Lost Hot Rods: Remarkable Stories of How They Were Found

This isn’t a book about seeking these cars for profit. What’s more important, and fun, is the search itself. If, when you find such a long-lost rod or custom, it turns out that it is available and you can afford to acquire it and put it back on the road and enjoy it, so much the better. But just finding them; finally answering that “Whatever happened to…?” question is the main goal. In most cases we show vintage photos of the car in its heyday, along with where and how it looks today.

But what makes this venture doubly fun, and what separates this book from others, is that we are not just looking for old cars or even collector cars hidden away. Finding a vintage Corvette, or Porsche, or even a gennie Model A or Model T stashed in a garage or barn is cool. But hot rods and custom cars are very different–literally. Each one is unique. So each of these cars has its own unique story, it’s own personal history, which makes Lost Hot Rods a special collection of stories as well as “Then” and “Now” images.

This is a paperback edition of the original best-selling hardcover.