Like Freiburger says, hot-rodding is all about risk-taking ... We don't normally think of a forward-control (FC) pickup truck as rat rod material, but we're not Cory Simic of La Crosse, Indiana.

Fashioned after a 1950s era Chevy pickup, Southern Motor Company's first ... Maybe the Ford mill seems out of place in a Chevy look-alike, but hot rodders go where the reliable horsepower is ...

WWII five-window pickups are an enduring icon of Americana that still make an impression today. What are they and when were ...