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1971 Hot Rods

The experts from Popular Hot Rodding Magazine offer featured 1971 Hot Rods that include street rods, old roadsters, rat rods, and other custom vintage cars. Select a featured article below to view web exclusive hot rod photos, read about modification upgrades, analysis, and more.
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Recent Articles

 
1971 Ford Pantera, 1974 Nova, And 1969 Chevy Z28 Camaro - Under Construction
The DeTomaso Pantera story is a long one, but we'll give you the condensed version. Argentina-born... more
 
1971 Plymouth Satellite - Fast Brake
Modifications to a performance car take on a variety of forms, and for traditional muscle cars the... more
 
1968 Pontiac Firebird, 1968 Chevy Chevelle, And 1971 Datsun Are Under Construction - Under Construction
Builder Cris Gonzalez of Oxnard, California, has a lot of experience in the automotive industry. He... more
 
1971 Plymouth Satellite Dent Fix - How To Fix A Dent
Learn the secrets of the bodywork trade and you become one step closer to the goal of automotive... more
 
1971 DeTomaso Pantera - Daring To Be Different
Dan Graham Takes The Road Less Traveled In His 351 Cleveland Blown '71 Pantera.... more

Hot Rodding Blog

 
Fesler Billet has Made Some Changes
Remember the hood hinges I put on project Street Fighter Mustang?... more
 
Hotchkis Mopar A-Body Improvements
New Hotchkis A-Body Mopar Adjustable Strut and Steering Rods Eliminate Sloppy Steering, Improve... more
 
Motor Trends Car of the Year
Its really interesting to see what was big when it came out, and how it's doing now.... more
 
Chevelle Body Swap
Personally, I prefer the 1970 Chevelle front end to the 1971. Unfortunatly 1970's are much more... more
 
DynoMax Power To The Wheels Tour
The country’s biggest and richest dyno shootout will conclude at the Street Machine Summer Nats.... more

Hot Rodding Forum

 
1971 pontiac 307 that I wanna do something with, and NO I dont wanna s
Your Ventura was one of the first cars to receive what is now known as "corporate motors". I have... more
 
My first engine build
Ok fellas here it is my first engine build... I want to do it right the first time so anything you... more
 
Should I go 383 stroker or 455 big block
FIRST of all, don't build a car without an idea of what you want to use it for. Unless dumping... more
 
Trend of the moment
Trends in cars are just like trends in fashion - they change constantly but some how remain the... more
 
Ford Torino
I'm not sure about the yellow one just the red 71 Ford Torino GT with the 351 Windsor motor. I had... more