Well here is our new face and home page.

The Virtual Rod run page is up and it is the source of thousands of rod runs from 1994 to the present, just click on the Virtual Rod Run icon above.

Roll across the cars above to access the different sections of the site.

Around the edges are different places of interest and articles

Any comments, or if you find links that do not work, please contact me here hotrod@hotrodsonline.com

Many new articles in the 2007 and 2008 folders in Virtual Rod Run

Back to the Beach Run Eric Alcorcha has more photos from the California scene. Hotrods, customs and street rods direct from Ventura Fairgrounds.

Two new articles On the way to the Del Mar meet, Kirk and the gang stop at the Nethercutt Museum and the Hollywood Hotrods for a shop tour showing many of the hotrods and streetrods under construction.

2008 8th annual Del Mar the Goddguys organization continues the new season in California with the coverage of the Goodguys 8th annual Del Mar Street rod meet. Early hotrods and modern street rods.

2008 Goodguys Get Together   Kirk from the Goddguys organization starts out the 2008 season in California with the coverage of the Goodguys Get Together. Long a stronghold of the Hot rod scene, California has some of the greatest hotrods and customs ever built.

2008 Detroit Autorama The race for the Ridler award and the many hotrods from America's Prestigious Autorama. Upstairs and downstairs, it was filled with cars while the wind hollowed and the snow flew. Detroit has automotive history dating back to the invention of the automobile and the factories that produced them.

The Basement at the Autorama Down in the bowels of the Cobo Hall is the "traditional" hot rod section of the Autorama. Gnarly, Dude or whatever is the latest code.

New Article The HAMB group goes to the General Motors Heritage Center and views the cars and memorabilia from 100 years of GM history.

New Article 2008 Sacramento Autorama Thanks to Brian Rusk,  for some speedy coverage of the Sacramento Autorama and the Suede pavillion

New Article   Ed Roth and Von Dutch Collection
Bob Klessig takes us along as he visits a private collection of Ed Roth and Von Dutch memoribilia.

New Rod RunEric Alcorcha presents over 100 photos from the 59th annual Grand National Roadster Show.

New Article Dry lakes and Bakersfield. All the pictures in this thread are courtesy of the following people. J. Earl Harris pictures, submitted by his son Joel. Jimmy from Australia submits the Bob Giovanine collection. Courtesy of Bob's son Curt. Jimmy also submits the Ray Morrisette collection, that he bought on Ebay.

New Rod Run Don Moyer sends these pictures from a gathering of rods and customs at historic Derby DOwns in the mid fifites.

New article   Thanks to Dave Hagan for these great shots from the Los Angeles Archives. The early days of hotrodding.

New Rod Run Eric Alcorcha takes us on a tour fo the George Barris Exhibit at the NHRA Museun in L.A. Geaorge and his brother Sam build many of the earliest examples of the custom car scene and the word Kustom started in their shop.

New Rod Run San Francisco Rod and Custom Show and thanks to Brian Rusk and  "ibadnow" from the HAMB forum