<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Rod & Custom Blog]]></title><description><![CDATA[Join the Rod & Custom Blog and get expert opinions and discuss hot rods with enthusiasts from all over the world.]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://blogs.rodandcustommagazine.com/index.html]]></link><image><title><![CDATA[Rod & Custom Blog]]></title><url><![CDATA[Join the Rod & Custom Blog and get expert opinions and discuss hot rods with enthusiasts from all over the world.]]></url><link><![CDATA[http://blogs.rodandcustommagazine.com/index.html]]></link></image><item><title><![CDATA[2009 SEMA Show]]></title><link>http://blogs.rodandcustommagazine.com/6604893/miscellaneous/2009-sema-show/index.html</link><description><![CDATA[   House of Kolor and parent company Valspar, brought out some of the biggest names in the Kustom world for their first annual Hall of Fame induction ceremony. ]]></description><category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:11:30 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://blogs.rodandcustommagazine.com/6604893/miscellaneous/2009-sema-show/index.html]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[2009 SEMA Show]]></title><link>http://blogs.rodandcustommagazine.com/6589484/hot-rod-news/2009-sema-show/index.html</link><description><![CDATA[  Ford brought out this 1934 Ford Coupe sporting a Ford Ecoboost V-6 from the new Ford Taurus SHO. ]]></description><category><![CDATA[Hot Rod News]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:11:28 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://blogs.rodandcustommagazine.com/6589484/hot-rod-news/2009-sema-show/index.html]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eagle One To Donate Total Of $3,000 To Favorite Charities Of Car Clubs]]></title><link>http://blogs.rodandcustommagazine.com/6600990/hot-rod-news/eagle-one-to-donate-total-of-3000-to-favorite-charities-of-car-clubs/index.html</link><description><![CDATA[   Grand Prize Winner To Receive $1,500 Calling all car clubs! ]]></description><category><![CDATA[Hot Rod News]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:10:26 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://blogs.rodandcustommagazine.com/6600990/hot-rod-news/eagle-one-to-donate-total-of-3000-to-favorite-charities-of-car-clubs/index.html]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Final Year Flattie P/S Upgrade]]></title><link>http://blogs.rodandcustommagazine.com/6529954/rod-custom-magazine/final-year-flattie-p-s-upgrade/index.html</link><description><![CDATA[ In a recent Rod &amp; Custom article on power steering for Flathead engines (see the August 2009 issue or look under the Tech heading on this website), we mentioned the fact that Ford offered a factory power steering...]]></description><category><![CDATA[Rod & Custom Magazine]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:07:22 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://blogs.rodandcustommagazine.com/6529954/rod-custom-magazine/final-year-flattie-p-s-upgrade/index.html]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ladies In Autosports]]></title><link>http://blogs.rodandcustommagazine.com/6561320/hot-rod-news/ladies-in-autosports/index.html</link><description><![CDATA[ Automotive photographers and writers Julia and John Aschenberg have been my personal friends for all of my professional career. Their list of friends in this hobby is probably one of the longest lists around, and their...]]></description><category><![CDATA[Hot Rod News]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:07:15 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://blogs.rodandcustommagazine.com/6561320/hot-rod-news/ladies-in-autosports/index.html]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[R&C Illustrator Finished The Ford Ironman Triathlon]]></title><link>http://blogs.rodandcustommagazine.com/6558530/miscellaneous/r-c-illustrator-finished-the-ford-ironman-triathlon/index.html</link><description><![CDATA[  Rod &amp; Custom sends a well-deserved shout-out to contributing illustrator Russell Dirks on his completion of the Ford Ironman triathlon, held on June 21 in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. I knew Russell had drag racing in his...]]></description><category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:06:59 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://blogs.rodandcustommagazine.com/6558530/miscellaneous/r-c-illustrator-finished-the-ford-ironman-triathlon/index.html]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Father Of Arin Cee And His Comic Strips For Car Guys]]></title><link>http://blogs.rodandcustommagazine.com/6539279/rod-custom-magazine/the-father-of-arin-cee-and-his-comic-strips-for-car-guys/index.html</link><description><![CDATA[ Hot rod cartoonist Pete Millar inspired millions of enthusiasts with CARtoons magazine, which he created in 1959 and later with Drag Cartoons, which appeared in 1963. He is also the creator of the Arin Cee comic character...]]></description><category><![CDATA[Rod & Custom Magazine]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 01:05:54 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://blogs.rodandcustommagazine.com/6539279/rod-custom-magazine/the-father-of-arin-cee-and-his-comic-strips-for-car-guys/index.html]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hot Rod Verse by Scotty Gosson]]></title><link>http://blogs.rodandcustommagazine.com/6525435/rod-custom-magazine/hot-rod-verse-by-scotty-gosson/index.html</link><description><![CDATA[ Just a little toy town on the freeway Gas station grocery store and cozy cafe Deadeye waitress with a shoot to kill smile Says it's time for my break I'll be back in a while 
