HOT ROD takes a look back at how those straight-axle gassers from the 1960s were really built. Check it out right here at hotrod.com or the July 2012 isssue of HOT ROD Magazine.

Explaining split wishbones, hairpins, four-bars, dropped axles—and choosing the best setup for your traditional hot rod. Hot rods have gone through all kinds of trends over the past 80 years ...

BlaspHEMI sits on a Jim Meyer Racing Gasser tube chassis with a tubular straight axle up front and leaf springs out back. A six-speed T-56 Magnum manual transmission sends power to the Ford 9.0 ...