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This Ford Fairlane Is Just The Way We Like ‘Em: Durable, Fast, And Driven Often

Sometimes you need the right inspiration to understand why someone likes the car that they do. Case in point is Colin Sebern’s 1964 Ford Fairlane, which has a Thunderbolt look, but is...

Late-Model Nastiness! This ProCharged Dodge Challenger Is Good For A Six-Second, 200+ MPH Blast Down The Quarter!

The capability of today’s engines can’t be denied. The base models are running twelves and thirteens bone-stock with the hotter versions running elevens. The computer tuning might turn...

Watch This Flaming Wreck From Texas Raceway In Kennedale – Wild Stuff

In the realm of things going badly, it doesn’t go much badder than this. We’re not sure of the circumstances when this video was filmed whether it was a test and tune, a bracket race, or...

RideTech Street Grip: We Install It, Thrash It, And Tell You Why It’s Legit

(Thanks to Dave Beard/Beard’s Auto and Truck Repair) – In the world of hot rodding, it is pretty easy to lose the plot one way or another. For instance, if you have your cool classic...

The Shelby CSX: America’s Forgotten Shelby Performance Car

It seems like lately a lot of people are remembering that Carroll Shelby had a stint in the 1980’s making front wheel drive Dodge vehicles go way faster than they were ever supposed to. You always...

Going To PRI 2015? Don’t Miss Out On All This Awesome Stuff! Seminars, Events, All Here

It seems insane to say but PRI 2015 starts in two days and that means the entire racing industry is buzzing about who will be there, who won’t, and what will be on display. There’s...

What Could Be Sketchier Than A Sprint Car At 150 Miles An Hour? How About Losing A Tire In The Corner?

Ah, the Sprint Car. One motor, four wheels one the ground and one wheel in the cockpit being sawn by a racer who knows that speed plus delicate inputs equals glory…and that one screwup could...

Gates Salvage Tour Part 2: We Continue Our Romp Through The $500 Junkyard

We’re back with more images and coolness from Gates Salvage in Hardwick, Vermont. Craig Fitzgerald from BestRide.com and I spent the better part of a day roaming through the place and to be...

Rough Start: Could This 1972 Ford Maverick Be Your 1/2 Scale White Lightning Replica?

We all have a soft spot for the Ford Custom 500 in the movie “White Lightning”. That big brown bomber screaming around dirt roads with Burt Reynolds at the wheel makes us wish that we...

Question Of The Day: Was The AMC Pacer Best Used As A Truck?

American Motors’ reputation pretty much is consigned into history by their…well, quirky 1970s designs. We know that they made some awesome muscle cars, like the Javelin, AMX and...

More SCTA El Mirage Racing Action – Dust, Dirt, And Big Speeds To End The Year

(Photos by Zane McNary) – There was a bumper crop of competitors at the final meet of the 2015 SCTA season on the hallowed and dusty grounds of El Mirage. Why? We all know that Bonneville got...

Pair Of Pro Stock Champions To Drive With EFI Mopar HEMI® Power

Words by JEGS and FCA Communications A pair of champions will team up and carry the Mopar banner in 2016, as back-to-back NHRA Pro Stock champ Erica Enders and five-time overall Pro Stock title...

Someone Needs To Build This Barn Find Vega GT Into A Pro Touring Machine. Only $650!

Barn finds have become such the “thing” now that half the time when you see one listed it isn’t. A barn find that is. They are usually just someone’s project that has been...

Junkyard Heaven: Gates Salvage Yard In Hardwick Vermont – Our First Look At The Classic Iron

There are things you just HAVE to do. When the Craigslist ad surfaced for a place called Gates Salvage in Hardwick, Vermont offering any car in their massive vintage section for $500 we knew we had...