 When my watch fell asleep I got up on my feet...]]></description><category><![CDATA[Rod & Custom Magazine]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:04:18 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://blogs.rodandcustommagazine.com/6525435/rod-custom-magazine/hot-rod-verse-by-scotty-gosson/index.html]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is the most unlikely car you’ve seen turned into a cool rod or custom?]]></title><link>http://blogs.rodandcustommagazine.com/6462589/miscellaneous/what-is-the-most-unlikely-car-you-ve-seen-turned-into-a-cool-rod-or-custom/index.html</link><description><![CDATA[    Ten years ago, I was thinking about what “it” is that makes a great rod or custom, and I shared those thoughts in print with readers of the R&amp;C Annual. I’m still thinking about that question and the...]]></description><category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 01:03:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://blogs.rodandcustommagazine.com/6462589/miscellaneous/what-is-the-most-unlikely-car-you-ve-seen-turned-into-a-cool-rod-or-custom/index.html]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why I shouldn't be Allowed Near a Garage]]></title><link>http://blogs.rodandcustommagazine.com/6307088/miscellaneous/why-i-shouldnt-be-allowed-near-a-garage/index.html</link><description><![CDATA[  I have always been interested in the mechanical arts, if something so named even exists. I love the idea of going out to the garage and wrenchin' for a while. ]]></description><category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:10:25 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://blogs.rodandcustommagazine.com/6307088/miscellaneous/why-i-shouldnt-be-allowed-near-a-garage/index.html]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Greetings from Nashville]]></title><link>http://blogs.rodandcustommagazine.com/6276662/editorials/greetings-from-nashville/index.html</link><description><![CDATA[ If you haven't received or bought the November issue of Rod &amp; Custom yet, you should soon. Our coverage of the Goodguys Nashville Nationals is part of the package. This was only the  third year for this event, and...]]></description><category><![CDATA[Editorials]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 05:08:28 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://blogs.rodandcustommagazine.com/6276662/editorials/greetings-from-nashville/index.html]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Support the cause]]></title><link>http://blogs.rodandcustommagazine.com/6272663/editorials/support-the-cause/index.html</link><description><![CDATA[ It's Sunday night and I'm emptying out my wallet after the weekend car show. It’s stuffed to overflowing. Not with money (no kidding), but with a weekend's accumulation of car show leftovers. Business cards of people I...]]></description><category><![CDATA[Editorials]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 05:07:28 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://blogs.rodandcustommagazine.com/6272663/editorials/support-the-cause/index.html]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cool Is How You Use It]]></title><link>http://blogs.rodandcustommagazine.com/6267748/miscellaneous/cool-is-how-you-use-it/index.html</link><description><![CDATA[ “What do you look for when you’re choosing which cars to photograph?” 
 I get that question a lot and it’s taken me 20 years to think of an answer that is accurate and short. I’m still working on it, but what I say...]]></description><category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:07:01 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://blogs.rodandcustommagazine.com/6267748/miscellaneous/cool-is-how-you-use-it/index.html]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The World Is Going Flat]]></title><link>http://blogs.rodandcustommagazine.com/6265307/rod-custom-magazine/the-world-is-going-flat/index.html</link><description><![CDATA[ Flat. Suede. Primer. Non-gloss. Call it whatever you want, this style in hot rod and custom car paint has been around too long to be considered a fad. And it’s too widespread to be dismissed as a half-baked alternative to...]]></description><category><![CDATA[Rod & Custom Magazine]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:07:19 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://blogs.rodandcustommagazine.com/6265307/rod-custom-magazine/the-world-is-going-flat/index.html]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["You Might As Well Be A Vegetarian" or "A Fork In The Road" or "Street Is Meat"]]></title><link>http://blogs.rodandcustommagazine.com/6265524/miscellaneous/you-might-as-well-be-a-vegetarian-or-a-fork-in-the-road-or-street-is-meat/index.html</link><description><![CDATA[ I had dinner with an old friend recently at a fancy high-dollar steakhouse in town. I had a ribeye, he had a filet. About 30 minutes after the steaks came, he eaten all the rolls and his baked potato, but still hadn’t...]]></description><category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:07:27 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://blogs.rodandcustommagazine.com/6265524/miscellaneous/you-might-as-well-be-a-vegetarian-or-a-fork-in-the-road-or-street-is-meat/index.html]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Has the price of fuel affected your hot rodding?]]></title><link>http://blogs.rodandcustommagazine.com/6258955/miscellaneous/has-the-price-of-fuel-affected-your-hot-rodding/index.html</link><description><![CDATA[ It’s the topic we’ve all been talking about around the shops we visit and at car shows we attend. 
 The price of gas. 
