Today's traditional hot rodders have oft been accused of not considering the wider picture of what constituted hot rodding in their chosen exalted time period of the 1950s. Not every car wore red wheels and primer black paint, for example.

So this article, penned by Bill Williams for SIA #22, May-June 1974, should open a few eyes as to what went on in one little corner of hot rodding in the 1950s. And it makes sense, in a way: Why settle for a measly 230-something cubic inches out of a flathead Ford V-8 when you can stuff 450-something inches worth of Cadillac V-16 into a car? (Ignoring, of course, the aftermarket effect and any concerns for efficient packaging.) Some interesting creations sprang out of that mindset, and Williams chronicled them here.

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