rod ... to drive his old car again, The Race of Gentlemen also served as a bump in attention for Traditional Speed ...