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Tour Nebraska Coverage: Hundreds of Hot Rods Hit The Highway In The Heartland

(Words and photos by Scott Liggett) – Hot Rod Magazine’s famous Power Tour is now in full swing. But, last weekend was another classic car tour right in the state of Nebraska. The...

Watch This Beautiful Little Brazilian Chevy Truck Haul Tail At The Drags – Turbo Inliner Action!

We have showed you lots of drag racing videos from South America over the last year or so and we’re going to continue that trend. Why? These guys are as hard charging as the racers here in the...

Wanna Cheap, Scary Fast, Scary Looking LS Chevette? Here’s Your E-Ticket Ride – Needs Some Work

It is ratty, it is cheap, it is set up to go like the wind and scare the daylights out of everyone in or around it. This is a low-buck LS Chevette and it is for sale right now. BangShifter Steve...

Super Freak: This Flip-Up Bodied Volkswagen Is Amazing! Watch This 327-Powered Surprise Work The Autocross!

The theme for the Volkswagen that Urban Hillbilly Video caught at the Mid-America Street Rod Nationals has to be “Expect the unexpected”. Why do we say that? Well, it’s a clean...

Le Wreckage Video: Here’s Every Crash From The 2015 24 Hours Of Le Mans – Fender Benders To Calamities!

The singular key to winning a 24 Hour Endurance race like the 2015 24 Hours Of Le Mans is surviving until the end. That is also the most difficult thing to do and as history has shown, Le Mans is...

This 1989 Plymouth Voyager Is A Sleeper Fan’s Sleeper: Turbocharged, Five-Speed And No Sign Of What’s To Come From The Outside!

This is the kind of ride that leaves the knowledgeable laughing hysterically while the unsuspecting just sit, slack-jawed at what happened. I’ve said before that it’s difficult to take a...

What, No Dixie Horn? Watch As This 1980s Dodge Truck Learns To Fly!

Do not feel bad for this Dodge D-150. Instead, understand that going out with a bang…or rather, a loud, crunching sound as the front of the truck drives into the ground like a lawn dart after...

Would You Like Your Hellcat Chopped Or Mashed? We’ve Got Options For You!

So we have recently become obsessed with the IAAI (Insurance Auto Auctions Inc) website because they have zillions of cars for sale that have ended up in their possession through less than happy...

Mighty Car Mods Station Wagon Drag Battle: The Turbocharged V8 Nissan Stagea Vs. The “Supergramps” Subaru Wagon!

If you aren’t a fan of the normal Mighty Car Mods fare, trust us, this video is perfect for you. Minimal “maaaaad!”, minimal randomness. Instead, what you get are two unique and...

Rough Start: This 1990 Dodge Dakota Droptop Is Right On The Money And Offers Up Tons Of Potential!

Five thousand dollars isn’t pocket change, especially if you’ve spent months or even a year or two scraping it together so you can have a little fun or if it’s the only five grand...

eBay Find: This 1957 International S-120 Panel Truck Is A Heavenly 4×4 That Looks Like Hell

If this thing is not absolutely ripe to be the central character in an episode of Roadkill, I am not sure what else is. Unique in the fact that there cannot be many of them left on Earth, oozing...

Question Of The Day: What Would You Put Inside Of Your Dream Garage?

It’s been a long time coming…several months, two tri-axle dump truck loads of dense gravel, at least thirteen yards of concrete, and enough sweat equity to pay for everything, but the...

Historic Video: Watch how bias-ply tires were made and tested back in the early 30s!

As a break from our typical racing, wrecking, and funny videos, here’s a quick history lesson on how tires were constructed during the early years of the automotive age. This video was produced in...

Unhinged: The Value Of Preventative Maintenance – Check Your Ride Out Before You Have Problems!

I make no bones about it: I am, at best, a novice wrench, a shadetree mechanic. I know what I’m doing, but I’m not a professional. I wrench because in order to spend the time behind the...