With most of these pre-WWII vehicles abandoned in junkyards and barns, 1939-1942 Dodges are rarely seen on public roads.

The variety of pre-World War II cars is outstanding, with a mixture of traditional hot rods and contemporary street rods.

Buick reinterpreted the Corvette recipe and developed a trio of beautiful concept cars that remain fascinating today ...

The cars registered in the show were also competing against each other in various award categories and being judged by a team of local hot rod aficionados ... decked out in 1950s memorabilia.

It’s every street racer’s fantasy: The government, facing an intractable problem that its brightest scientists and most dedicated agents can’t solve, turns its eye toward the hot rod ...

The origins of these particular car ornaments are fuzzy at best ... learned during the war to help create the massive hot rod movement of the 1950s. Interestingly, veterans were also integral ...