Return Of The Rod

Return of the RodDepending on how you look at it, hot rods either embarrassed or inspired Detroit. Whenever automakers introduced dull cars, rebel rodders put their own spin on standard platforms, creating wheels so wild they became American classics. Such customizing flourished in the Fifties, in part because of an outlaw status which made it that much more exciting. The slow, assembly-line barges of the day were transformed into racy, low-slung vehicles called lead sleds--because lead was used...