Our type of car has its roots in a particular American style of modifying and customising. A style that goes back to the original hot rods, built and raced on the street, the drag strip, and the salt flats, since before World War II.

Many of the things that define the look of a hot rod – removal of fenders, taller rubber on the back, roof chops, louvres – are not merely styling exercises; they all stemmed from the original rodders’ desire for less weight, lower frontal area, less drag, and better gearing.

Hot rodding has since developed in many different directions, from the simple hot rod of the forties, through the customs and wild show cars of the sixties, to the high-tech street rods, pro-street cars and top fuel dragsters of today.

We like to encourage the younger generation of car enthusiast, building up the numbers of young Hot Rodders to continue on our legacy through our Pre29 membership.