2005 Goodguys Trendsetter of the Year

Dean Livermore, founder and proprietor of Phoenix, Arizona based ‘’Hot Rods by Dean” was presented with the Goodguys 2005 Trensetter award, Wednesday, November 2nd. Livermore accepted the award during the Hot rod Industry Alliance reception here at the SEMA show.

A graduate of Universal Technical Institute and a life long car nut, Livermore opened Hot Rods by Dean in 2001 after several years of working in several southwest rod shops honing his skills. Hot Rods by Dean was founded on a passion for building quality, traditional rods & customs. After he finished a recreation of Dick Magoo’s famous Ford roadster on deuce rails for Street Rodder magazine editor Brian Brennan, Primedia Inc. commissioned Hot Rods by Dean to complete the final assembly of the 2005 Street Rodder magazine road tour ‘36 Ford Coupe. In addition to building a myriad of trend setting rods, customs, trucks and street machines, Hot Rods by Dean also manufacturer’s products the every day hot rodder can appreciate like bearing and bushing kits, exhaust hanging kits, battery trays and their most signature item - a 5-inch custom machined dash bezel.

Good-Guys Yearbook 2006: p.11

Worlds Most Beautiful Custom 2007

Hot Rods by Dean took a 1951 Ford Mercury that they built for Tom to Sacramento Autorama for the 57th annual running of the Word’s Most Beautiful Custom the weakend of February 9 - 11 2007. Amoung the 15 participants were Lucky 7 Customs, Oz Customs and Rick Dore Customs, just to name a few. We were honored to take home the award’s, being that it was our first custom and to beat out some of the top custom car builders in the country was a wounderful surprise. It made Tom feel real good too. A special thanks goes to Lance Troupe Interior’s and Doug at Squeeg’s Kustoms for the candy paint work. A team effort made the dream come true.