Issue# 30

Rodding USA

By Hot Rodders for Hot Rodders

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Big Plans for 2018
By Paul Martinez Happy New Year to all of our Rodding USA family. Issue 30 marks the end of our fifth year of publishing Rodding USA and we are looking forward to many more. All of this would not be possible without the support of you, our readers
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Project Hot Rod Roadster Pickup
Project Hot Rod Roadster Pickup is back in a thousand pieces and many of the parts are headed to the blaster for prep before the body work begins, others are on their way to the chrome shop for plating/polishing and the new exhaust to the ceramic coa
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2017 Saint Louis Hot Rod Hundred
PHOTOS & TEXT: DENNIS W. PARKS We have all been to hot rod/street rod events where everyone parks their vehicle in their favorite spot and then walks around looking at the cars. That is all well and good, as we all know that it is in reality a big
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Mouse Motors
PHOTOS: PAUL MARTINEZ Ron Olmstead began his hot rodding adventures in 1955 when he purchased his first car from his aunt…a 1950 Chevy Fleetline. He made it into a mild custom by shaving the hood and deck, painting it black as well as fitting it wit
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HRIA News
By: Todd Ryden Happy New Year to all you rodders out there! It’s time to start filling in your calendar and making plans for your favorite events, maybe a couple new ones, road trips and cruises. There are so many cool shows and get-togethers these
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Hullabaloo Show
PHOTOS BY JOHN GREENFIELD TEXT BY MARK CAIN When you have to postpone an annual event things get complicated, especially when all money raised goes to charity. Shelby’s Way, a 501c3 nonprofit hosts this event each year and the 11th Annual Hot Rod H
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It’s a Driver
PHOTOS AND TEXT: PAUL MARTINEZ Jack Linden has built over two dozen street rods and muscle cars starting back in the late ‘60s. Although these projects included several ‘32 Fords, he had never been able to find the right steel 3-window project which
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Campbell Special
PHOTOS & WORDS: PAUL MARTINEZ Long time hot rodder and East Coast pin striper Jerry Campbell of Wilmington, Delaware has built and owned many rods over the past 40 years. Some of those cars have included a 1946 Ford convertible, ’34 Ford sedan deli
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Rodding Products
THIS is a Watsons StreetWorks exclusive! Watson’s StreetWorks has just introduced a Backup Mirror/Camera combination with 2 styles of cameras; either a license plate mounted camera or a body mounted unit. This is a 4.3-inch screen in a custom billet
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Early Ford Emblems
BY BOB DRAKE PHOTOS: BOB DRAKE REPRODUCTIONS When I was 12 years old, (in the early 1950s) I was my father’s right-hand man, working in his fender and body shop. I always admired my Dad because of his talent as an auto body mechanic. While I worked
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20th Southwest Nationals Scottsdale, Az
PHOTOS & TEXT: PAUL MARTINEZ This year’s trip to the Goodguys Southwest Nationals at West World in Scottsdale, Arizona was a bit different in that this was the first year Rodding USA had a vendor space. Considering this show is in our back yard (on
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Bad Betty...the Final Draft
PHOTOGRAPHY & WORDS: TOMMY LEE BYRD Hot rodders go through changes, just like the machines that get our blood pumping. What was cool a few years ago may not be cool today—it’s all in the eye of the beholder. And that’s what brings us to the 1951 Mer
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The Perfect Shop
PHOTOS AND TEXT: PAUL MARTINEZ Bob and Mary Watrous live in the Northern California town of Grass Valley where they have built their dream home atop a hill along with a Rodding Cave/ workshop that would be a dream come true for many rodders. Bob’s
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Heavy-duty Truckin’
WORDS AND PHOTOS: PAUL MARTINEZ Jerry and Jason Slover, proprietors of Pete and Jake’s Hot Rod Parts in Peculiar, Missouri purchased this 1932 Ford 1-ton truck from the original owner with only 21,000 actual miles on it. The truck was purchased new

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