HOT CARS

HOT CARS magazine is dedicated to all the car guys out there that enjoy all forms of motorsport. The magazine leans toward the Street Rod and Street Machine styles, but we cover a little bit of everything. We attend events up and down the West Coast bringing you pictures of some of the best cars California has to offer. One weekend we might be at a Goodguys show, and the next weekend at a sports car race. Although these two shows may be as different as night and day, they have one thing in common; great cars and great people. Our feature cars are just as unique. We have featured everything from a sling shot dragster, to a Chevelle “Hatchback”, to a “Rat Fink” style ’34 Ford! Our in house “Project Car” is just that, it’s being built right out in my garage! No “big-buck” project being built at a big name Hot Rod shop somewhere. Just a simple, low buck, nostalgia style, ’30 Ford Highboy Coupe that’s going to see a lot of miles when it’s completed . We’ve got some great regular features; “Auto Art” is dedicated to the great automotive artists out there, each issue an artist shares their work with our readers, “Web Search” is a fun look at some of the neat automotive web sites out there (we review them and give you the URL), “In-Scale” takes a look at the world of model car building with feature cars and kit reviews, and of course, a “Reader’s Rides” page where our readers send in picks of their Hot Rods!Vol 5, Issue No.7, Fall 2021, No. 53
Ever wonder what it would be like to attend Motorweek in Monterey? Well in this issue we give you a taste of what it would be like! Motorweek coverage includes the Hagerty Kickoff Show, The Little Car Show, Gooding & Company auction, Pebble Beach Tour, Motorsports Reunion, and, of course, the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance! Then we take you to the Goodguys West Coast Nationals, and put a remote kill switch on our project car. Fun issue with some amazing cars and fantastic photos!

Vol 5, Issue No.6, Summer 2021
We have a couple of very cool, very unique feature cars in this issue; how about a twin engine, twin turbocharged, on nitrous pickup with a working jet engine in the bed?! For the classic car guys we have a Ford Galaxie that looks like it just rolled off the set of a Mad Max movie, but actually, it's a Baja off road winner! Our two events coverage couldn't be more different; the Military Vehicle Demonstration Day and Car Show is a fun local event where you can check out hot rods or ride in a tank! Where as the Hillsborough Concours d'Elegance is one of the longest running Concours in the country and features some of the finest classic cars and exotics in the country.Oh yea, we got some NHRA drag racing coverage as well! Our feature car get's a fire extinguisher installation.

Vol 5, Issue No.5, Summer 2021
We have a fun issue! If you're into Tri-Five Chevys you're going to love our feature on a local gathering of classic Chevy's on Treasure Island in the heart of San Francisco Bay! We cover our first BIG race since the COVID impact; NASCAR racing returns to the road course at Sonoma Raceway! We take you to Blackhawk for a Ferrari Day. Our project car gets its fuel system updated to handle the new Holley Sniper EFI. Rick Wilson is our feature artist. Then we take you back to San Francisco for a Cars and Coffee on Ocean Beach! Like I said; fun issue!

Vol 5, Issue No.4, Summer 2021
If you love Chevy's or Mustangs, then do we have a great issue for you! We celebrate Gasser's! From Lennie Mendes' '55 Chevy to some great Gasser drag racing coverage! The Dave Love Historic car race coverage has some fantastic Mustang race cars while the Mustang Day Celebration brings us some great street cars! Have you been wanting to do EFI on your car? Follow along as we install when in our project car.