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Hollywood Hot Rods Owner Troy Ladd on the One-Day Hot Rod, his creative process, & HOT ROD Power Tour West!

Hollywood Hot Rods Owner Troy Ladd on the One-Day Hot Rod, his creative process, & HOT ROD Power Tour West!

FromHOT ROD Pod: Where It All Began


Hollywood Hot Rods Owner Troy Ladd on the One-Day Hot Rod, his creative process, & HOT ROD Power Tour West!

FromHOT ROD Pod: Where It All Began

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Length:
61 minutes
Released:
Feb 23, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

NHRA's Brian Lohnes & HOT ROD Magazine's John McGann take the podcast to Pomona, California for Day 3 of HOT ROD Power Tour West 2023! The guys chat with Hollywood Hot Rods Owner, Troy Ladd, about where it all began, the "One-Day Hot Rod", how he built Hollywood Hot Rods, Road Thrash in 2008, his creative process, behind-the-scenes stories from the Gauntt Coupe & Mulholland Speedster builds, firing customers, working with other shops, working with clients, and HOT ROD Power Tour West!

0:07 - About today's guest - Troy Ladd.
0:53 - Welcome to Moviefone!
2:44 - Where it all began - the business plan.
7:39 - The One-Day Hot Rod!
11:50 - Rivets!?
16:04 - Genesis of Hollywood Hot Rods.
20:28 - Road Thrash, 2008.
22:49 - Scope of HHR's style.
27:09 - Troy's creative process.
29:14 - The Gauntt Coupe, '32 Roadster.
30:15 - The Mulholland Speedster.
35:22 - Behind the business.
36:41 - Firing customers.
38:15 - Friends & Frenemies.
42:18 - Timelessness of Model A's & Coupes.
45:44 - 3D Printing?
48:33 - Working with Clients.
55:23 - HOT ROD Power Tour West!
Released:
Feb 23, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (13)

The HOT ROD Pod: Where It All Began brings 75 years of journalism and storytelling to the audio waves as hosts Brian Lohnes and John McGann sit down with the automotive aftermarket's latest trendsetters, motorsport mavens, and mechanical wizards on where they've been and where the hobby and sport are headed.