The Rodders Blog

This is the largest top I have chopped yet! Well I’d have to be the first to admit that this is one top that I’ve chopped I wish I didn’t have to do. Why? Because its a truck and not this truck. But this is not the truck I’m referring to. This is a project I just [...]

Here’s a few tips to help fill your roof in: Every time we go to a car show you will always notice any hot rod that’s had its top chopped. Now this you would believe to be done by the owner or builder of the car. Now notice I said a builder, not necessarily the owner [...]

Lowering your Headlights on 1935 Fords:   In this article we will show you how Rick Field , a hot rodder from Lithgow in NSW Australia has achieved the lowering of his headlights for his 1935 Ford Tudor . This method can be used on any headlights that incorporate the stanchions from the mudguards. With questions asked to various car buddies he [...]

Can’t find old mudguards? So you want to widen what you have. Thanks to Rick Field for this Article. Well all you need is an English wheel! Now that’s easy to say in just words, but what about the fact you haven’t got one? Today there is many on the market for sale in various shapes and [...]

Do you want to fit big rubber under those rear guards? Well in the 80’s the look of air between the mudguards and tyres was accepted as Hot rod material. Today in 2010 it’s quite the opposite with air bag technology. So what can you do to fit bigger rubber under the rear guards? At first [...]

Witness this great weekend had by all at the 13th Street Rod Nationals at Mantorp Park in Sweden.

Sit back and enjoy:

Witness the 2009 Americas Most Beautiful Roadster Show for 2009. Discover what owner’s have applied to their hot rods for a chance to win this most prestigious award which has now been organised for over 50 years. Sit back and let your mind wonder over these beautiful pieces of workmanship whilst creating your own ideas for [...]

Witness the first land speed vehicle , the Thrust SSC to break the sound barrier. There’s no need to add words to this video, it’s just shear engineering at its best. This great achievement was performed on the Black Rock desert Nevada. Sit back and witness the guts and the glory of all involved: [...]

Known to be one of the best Australian Hot Rod runs. Here we have a video of the event which includes the Go-to whoa driving event and the show n shine. As always this great weekend is over 4 days in November each year and the organisers , The Northern Suburbs Rodders have now past there [...]

The Geelong Rodders Annual Show.

This year again was a highly successful organised event with the favourite for the weekend being the Saturday night street cruise.

No cops just pure driving fun.

Sit back and enjoy this video of the Saturday night street cruise:

How to Colour Sand before we Polish our Hot Rod Cars. Now if you just notice this photo is looking into the reflections on one very nice paint job. I bet you thought painting your car stopped at the spraying of the top coat. Well from body work and repairs, to primer, then top coat you [...]

The Vee-Dub’s Volkswagen Beetle was originally known as Kafer, a word in German which means “Beetle”. The VW then became the most famous small car model in the world due to its superiority in comfort compared to other European small cars and also because of its unique design. It also becomes the generation trade mark style [...]

Turbo Charger versus Supercharger One thing car enthusiasts love to do is improve the performance of their cars. This can be accomplished in many ways but one of the most popular is to install aftermarket performance car parts or high performance racing parts that are designed to build upon and increase the power of a car’s [...]

The easy way to test synthetic oils After being in several forums over the past few years reading all the debates out there about which synthetic oil is best, I have come to the conclusion that most people really are not taking the time to actually compare synthetic oils properly. It’s great that everyone has their [...]

Porting and Polishing Chevy Muscle Car Heads The heart of your engine is the cylinder heads.  A time-honored method for increasing Chevy muscle car horsepower and torque has been improving the air flow potential of the engine cylinder heads. There are many ways to do this; expensive “bolt-ons” such as aftermarket heads, supercharging or turbo charging. [...]

Car Wheels…. Where would your hot rod be without wheels, you quessed it,  still stuck in the garage. Within the thoughts for the  planning of your hot rod or ride  there is so much to be considered. Body style, colour, engine, trim, theme, and of course wheels and tyres. You won’t get far without them and to [...]

Fibreglass Body: Here’s an important secret you might like to know. It is standard fact today that every hot rod show will have hot rods or street rods with fiberglass manufactured body’s. Without the introduction of these new reproduction body styles we just simply put would not have the volume of hotrods at shows to entertain [...]

“Seats for your Hot Rod” Something we can never go with out in our hot rods and that is seats. I mean a man’s got to have somewhere to park his rear end, and in the most comfortable way too. Just talk to many rodders who own 1928 pickups and see what they think of long [...]