1196 Wigwam Parkway
Henderson, NV 89074
702.369.7037
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Mon - Fri: 9:00am - 3:00pm
Our shop is open
Henderson, NV 89074
Reach us at
Our shop is open
Hand built hot rods, street rods and custom trucks from our shop in Henderson, Nevada. Chassis, fabrication, paint and interior, all under one roof.
Nostalgia Hot Rods is a custom hot rod shop at 1196 Wigwam Parkway, Henderson, NV 89074, just outside Las Vegas. We build hot rods, street rods, restomods and custom trucks for owners across the country and overseas. Call (702) 369-7037. This page covers what we build, how a build works, and the cars that have come out of our shop.
Every build is a one off. Some owners bring us a car they already own. Others ask us to build from a car they haven’t found yet. Either way, the car is built around how you want to drive it.
Our work covers full custom builds, classic car restoration, chassis fabrication, suspension, sheet metal, body and paint, and interiors. Most builds use several of those at once.
| Service | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Full custom builds | Hot rods, street rods, restomods and pro touring cars, start to finish |
| Classic car restoration | Bringing a classic back to how it left the factory |
| Chassis fabrication | Custom frames built in our own shop |
| Suspension | Modern suspension, air ride and four link setups |
| Sheet metal | Widened bodies, flares, patch panels and custom metal parts |
| Body and paint | Bodywork, primer, color and clear, done in-house |
| Interior | Seats, upholstery, gauges, audio and climate control |
Fabrication, paint and interior are all done in-house, as Street Trucks noted in October 2023. The same team that builds the frame fits the body and paints it.
That’s why we do it this way. A custom car is one design, not a stack of separate jobs. When the frame, the body and the wheels are planned by the same people, they fit.
When a specialist does add something, like the hand made interiors HRH Designs built for our 1963 Corvette and for Atomic ’57, we say so and give them the credit.
All Chevy Performance said it in June 2024: our builds are meant to be driven, with horsepower, driveability and comfort all taken seriously.
The shop belongs to Dustin “Bud” Hacker. Street Trucks reported in October 2023 that he started working on cars as a kid, did his first custom build at 19 and opened his own shop at 25. He is self-taught, and he credits his dad for getting him started.
Today the team is more than 10 people, covering fabrication, paint and interiors.
A custom car is only as good as the parts under it. These are names that show up again and again on the cars we’ve built, going by the published features on them.
Engines and power: Nelson Racing Engines built the twin turbo 427 in our 1969 Camaro. Whipple superchargers feed our 1957 Bel Air, the WhippleD Chevelle and the Valor C10. Mean Mug runs a 427 FiTech Ford small block.
Chassis and suspension: Detroit Speed under the Camaro, Art Morrison under NightHawk, a TCI frame and RideTech air under Atomic ’57. Brakes on the Camaro are Wilwood six piston calipers.
Wheels: Forgeline on NightHawk, Mean Mug and our Porsche 914, and HRE on the Camaro.
If you’ve seen one of these cars at SEMA or in a magazine and want to know more about it, ask us. It’s the easiest way to start talking about your own build.
The best way to judge a builder is by the cars. Here are some of ours, with the source for each one.
| Build | What it is | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1957 Chevy pickup, Atomic ’57 | Dustin’s own truck: LS3, 4L80E, TCI frame, RideTech air | Street Trucks, Oct 2023 |
| 1969 Camaro | Twin turbo Nelson Racing 427 LS, Detroit Speed chassis | All Chevy Performance, Jun 2024 |
| 1965 Corvette, NightHawk | Widebody Sting Ray, 427 big block, Art Morrison chassis | CorvetteBlogger, Nov 2023 |
| 1956 Ford F100, Mean Mug | 427 Ford small block, our own chassis, air ride, Forgeline wheels | Forgeline, SEMA 2023 |
| Chevy C10, Valor | Built for BendPak: 6.2 LS with a Whipple supercharger | BendPak |
| 1957 Chevy Bel Air | Supercharged LSX on our own frame | Our build notes |
Tell us what you have, or what you want, and how you plan to drive it.
People use these words loosely, and that’s fine. Here is how we think about them.
A hot rod is a classic car built for more power and more attitude than it left the factory with. A street rod is a hot rod built to be driven on the street, often an early car with modern running gear. A restomod keeps a classic’s look and modernizes how it drives.
In practice, most of our builds mix all three. What matters is how you want the car to feel when you drive it, and that’s what we ask about first.
Custom trucks fit in too. Classic pickups like Atomic ’57 and Mean Mug get the same chassis, power and finish work as any car we build. If you’re not sure which label fits your idea, that’s fine. Just tell us how you want it to drive.
It starts with a call or the quote form. We talk about the car, your plans for it and how you’ll use it: long drives, shows, track days or all of them.
From there we plan the build: engine, chassis, suspension, brakes, body, paint and interior. Then the work moves through our shop.
Our projects typically take 9 to 12 months, as All Chevy Performance reported in June 2024. A build with more custom fabrication takes longer, and we’ll tell you that at the start.
You don’t need to live near Las Vegas. Our builds ship to collectors, racers and enthusiasts across the world. When the car’s done, it ships to you.
We showed 10 vehicles at SEMA 2023, as Motorious reported that November, and our builds were back at SEMA in 2024. SEMA is where other builders and the press look at a car up close.
Want to see how we lay out a build? Our 1969 Camaro page lists every major part with its source. Our 1957 Chevy Bel Air shows a low, supercharged Tri-Five on its own frame. And our Atomic ’57 is Dustin’s own truck.
Each one started the same way: a conversation about the car and how the owner wanted to drive it.
It depends on the car you start with and the parts you choose. We don’t publish prices. We quote each build after we talk through what you want, so call (702) 369-7037 or use the quote form.
Our projects typically take 9 to 12 months, as All Chevy Performance reported in June 2024. Builds with more custom fabrication can run longer.
Yes. Our builds ship to collectors, racers and enthusiasts across the world. You don’t need to be near Las Vegas to have us build your car.
Yes. We do classic car restoration as well as full custom builds, chassis work, suspension, sheet metal, body and paint, and interiors.
Tell us about your car and how you want to drive it. We’ll walk you through the build.
Nostalgia Hot Rods · 1196 Wigwam Parkway, Henderson, NV 89074 · (702) 369-7037