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HOT ROD magazine has been in step with car culture from the very beginning. In fact, the magazine was created to keep up with the car scene in Southern California, so it stands to reason. With a cast ...

In 1993, a groundbreaking art show was organized and given the name "Kustom Kulture" to celebrate and legitimize the artwork of Von Dutch, Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, and Robert Williams. This show pushed ...

There was a time when you could drive your car into Von Dutch’s shop in Venice, California, and have him pinstripe it for $25. Usually it was more than that, but there were a couple of jobs done for ...

LOS ANGELES – Jim Brucker walks through an auction gallery at the Petersen Automotive Museum and talks about the art on display that he helped create. Not as an actual artist, mind you. That title ...

Any bona fide gearhead with 10W-40 coursing through their veins knows that hot rod culture was born from a primal drive to squeeze more performance from otherwise milquetoast vehicles. What many ...

Cars souped up or piled on top of each other. Young women naked or in bikinis, sitting in hotrods or straddling motorcycles. Surfers catching that most awesome wave, dude. These phenomena and more can ...

Lime green, pungent purple and apple red blasted Old Town out of its sandy hued past Saturday. Dozens of souped up cars popped up on San Diego Avenue and none more out of character for the historic ...