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09 Jun 2025
When you blend the vision of a true Mustang aficionado like Clyde with the skill and passion of KZN’s finest...
02 Jun 2025
When you're 6-foot-3 with a V8 dream, certain realities start to settle in—like the fact that fitting into a Cobra...
21 May 2025
You don’t usually hear the words “Hot Rod” and “Volvo” in the same breath — but that’s exactly what makes this...
13 May 2025
You hear it before you see it—a supercharged snarl that vibrates your chest cavity and triggers something primal...
21 Apr 2025
There are classic cars... and then there’s the Cord.
Ray Exton’s 1936 Cord 810 Westchester isn’t just a head...
03 Apr 2025
A blast from the past! This article comes straight from SA Hot Rods, all the way back to Edition 25. But even...
25 Mar 2025
How a 1971 De Tomaso Pantera Became the Ultimate Tribute Build
Every gearhead has that one car—the holy grail...
22 Mar 2025
Some cars get restored. Others get reborn.
This 1961 Chevrolet Impala bubble top started life in New Mexico as...
12 Mar 2025
If this 1954 Chevrolet Pickup could talk, it would have some wild stories to tell. Once a workhorse on South...
04 Mar 2025
When Leonard Coetzee first laid eyes on his 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle, he knew he’d found a diamond in the rough....
24 Feb 2025
Some cars are built to impress, others are built to dominate—but this Ford GT40? This beast was built to make...
19 Feb 2025
A Blacked-Out, Tire-Shredding Masterpiece—A Decade Later
Mixing drinks all day? Bad idea. Mixing horsepower...
14 Feb 2025
A Blast from the Past! This killer build was originally featured in SA HotRods magazine back in August 2012. A...
03 Feb 2025
We’ve all seen them—the black-bordered motivational posters hanging in dull offices, preaching about perseverance...
23 Jan 2025
So there I was—a novice in my own right but with car culture running deep in my veins. My family had some true...
09 Jan 2025
In 1961, Chevrolet’s Clare MacKichan got the call to design a new compact car to take on the Ford Falcon. The job...
