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Hot Rod Garage Meets The Crusher Camaro! The 1970s Street Machine Look Is Ditched In The Name Of Handling!

Hot Rod’s Crusher Camaro is the other bright yellow Chevy magazine project car that seems to evolve every few years, causing a stir with fans and readers alike. Not that Freiburger, the...

Rough Start: A Big-Block Cordoba That Looks Daily-Driver Ready – And It’s Under Budget!

One of the biggest problems with scraping the bottom of the budget barrel of Craigslist, as our Rough Start series does, is that every single vehicle we have shown tends to need something…it...

PRI 2015: Moroso Brings The Heat To Valve Covers – Billet Pieces, Fabricated Style, Ford, GM, Chrysler

CNC machining has been one of the most amazing drivers of hot rodding technology, parts, and components, of the last couple decades. If a human mind can dream it up and draw it, incredible multi-axis...

Performance Racing Industry Show 2015: Cool Cars and Engines We Saw On Day 1

We’re here in Indianapolis at the Performance Racing Industry Show 2015. Think of this event as SEMA’s hardcore brother. PRI is cool because it is about racing and really gnarly high...

Killing The Peace And Quiet At The Bend In The River With A Crosley Fitted With A Pulse Jet Rocket!

I want you to put yourself in the position of a police officer who was required to report to a boat launch on a river to investigate a noise disturbance call. By the time you get there, there is no...

Pro Street Baby! This 1976 Vega Yenko Stinger Is Ready To Rock

Vegas are cool, and this 1976 Vega Yenko Stinger Pro Street machine is extra cool. With an 8.50 Chassis Certification, a small block with air conditioning, and giant Mickey Thompson ET Streets this...

These RZRs Are Taking On A New Hill In Alabama For The Chance At $500…But When The Hill Is Called “Geronimo”, Is It Worth It?

Stoney Lonesome ORV Park in Alabama recently opened up a new hill climb location, dubbed “Geronimo”, and offered up a cash prize of $500 to the first UTV that could make it to the top....

Gates Salvage Yard Tour: Corvair Rampside Trucks, Rotted Wagons, Heavy Trucks, And More

So we continue on with our frosty walk through Gates Salvage in Hardwick, Vermont. This place was pretty freaking awesome to spend half a day traipsing through. Because Fitzgerald could not walk five...

No, It’s Not A Flashback – Another Dodge Disco Van Has Hit The Auction Block!

You know that saying, “What’s old is new again”? I’m afraid to admit it, but I believe that the era of the custom van is upon us once again. Yes…vans, complete with...

Ever Watched Rally Footage And Thought, “I Can Do That!”? Watch As Matt Farah Gives It A Shot In A Subaru – It Ain’t As Easy As It Looks!

I grew up learning how to drive on the gravel roads of western Washington State. In whatever car my stepdad trusted me with, I was taught the finer points of car control: the burnout, the slide, the...

This Trick Tools Icengineworks Header Fabrication Kit Is The Coolest!

      The tool we most wanted yesterday at the PRI Show is Trick Tools Icengineworks Header Fabrication kit. They aren’t new, in fact they’ve been around for several years,...

PRI Favorites: This Visner Billet Intake Manifold For A Pro Mod Hemi Is INSANE!

Visner Engine Development is known for some pretty trick parts, most often whittled from giant chunks of aluminum and coming in the form of trick intake manifolds, cylinder heads, and more....

Team Optima Wins The 2015 FM3 Karting Extravaganza Presented By BangShift.com

After a fierce battle, that included multiple heat races to get into the final main event, Team Optima Batteries took home the win in the 2015 FM3 Karting Extravaganza presented by BangShift.com....

Leah Pritchett Joins Bob Vandergriff Racing With Quaker StateĀ 

Wow! Here’s some news that is surely the tip of the spear when it comes to racing announcements during this 2015 PRI Show week.  Leah Pritchett has joined Bob Vandergriff Racing and has...