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There’s Pontiac Unobtanium For Sale On eBay! 2×4 Pontiac Super Duty Intake And Carbs

You know we love rare muscle car parts around here and they don’t come much more rare than legit Pontiac Super Duty stuff. Not the 1970s Super Duty stuff but the early 1960s equipment that was...

NHRA Celebrates 50 Years Of The Funny Car! A Year Long Tribute To The Plastic Fanastics

In 1966, a brand new class of competition emerged in NHRA when hot rodding enthusiasts of the era were trying to squeeze more performance out of their gassers, super stocks and muscle cars. With a...

NHRA’s Newest Super Slow Motion Video Is Wreckage Central – Wild Stuff

After clipping one million likes on Facebook the other day the NHRA put on a super slow motion video on their page and it is pretty cool. For starters everyone involve in the “excitement”...

For Less Than $800 This Third Gen Camaro Is A Great Pro Touring Start!

Yeah, this rust free 1991 Camaro is listed for just $800. It has no engine or trans in it, which is fine since smart people will be doing an LS Swap anyway. I would go junkyard cool on this thing and...

BangShift’s Guide To Powerball Jackpot Glory

There isn’t a soul in the United States, hell the world, that hasn’t been talking about tonights $1.5 Billion Powerball Jackpot. Everyone from school teachers, to hot rodders, to dog...

Seriously?!: What Brian Should Have Said About The “New” Nissan Titan Warrior Concept

Sometimes stuff just annoys me. Or it pisses me off. And when it does, I usually find myself saying “SERIOUSLY?!?!” either out loud or with the voice inside my head. The newly announced...

Spruce Up Your Goat With A New Rear Window Molding Set From OPGI

Restorations are a funny thing because once you start, your eyes get way more tuned into what they should be seeing versus what they actually are seeing. Case in point. If you are doing your muscle...

CONFIRMED: The Jeep Grand Cherokee “Trackhawk” Will Be In Production By The End Of 2017!

In this day and age, is there really a place for a large sports-utility vehicle with at least one, if not two monster V8s under the hood? Is that really practical? Is that really necessary? With all...

More Gates Auto Salvage Video: Lohnes and Fitzgerald Show You More Treasures

So if there is one thing I have learned since gluing the video clips that BestRide.com’s  Craig Fitzgerald and I talking about junk at Gates Auto Salvage in Vermont it is that neither of us...

Nissan’s New Titan Ad Is Pretty Amazing: They Sincerely Thank Chevy, Dodge, and Ford – Seriously

If there has ever been a vehicle that Nissan wants and needs to make work for them it is the new Titan. When the company decided to go full bore into the insanely profitable and competitive light...

NMCA Announces Xtreme Pro Mod Class – Eighth Mile Action And The Gloves Are OFF

Well here’s another interesting development in the drag racing world. Hot on the heels of their Factory Super Car class announcement last week, the NMCA has dropped another announcement that...

New Video Series: NHRA History Lesson With Lewis Bloom – The First Topic Is Pro Stock!

One of the things that the NHRA has been working really hard on this off season is revamping their approach to not only television, but their entire media side. Lots of people freaked out when the...

Battle Barge: This 1964 Chrysler Imperial Autocrosser Is Real American Royalty (Video)

(Words by Eric Rood) – The mid-1960s Chrysler Imperial holds a special place in motorsports history for its undisputed demolition derby capability (often leading to outright banning), but as...

eBay Find: This 1978 Olds Toronado XS Is In Crazy Good Shape And Is Kind Of Neat!

I was always one of those guys who harbored some sort of resentment toward the cars of the middle and later 1970s. Like most everyone else, my opinions have softened over the years when you realize...