 Specifically, how through-the-ceiling gas costs have (or have not) affected our hobby. I’ve been to a...]]></description><category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:07:07 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://blogs.rodandcustommagazine.com/6258955/miscellaneous/has-the-price-of-fuel-affected-your-hot-rodding/index.html]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saturday July 19th 9am to 3pm]]></title><link>http://blogs.rodandcustommagazine.com/6258358/miscellaneous/saturday-july-19th-9am-to-3pm/index.html</link><description><![CDATA[  Click the Flyer to get all the information]]></description><category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:07:03 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://blogs.rodandcustommagazine.com/6258358/miscellaneous/saturday-july-19th-9am-to-3pm/index.html]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are There Airwaves For Us?]]></title><link>http://blogs.rodandcustommagazine.com/6258104/miscellaneous/are-there-airwaves-for-us/index.html</link><description><![CDATA[ Whatever your personal taste in music might be, it seems there are certain types of music associated with hot rodding. Go to large national hot rod shows and you're likely to hear plenty of golden oldies. Some of the local...]]></description><category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:06:01 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://blogs.rodandcustommagazine.com/6258104/miscellaneous/are-there-airwaves-for-us/index.html]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hot Rod Verse by Scotty Gosson]]></title><link>http://blogs.rodandcustommagazine.com/6258092/rod-custom-magazine/hot-rod-verse-by-scotty-gosson/index.html</link><description><![CDATA[ Routine maneuvers through the downtown summer night Local radio soundtrack for dancing reflections rolling under streetlights Hare and hound sheep and wolf slap and tickle exercises mix it up with rooster challenges issued...]]></description><category><![CDATA[Rod & Custom Magazine]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:06:30 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://blogs.rodandcustommagazine.com/6258092/rod-custom-magazine/hot-rod-verse-by-scotty-gosson/index.html]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[RM Auctions - The Joe MacPherson Collection]]></title><link>http://blogs.rodandcustommagazine.com/6255920/hot-rod-news/rm-auctions-the-joe-macpherson-collection/index.html</link><description><![CDATA[ Early this morning I had the chance to check out the Joe MacPherson Collection up for auction at Joe's Garage. The auction put on by RM Auctions will be taking place Saturday June 14th. ]]></description><category><![CDATA[Hot Rod News]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:06:06 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://blogs.rodandcustommagazine.com/6255920/hot-rod-news/rm-auctions-the-joe-macpherson-collection/index.html]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion Grand Marshal ]]></title><link>http://blogs.rodandcustommagazine.com/6251640/hot-rod-news/holley-nhra-national-hot-rod-reunion-grand-marshal/index.html</link><description><![CDATA[  Dick LaHaie was arguably the most humble, yet fiercest competitor around. Selected No. 31 on the NHRA's all-time Top 50 drivers list, it's no surprise the Lansing, Mich. racer/owner/crew chief was named Grand Marshal of...]]></description><category><![CDATA[Hot Rod News]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 19:05:44 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://blogs.rodandcustommagazine.com/6251640/hot-rod-news/holley-nhra-national-hot-rod-reunion-grand-marshal/index.html]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man Slowly Crushes Two Firebirds in the Name of Art]]></title><link>http://blogs.rodandcustommagazine.com/6251103/editorials/man-slowly-crushes-two-firebirds-in-the-name-of-art/index.html</link><description><![CDATA[ Certain works of Art have always irked me, from the paint splattering of Jackson Pollock, the asinine performance art of Yoko Ono, all the way back to Marcel Duchamp's Dada "Fountain." (See picture of signed urinal) It...]]></description><category><![CDATA[Editorials]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 18:05:55 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://blogs.rodandcustommagazine.com/6251103/editorials/man-slowly-crushes-two-firebirds-in-the-name-of-art/index.html]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hot Rod Verse by Scotty Gosson]]></title><link>http://blogs.rodandcustommagazine.com/6244823/rod-custom-magazine/hot-rod-verse-by-scotty-gosson/index.html</link><description><![CDATA[ Just when we ran out of asphalt The first raindrops fell They hit the ground like airstrike invaders and made the dust dance We smiled at the baby Dresden and crunched through the gravel When I downshifted for Spaghetti...]]></description><category><![CDATA[Rod & Custom Magazine]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 01:05:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://blogs.rodandcustommagazine.com/6244823/rod-custom-magazine/hot-rod-verse-by-scotty-gosson/index.html]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finding His Old Ride After 37 Years]]></title><link>http://blogs.rodandcustommagazine.com/6242836/rod-custom-magazine/finding-his-old-ride-after-37-years/index.html</link><description><![CDATA[ If there's anything better than building and driving a hot rod or custom car, it's being reunited with a long-lost favorite. In the "Yesterday's Young Guns" department in the  November 2007 issue of R&amp;C, we told...]]></description><category><![CDATA[Rod & Custom Magazine]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 01:05:47 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://blogs.rodandcustommagazine.com/6242836/rod-custom-magazine/finding-his-old-ride-after-37-years/index.html]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tennessee Makes it Easier to Register Street Rods]]></title><link>http://blogs.rodandcustommagazine.com/6240568/hot-rod-news/tennessee-makes-it-easier-to-register-street-rods/index.html</link><description><![CDATA[A version of SEMA model legislation to create a vehicle registration
and titling classification for custom vehicles (including kit cars and
replicas) was approved by the Tennessee State Legislature and signed
into law by...]]></description><category><![CDATA[Hot Rod News]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:04:38 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://blogs.rodandcustommagazine.com/6240568/hot-rod-news/tennessee-makes-it-easier-to-register-street-rods/index.html]]></guid></item></channel></rss>


