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A Once In A Lifetime Offer: Buy An Entire Salvage Yard Full Of Projects, Plus Property And Buildings, For A Million Dollars!

We have to thank BangShifter Channing Ivey for sending us a link to the fastest way we’d spend a winning lottery ticket ever. There is a place in Tappen, British Columbia, Canada where if you...

The 2017 Easter Jeep Safari Concepts Have Been Unveiled! Check Them Out Here!

Jeep has pulled the covers off of the fleet of concepts and special one-off builds that they will be bringing to the 2017 Easter Jeep Safari in Moab, Utah. With the event kicking off on April 8th,...

2017 Texas Hoedown Coverage: A Huge and Fun Gathering In Texas

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Tis the season for hot rodding fun in Texas! The shows and gatherings have started with the famed Texas Hoedown being among the first of the big ones every year....

The Legend Of “Little Bastard”, James Dean’s Porsche 550 Spyder, As Told By Regular Car Reviews

On September 30th, 1955, James Byron Dean was killed in a car accident near Cholame, California. He was on his way to the Salinas Road Races and was traveling with his Porsche mechanic, Rolf...

Colin Furze’s 100 Horsepower Bumper Car Is Done And Is Ready To Run Speed Tests!

We have to hand it to Britain’s resident mad scientist, he made good on his word. Colin Furze’s 100 horsepower bumper car is done, and it’s a lesson in…well, fear, speed,...

Rough Start: A Sweet Pontiac Firebird Formula That Just Needs Some Final Plumbing!

Not every Pontiac Firebird made in the 1970s was black and gold. Sorry to break it to you, but you can put up your fake Burt Reynolds ‘stache and cowboy hat…it’s kind of creepy, to...

Car Feature: Joe Hall’s Street Driven, 9-Second 1967 Chevelle Is Seeing Red With A Sprayed Small Block

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Magazines and online blogs might have some of you believing street-driven nine-second cars are around every turn.  Legitimate, streetable 9-second cars...

Demon Watch: Instant Inlet Temperature Drops Are Available From The Air Conditioner!

The official reveal of the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon is only a couple weeks away, but the teaser campaign that is doling out bits and pieces of information is still up and going. The latest update...

Buy Any Racetech Seat And Harness, Today Or Tomorrow Only, And Get Free Shipping!

Ever see how big the box is that a seat comes in? Yeah, that thing ain’t cheap to ship either, so Racetech USA is making you a deal. Buy any Racetech seat and harness, today or tomorrow only,...

Want To Build Your Own Chezoom Like Boyd’s? This One Is A Start

But is it a good start? We’re not real sure, but it certainly looks like a daunting project. But, the seller claims that it is correct dimensionally to Chezoom and is the only one known to...

This 1971 Ford Country Squire Wagon Just Might Be The Family Truckster You Need!

With the ability to haul up to 10 people, more car parts than some pickup trucks, and the ability to tow an open trailer with your hot rod on it, or the family RV, this just might be one of the best...

Watch Justin Cyrnek Make The First 4.50s Pass In MX235 History – A Thing Of Beauty

(Video credit: FreeLifeFilms YouTube Channel) – One of the most entertaining classes to watch at the 2017 Outlaw Street Car Reunion was MX235. The relatively new and hotly growing category of...

NHRA Gatornationals Action Photos: Alcohol Funny Cars and Dragsters Getting After It!

(Photos by David Whealon – DWPhotos) – If there are two classes in NHRA competition more fascinating than alcohol funny car and top alcohol dragster we’re not really sure what they...

We Give The Dash In Our 1986 C10 Project An AutoMeter Makeover – Check Out The Difference!

(Words and photos by Mike Brooks) –  The previous two articles in this series (fuel system, efi swap) featured upgrades that improve performance and drivability of my C10 pickup. It was...