Less than two years after it was completed, the Dodge Deora became a legendary custom, an official Crysler concept, an AMT plastic scale-model kit, and one of the very first Hot Wheels die-cast toy ...

Based on a rusty old Packard built nearly nine decades ago, this work of automotive art is one of the most highly decorated custom cars ever conceived. For younger enthusiasts, Packard doesn't ring ...

Since picking up his first set of MicroMachine toy cars as a toddler, Chris knew he had a passion for automobiles embedded in his soul. It wasn't until he started flipping through car magazines a ...

The 1950 Mercury Eight did not simply roll off the assembly line as another postwar American sedan. Within a few short years, ...

Randy has spent his entire career chasing the dream he had as a youngster growing up outside New York City in suburban Cliffside Park, New Jersey. “When I got out of the service and returned from ...

If you were a kid growing up when the 1960s gave way to the 1970s, chances are you played with a lot of miniature toy cars made by Hot Wheels. You might even have spent time gluing car models together ...

Let's start with the name. Let's not call them Kemps, or Sleds, or Kustoms with a "K." Let's just call them custom cars. A custom is a car that has been changed, primarily by external modification or ...

The Autorama hot rod show, a 72-year tradition in Detroit, was back for another year on Saturday. Plenty of full-size vehicles filled out Huntington Place, but some were more focused on tiny model ...

Cars have been status symbols ever since they were invented. Initially, only the rich could afford cars, but as manufacturing techniques and technologies became cheaper and more widespread, so did ...