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eBay Find: When Is A 1978 Chevrolet Impala Worth $27 Grand? When It Packs A ZZ3 Crate Engine And Is Restoration Clean!

I’ve told stories before about a 1979 Chevrolet Caprice coupe that I owned when I was a teenager, but I rarely, if ever, speak about the 1978 Chevrolet Impala coupe that came before it....

This Boeing Turbine Powered Go Kart Seems Like A Good Idea, Right?

So my nine year old son Tom is saving money to buy himself a go-kart. By the Spring he’ll have a few hundred bucks and that’ll be enough to score him something that’s used and may...

Rough Start: Want A Cop Car For Under $5,000 That Isn’t A Crown Vic? How About A Plymouth Volare A38?

Cop cars have a special allure all to themselves. They are part family sedan, part muscle car, have to be ready to be a demolition derby car and be able to take the kinds of abuse that design...

More Xtremer: X-Games gold-winning skateboarder Bucky Lasek will try hand at rally (Killer Rally Video Inside!)

(By Eric Rood) – If you came of age 10-15 years ago, then you might already know Bucky Lasek to be an 11-time gold medal-winning skateboarder at the X Games. You may not know that Lasek...

Holley Releases Tall Valve Covers For GM LS Engines

Sometimes it is about both form and function. These new tall valve covers for LS series GM engines are an example of that. If there is one big area that the LS engine lacks “out of the...

Watch 18 Year Old Max Verstappen Drive His Tire Chain Equipped F1 Car On A Ski Slope

When it comes to guys that currently have the world by the tail, 18-year old Red Bull F1 driver Max Verstappen may lead the charge. The guy is literally a racing phenom competing on the highest level...

eBay Find: This Big Old Mack H-63 Wrecker Is A Rare Beast And An Ugly One Too

I am pretty much an unabashed Mack fan. I love the B Models, the R Models, the Superliners, and the list goes on and on. One of the trucks that you don’t see or hear about very often from the...

Incredibly Bitchin Class 11 VW Video From Baja! These Guys Are The Real Heroes Of Baja

Ask anyone who competes at Baja who are the toughest sons of bitches out there, and the veterans will tell you it’s the guys racing Class 11. Class 11 is basically stock VW bugs with shocks....

Scrapple, The NAIAS Platter! Here’s The Rundown On All Of The “Other” Rides In Detroit!

(Lead Photo: Fox-2 Detroit) The North American International Auto Show is over, and sadly it wasn’t quite the throwdown special that we got to see last year. Buick did serve up a beautiful...

FOX Will Televise All Ten 2016 NHRA J&A Service Pro Mod Events In Primetime!

NHRA and FOX announced that all 10 races in the 2016 NHRA J&A Service Pro Mod Drag Racing Series season will air on FOX Sports 1 (FS1) and FOX Sports 2 (FS2). FS2 will televise each half-hour...

This 1956 Chevy Big Window Pickup Makes One Cool Gasser!

We dig 50’s Chevy pickups in general, but the mid to late “big” trucks are just too sexy not to drool over. Make it a big window truck and it’s definitely worth some money and...

Take A Balls-Out Ride In A Lamborghini Aventador SV On The Isle Of Man’s Mountain Road!

The Isle of Man conjures up images of motorcycles flying on narrow streets during the Isle of Man TT races, but a fun fact about the island: outside of certain specific areas like towns, choke points...

Santa Pod Raceway Turns 50 This Year – Here’s A Cool Video Promo

On Easter 1966, Santa Pon Raceway opened in England as Europe’s first and (at that time) only dedicated drag racing facility. It began as many drag strips here began as an old airfield (Pod...

Quick Drive: The 2016 Scion iA Is A Shockingly Good Car For The Money

When the chance came to spend some time behind the wheel of the 2016 Scion iA, I was pretty interested. After all, as many of you know this is a car that is essentially a partnership between Mazda...