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Buick GNX #239 Is America’s Hardest Living GNX – You Can Buy It For 30K Off Of CL! This Is One Worn SOB

So I have to thank Matt Smith for the tip on what could be the greatest and most quizzical CraigsList post of all time. Buick produced just 547 examples of the GNX  and we’re here to say that...

Check Out This Chassisworks Equipped Nova: Modern Pro Street OR Pro Touring?

The other day on the Chris Alston’s Chassisworks Facebook page, which you should LIKE because they have tons and tons of great stuff on there, they put up a photo of this ultra bitchin little...

Cruise Photos: Shades Of The Past 2013 In Pigeon Forge Tennessee

Pigeon Forge Tennessee is one of THE premier car towns in the Southern United States, and is home to the Shades of the Past Hot Rod Roundup. In it’s 31st year, this show is most certainly one...

Car Feature: This 9-Second Blown Oldsmobile Powered Willys Will Bring A Single Tear Of Joy To Your Eye

(Editor’s note: Chuck Lipka’s Willys gasser is awesome, so isn’t the story behind it. The story is even better when he tells it, so that’s what we’re letting him do...

Barnstormin’: Bad Teachers Or Bad Students?

Since my time at the diesel drags in Tulsa last weekend I have been thinking a lot about the whole “young guys in hot rodding” subject that seems to come to the surface whenever...

Autocross Photos: Sideways, Cone Slinging Action From The Route 66 Rendezvous

Southern California is becoming a hotbed of Autocross and Pro Touring action, and this past weekend was no exception. During the 23rd Annual Route 66 Rendezvous cruise and car show in San Bernardino,...

Chadmouth: We Have Failed! We’ve Gone International And It’s Killing Baseball, Apple Pie, And Chevrolet.

We can fix it, but it’s going to hurt. You know, like pulling off a piece of duct tape you used as a band aid. The kind that is all stuck to the scab underneath. But realizing the problem is...

This 1947 Cadillac Sedannette Drag Car Is Powered By A Cummins Diesel And It Goes 11s! (Video)

Oh you Swedes…ya beautiful bastards, I love you guys even more after laying our eyes on this magnificent creation. Actually, I have to back up a second because I had no idea this car existed...

Fuel Altereds Are Coming To Eagle Field At The October 5th and 6th Hot Rod Gathering And Fall Finish

(Photo by Bob Brown) That’s right folks, October 5th and 6th will be Eagle Field’s World’s Largest Little TRU-stalgia Event. And for your drag racing enjoyment, Rocky Phillips and...

Video: Chad Reynolds Introduces Ridetech’s New TowPro Truck Suspension Package PLUS Smooth Body Shocks Are Now Shipping!

Whenever I get to go to Jasper Indiana and hang out with Bret and the gang at Ridetech it’s a good time. On this trip I was with the Route2Media guys shooting a couple videos at Ridetech. The...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Section Of The Gearhead World Is Doing The Best Job Of Getting Young Guys And Girls Involved?

(Photo courtesy of Tulsa Raceway Park) – So last weekend I was in Tulsa at a track both Chad and I seem to find ourselves at with frequency, the well known Osage Casino Tulsa Raceway Park. I...

3rd Annual River Rockets Flat Bottom Regatta Photos – A Gallery Of The Wildest Hot Rod Boats

(Photos by Jay Waxler) –  Every once in a while, we run an item here that is out of even our sweeping wheelhouse. This is one of those events. Called the River Rockets Flat Bottom Regatta, it...

Lingenfelter Performance Engineering Straps A Brand New C7 Corvette To The Dyno For Baseline Testing – See What The New LT1 Makes For HP! (Video)

Chad and I recently cornered Mike Copeland from Lingenfelter Performance Engineering while he was at the Holley LS Fest in Bowling Green, Kentucky. We asked him point blank whether or not LPE had...

Redneck Rumble 2013 Photos – A Cool Show With Lots Of Interesting Iron!

(Photos by Charles Murphree) – For eight years, the Redneck Rumble has been going on as a fun hot rod, rat rod, and kustom show in Tennessee. Featuring cruises, a demo derby, live music, and...