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Ed Iskenderian, beloved "Camfather" of hot rodding, passes away at 104. On behalf of the entire TRJ staff and all who lo...
02/04/2026

Ed Iskenderian, beloved "Camfather" of hot rodding, passes away at 104. On behalf of the entire TRJ staff and all who love hot rodding, we send our sincere condolences to the Iskenderian Family and the Iskenderian Company.

Congratulations to on the AMBR award for this year 2026 GNRS
02/02/2026

Congratulations to on the AMBR award for this year 2026 GNRS

The Grand National Roadster Show is here, and we’re excited to announce that we’ll have our Rodder’s Journal booth set u...
01/30/2026

The Grand National Roadster Show is here, and we’re excited to announce that we’ll have our Rodder’s Journal booth set up in Building #4, right where we were last year! We’re looking forward to catching up with friends old and new, sharing our brand new issue, and taking in the show.
In addition to a selection of current and back issues and TRJ merchandise, we’ll have Piero DeLuca’s “Tweedy Pie” clone on display in the booth, alongside Marty Strode’s recreation of the “Top Banana” front-engined dragster in baremetal. Both of these cars are slated for full features in an upcoming Rodder’s Journal.

Steve Wertheimer will be with us as well with the Dick Brooks roadster from Seattle Washington. The perfect time capsule of a hot rod.

Longtime TRJ Executive Editor Geoff Miles will be on hand to talk with readers and answer your questions. And assisting him in the booth will be Phoenix area hot rodder Ron Carlsten, who’s been helping us in recent months with social media duties. Unfortunately, Steve Coonan will not be able to attend as he’s recovering from rather extensive back surgery, which he underwent a couple weeks ago.

Southern California has always been our home away from home, and we’re excited to go west and spend time with everyone—and be part of one of the country’s greatest indoor car shows once again. See you at the Grand National Roadster Show this weekend!
Sincerely,
The TRJ Crew

First off, we want to thank each and every one of you who has shown your support over the last few days and beyond. You ...
12/19/2025

First off, we want to thank each and every one of you who has shown your support over the last few days and beyond. You have completely overwhelmed us with your love and dedication, and we are more than appreciative!

Therefore, we figured we'd push this offer through the weekend, for those of you who haven't jumped on or are still on the fence. Either way, we appreciate you just reading this.

With more than 700 emails and 100s of orders, we are doing our best to catch up.

With only a couple of us, it will take some time to get back to you, but we will. For those who have ordered, you are the priority and have been updated in the database for the next bulk mailing. For those of you who have purchased single orders, they will be leaving in the next few days.

To be completely transparent, we didn't expect this amount of support and feedback. We are more excited than ever to continue bringing you the best we can. The content for TRJ #88 is already created and in the works; we hope you'll enjoy what we have come up with.

TRJ #87 is finally hitting subscribers' mailboxes.
We know it was a long wait, and we hope you’ve found it was worth it. If you’re a current subscriber who hasn’t yet received your copy, it is on the way!

As word of #87’s arrival has spread, we’ve received an influx of renewals and new subscribers. We thank all of our customers for your support. Because of that influx, we’ve decided to send a second subscriber mailing for issue #87 so that those who have recently subscribed or renewed will receive the magazine promptly.

If you wish to be included in this second subscriber mailing, please place your order by visiting www.roddersjournal.com no later than Sunday, December 21. If you prefer not to subscribe at this time but would still like a copy of issue #87, they are available for individual purchase (along with other back issues) on our website.

If you’re unsure when your subscription expires, please email [email protected] with the subject line “Subscription Status.” We have worked to cut response times over the past several months, but we are still operating with very few employees (two of us, to be exact), and we ask for your patience. We will respond to your inquiries!

We sincerely thank you again for all your support. We are keenly aware that we couldn’t do TRJ without it. And thanks for the positive comments we’ve received on the new issue. While our production schedule has been off, we’re still committed to providing you with the very best, most comprehensive coverage of traditional hot rodding and customizing in print.

Sincerely,
Steve Coonan and the TRJ Crew

TRJ #87 is finally hitting subscribers' mailboxes.We know it was a long wait, and we hope you’ve found it was worth it....
12/15/2025

TRJ #87 is finally hitting subscribers' mailboxes.
We know it was a long wait, and we hope you’ve found it was worth it. If you’re a current subscriber who hasn’t yet received your copy, it is on the way!

As word of #87’s arrival has spread, we’ve received an influx of renewals and new subscribers. We thank all of our customers for your support. Because of that influx, we’ve decided to do a second subscriber mailing of issue #87 so that those who have just recently subscribed or renewed will receive a magazine promptly.

If you wish to be included in this second subscriber mailing, please place your order by visiting www.roddersjournal.com no later than Friday, December 19th. If you prefer not to subscribe at this time but would still like a copy of issue #87, they are available for individual purchase (along with other back issues) on our website.

If you’re unsure when your subscription expires, please email [email protected] with the subject line “Subscription Status.” We have worked to cut response times over the past several months, but we are still operating with very few employees (two of us, to be exact), and we ask for your patience. We will respond to your inquiries!

