If the vehicles at this year’s Cars at the Capital exhibition look familiar, that’s because you may remember them from much smaller versions: Ed “Big Daddy” Roth’s 1961 Beatnik Bandit hot rod and the ...

For generations Angelenos have been transforming wheezing junk-ers into the flashy dream machines that define Kustom Kulture. Jacked up and lowered down, chopped and polished to a blinding luster, ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Relics of Southern California’s recent past will be on sale this weekend ...

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 ...

Curtains came down on the Munsters in 1966 — long before I was born. So imagine my surprise Friday when I noticed the Munster Koach trundling down Main Street with a full-throated rumble. The 18-foot ...

RM Auctions' newly established Pop Culture Division recently concluded its Brucker Brothers' Kustom Kulture Collection auction at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. The special sale was a ...

If you’re into cars, you probably know that George Barris is one of the greatest people to have put its mark on the industry. The auto customizer is known for creating Hollywood hero cars such as the ...

Beau Boeckmann is a man out of time. He personally looks, acts, and interacts with cars like this was 1968, not 2008. In a time where “custom car” means a prop from The Fast & Furious movies, Beau ...

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 ...

The DZINE exhibition at the Dallas Contemporary will include "Outer Limits," a tricked-out 1948 Cadillac Fleetwood. We pay a lot of attention these days to demographics and generational differences.

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 ...

The road to love, Kustom Kars, and pizza have a lot in common. Owners Suzanna and Mike Culp say that’s the inspiration behind their new restaurant, Kustom Krust, which brings together all three. “Most ...