He owned several notable hot rods, including Ford Roadsters that captured the essence of the 1950s era. These cars were often customized with powerful V8 engines and stripped-down bodies ...

Iskenderian’s first hot rod, a Model T, now sits in a place of ... rails from a buddy and swapped out the broken four-pot for a V8 from a 1932 Ford. It’s fitted with rare Maxi F cylinder ...

Fast-forward to the 21st century and the rise of battery-powered vehicles, these small block V8s of the past have become valued by hot rod ... V8. Before long, Chevrolet produced some of the most ...

Take one classic American car, add one classic American V8, sprinkle with tire smoke and you pretty much have every hot rod to roll out of a shop in the last 40 years. Mike Borroughs knows it wasn ...