We sincerely thank you again for your support. We are keenly aware that we couldn’t do TRJ without it. And thanks for the positive comments we’ve received on the new issue. While our production schedule has been off, we’re still committed to providing you with the very best, most comprehensive coverage of traditional hot rodding and customizing in print.


Sincerely,
Steve Coonan and the TRJ Crew

We’re excited to let you all know that after more production and mailing delays than we care to count, Rodder’s Journal ...
12/04/2025

We’re excited to let you all know that after more production and mailing delays than we care to count, Rodder’s Journal #87 is finally in the mail and headed your way.

We know we’ve communicated about its impending release before. We could explain why it’s taken so long, but we know most of you don’t need the details—you just need your TRJ. And we’ve got another issue to finish anyway, so we’ll keep this short. It left the mailing house yesterday and you'll be seeing it in your mailbox soon. Please let us know when you receive it.

We thank you for your continued patience, and we’re excited to finally get these magazines in your hands. We worked hard on the content within, and we think you’re going to enjoy it.

If you have questions about the status of your subscription, please feel free to email us at

[email protected].

Stay tuned for more news on upcoming issues and goings-on around The Rodder’s Journal as we head into the holiday season.

Jay Leno's Garage Features Dave Lane's Jag XKE -
10/27/2025

Jay Leno's Garage Features Dave Lane's Jag XKE -

We hope all our readers have been enjoying a great summer of hot rodding and cruising. We’re happy to share the good new...
10/10/2025

We hope all our readers have been enjoying a great summer of hot rodding and cruising. We’re happy to share the good news that issue #87 of The Rodder’s Journal is finally out of production purgatory and has been delivered to the mailing house and will be mailing to subscribers soon!

We couldn’t be more excited to share the content we’ve created for you. Feature cars run the gamut of traditional rodding, customizing, and racing, including historic restorations (Pete Eastwood’s Samurai Top Fueler and Rich Hubbard's Barris-built Tom Hocker Forty) and a pair of time-capsule Deuce roadsters belonging to our friends Steve Wertheimer and “Flat Top Bob” Owens. We also explore Cody Walls’ concept custom ’49 Buick and Andy Volpini’s pair of road warriors, as well as the Triple Crown of Rodding event in Nashville. Jay Fitzhugh delves into the detailed world of traditional hot rod hardware and fasteners, and noted automotive designer Larry Erickson shares his take on Bonneville racing history.

We know the gaps in our production have led some of you to question the future of TRJ. We figure the best way to answer that question is not by telling you what we’re going to do, but by showing you—starting with the shipping of TRJ #87 and following up quickly with issue #88, which is already photographed, largely written, and is in the design and editing phases.

For those who want to support us, we invite you to renew your subscription now.

For those who would like to wait, we will make copies of issue #87 available for individual purchase, though they will not mail until after the subscriber mailing is complete.

And for those who have moved on from TRJ, we want to again express our sincere appreciation for your past support.

The traditional rodding and customizing world is more active and exciting than ever and we’re anxiously looking forward to covering it in the fashion we’ve become known for.

If you have questions about the status of your subscription, please feel free to email us at

[email protected].

If you would like to renew now, please visit our website www.roddersjournal.com

Alternatively, you can mail a check to The Rodder’s Journal 24848 Meeting House Rd. Denton, MD 21629.

Thank you again for your continued support of The Rodder’s Journal!
Sincerely,
Steve Coonan and the TRJ Crew

05/21/2025

To our loyal subscribers and fans of the hot rod world. We are slowly getting back up to full speed here at Rodders Journal. With that we are working on reinforcing our social media accounts.

We ask all of you if you see something posted that is not related to what we do please report it to us asap so we can take care of it.

International Subscriber Update -
07/12/2023

International Subscriber Update -

THANK YOU! -
10/04/2022

THANK YOU! -

01/03/2021

We wanted to respond once again to our international subscribers. We understand your frustration. We have had a difficult time this year getting product delivered outside the U.S. because of issues with the postal service, and this holiday season even some shipments within the states have been delayed. We've explained that issue #83 remains "significantly delayed," according to the postal service, and that we held issue #84 to make sure we didn't have the same delivery problems with it.

The fact that some of you have received catalogs and some haven't is the crux of the problem. Catalogs were mailed not just to promote our holiday offerings, but to see how reliable the postal service is at this point in the pandemic. They were mailed prior to Thanksgiving, and as customers in prior responses here have noted, some have received them and some have not—over a month after they mailed out. Some customers in our own state haven't received them, nor have we received the copy we mail to ourselves from the post office less than two miles away.

Our customer service staff spent the last week returning voicemails and emails from customers regarding orders that have not been delivered. Although we held issue #84 until we identified a more reliable way to get it to international subscribers, we plan to mail it soon. Issue #85 should be following not long after.

Our magazine staff took a break from working on TRJ #85 to help them get caught up. We are still working through those messages and emails, so if you've contacted us at the office you should be hearing back from someone this week. If you haven't contacted us at the office but would like to discuss your order, you can reach us at 804-496-6906 or [email protected].

Again, we hear the frustration expressed by those who haven't received their magazines or gotten a response from our customers service. We are doing our best to get caught up and resolve any issues as we kick off the new year.

Sincerely,
The Rodder's Journal Team

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