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The
Hot Rod craze really took off after the late 1940's. Previous
cars built before WWII were cheap and plentiful, and not many
people wanted them with the new cars starting to come out after
the war.
Hot
Rod cars used an assortment of parts from different brands cars,
though the early Fords, with the later Ford Flathead V8s, were
the standard by which most Hot Rods were judged. Into the 1950's
and 1960's, any engine would be used, from the Chrysler 352 HEMIs
to the powerful Cadillac V8s.
Hot
Rod model cars are a lot like that. The kits have various parts
to modify and build your own version of a Hot Rod you like. The
kits include extra wheels, tires, even more than one engine. Allowing
you to combine the parts and custom build your own fast street
rod machine.
Hot
Rod kits are here to stay, from the 1950's to 2014, the model
manufacturers continue to issue new ones and reissue older kits
of Hot Rods. And don't be fooled - they sell like crazy.
From
old school stripped down versions, to the billet style Hot Rod
/ Street Rod versions of today with tubular frames. The Hot Rod
model kits continue to spark the imagination of modellers everywhere.
AMT,
Revell, Lindberg, and MPC, even Testors, there's no shortage of
Hot Rod kits to get you building and collecting.
Unlike
most model cars, building a Hot Rod is not like builiding, say,
a 1962 Impala. First off, there's no such thing as "stock".
Hot Rods are cars that have been modified, from the engine, to
the body, to any number of different go fast parts and accessories.
If
you aren't swapping engines and parts on your Hot Rod kits, you're
probably missing the whole idea behind what a Hot Rod is all about.
Luckily,
most Hot Rod kits, especially the older ones, come a box full
of extra parts. Which you can use on your current car build, or
save for the next Hot Rod project. It's rare two Hot Rods look
alike, so you should build them the way YOU want to. There is
no right or wrong way.
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Scale
Hot Rods and Street Rod model kits. From AMT, Revell, Lindberg,
Monogram, all your favorite plastic rods. From 32's to rat
rods.
Any
car or truck up to about the mid 1940s, foreign or domestic,
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Building
Hot Rod
Model Cars
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Model
A Ford Roadster Hot Rod
Ford Roadster Hot Rot / Woody with Bicycle
Ford
Chopped Top Hot Rod
Ford
5 Window Coupe Street Rod
Wagon
Rod Woody
Ford
Coupe Street Rod
Ford
Sedan Delivery
Ford
Cabriolet
Willys Pickup Gasser
Ford
Pickup Truck with Custom Parts
Hot Rod
Coca
Cola Plymouth Coupe
Rat Rod
Ford
Coupe
Willys
Pickup Truck with Optional Parts
Plymouth
Prowler
Dan
Fink Metalworks Woody Speedwagon
Ford
Fruit Wagon Truck
Ford
Hot Rod
Black Widow
Hot Rod
Ford
Roadster Hot Rod
Ford
Pickup Truck with Optional Parts
Mod
Rod Roadster
Ford
Sedan with Gasser Racing Parts
Ala
Kart
Ford
Standard Coupe
T-Bucket with Trailer
Ford
Ford Phaeton
Custom Ford Convertible
Super Coupe
Boyds Smoothster
Lindberg Rat Rod
Ford Woody Street Rod
Willys Van
Ford Cabrio
Chevrolet Cabriolet
Ford Woody
Ford Convertible
Ford Convertible with Trailer
Ford Model T Hot Rod
Boyd Aluma Coupe
Orange Crate
Infini-T Coupe
34 Slammer
36 Wild One
Ford
Roadster Racing Custom Body & Parts
Rat Fink Decals
Rat Fink Stickers
Dual
Axle Trailer
Ford Coupe
These
30's European cars below can make
some interesting
custom street rods.
Admiral
Saloon
Admiral
Cabriolet
Citroen Torpedo
Citroen Trefle
1930s GAZ Pickup
LEGO Rat Rod
Hot Rod
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