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COMP Cams Offers Ford 427 Stub Cam – This Is An Integral Piece For The Growing Number Of SOHC Builds

There was a time when people thought that there would only be so many of the famed Ford 427 SOHC engines left in the world and once they were “gone” they’d be lost to history. Those...

A Hacked Convertible Grand Marquis, A Random Guy And A Heavy Right Foot…This Will End Well.

Boredom can cause normally rational people to do strange things, all in the name of entertainment. Doing burnouts in random places at three in the morning in a quiet parking lot with a friend filming...

This Old M-42 May Not Look Like Much But It Is A Complete Truck That We’d Sure Love To Have At Home!

The M-37 is as iconic, tough, and basic as you can get when thinking about classic military trucks. These things were around and in service for a very long time and in any number of roles for the men...

Cool Find: A Model T Repair Offer from 1928

We received an e-mail from a friend with this stuff inside it. What you’re looking at is a mail-out flyer for a car dealership service department, circa 1928. The money that parts and labor...

Sell Out: 2015 Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week Fills Up In 16 Minutes! From Top To Bottom, This Should Be Great

Like fat kids chasing an ice cream truck, fervent Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week hopefuls would not be denied entry into an event that has literally taken on a life of its own over the last few years. It...

Craigslist Find: This 1970 Mercedes Has American V8 Power And The Potential To Be Something Pretty Evil

BangShifter Ben Becktold was cruising the Craigslist ads for Boise, Idaho when he found the listing for this interesting tank. The car is a 1970 Mercedes sedan and by what we can see, the thing...

Rough Stuff: Watch Dale Creasy Jr. Smack The Wall In His Funny Car At Rt 66 Raceway In Joliet, Illinois

Today’s nitro funny car world seems to be dominated by the familiar names we have all come to know. There’s the Forces, the Kalitta operation, the Schumacher clan, and other team cars out...

Watch This Mustang Hike The Front End And Carry It Out At Cecil County Dragway

Monday mornings can blow goats during car season. Maybe you were wrenching all weekend and are now back at work. Worse, perhaps you were racing on the weekend and are now back at work. Slightly...

Watch A 416ci Chrysler Small Block Stroker Scream Out Over 760hp On The Dyno! Big Power Out Of Small Inches!

(Photo by Rich Pasley) –  The car that this 340 based 416ci Chrysler small block lives in is pictured below in all of its wheel up glory. Owned by Steve Clukey, the machine is a 1970 Plymouth...

LIVE Streaming Audio From The Ohio Mile – Land Speed Action In Your Earhole! Tune In Here 8:00am EST

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO LIVE AUDIO FROM THE OHIO MILE (Photo credit Gregg Adams) – It is officially GO TIME for the 2015 ECTA Ohio Mile season! The tech line was busy, the registration trailer...

Historic Drag Video: Awesome Early 1970s Footage From Oswego Dragway – Funny Cars, Wheelstanders, Doorslammers Galore!

Boy is this some awesome video! This five minute Super 8 time travel trip back to the early 1970s was original shot by (apparently) by someone named Marvin King. The video depicts what seems to be a...

Joey Gladstone Runs His Suzuki Hayabusa…Without A Wheelie Bar…To A 6.56@217MPH Pass At Maryland International!

It looks like a wasp with the radical extended rear, it sounds like a wasp as it stages, and when it launches…well, it flies, alright. The racer is Joey Gladstone, the bike is a Suzuki...

Ebay Find: Black And Chrome Suits This 1978 Chevy Caprice Coupe Nicely!

Brian can enjoy Buford’s company all he wants. I’ve got nothing against four-doors, or even a four-door B-body, but if I’m going to own one, without question I’d go for...

Bitchin Video: Super Stock and Pro Stock Legend Herb McCandless Talks About His Hemi Demon And Racing A Pro Stocker In The 1970s

Herb “Mr 4-Speed” McCandless was one of the best and most talented racers of the golden super stock and fledgling pro stock era in drag racing. His abilities behind the wheel landed him...