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Car Craft Summer Nationals 2017 Gallery: Big Tires And Blowers At Beech Bend!

If you are confusing the Car Craft Summer Nationals with the Car Craft Street Machine Nationals that are usually held in DuQuoin, Illinois, don’t feel too bad…I had to keep reminding...

Wild Video: Helmet-Cam Ride on a Nitro Harley – Stopping is Scary!

Tommy Grimes is a legend amongst the small fraternity of nitro Harley racers. He’s been there and done it about 50 times during this career. He’s raced for some of the greatest names in...

Rough Start: Going For The Unbeaten Path In A Mercury Montego

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.  -“The Road Not Taken”, Robert Frost. The road not taken. The direction not...

Ford And Chevrolet Trade Barbs and Blows In These 1987 Commercials – Gold!

(By Jason Mazzotta) – Rivalries are a part of everyone’s life; Boston Red Sox vs. New York Yankees in the MLB, Auburn vs. Alabama in college football, North Carolina vs. Duke in college...

Morning Symphony: The Glorious Noise Of Throwing The Hot Rod Around By The Collar!

As you wake up and check out the news feed, yours truly will be checking out a new show at Beech Bend Raceway: the Car Craft Summer Nationals are rolling into town, and I’ve already seen some...

McTaggart’s Folly: This 1987 Chrysler LeBaron Pro Street Build Just Might Put Him Over The Edge

That’s it, eBay is the devil, and tonight the master of trickery has pulled up his “Temptation” file and has selected one for yours truly. We all have our bucket list cars, and one...

The Farmer’s Hobby: Watch This Ford Truck Get Down On The Strip In Georgia!

The old truck…the stories it could tell. From the day it was brought home, to all of the work that it put in to earn it’s keep, to the day when the wear and tear got to be too much to...

The Parting Shift: Ride Along In A 4-Speed Big Block A/Stock Camaro At Bandimere

Chad and I both love stock and super stock eliminator. Its is still a thrill to see classic muscle car era iron running down a drag strip especially when it has been tuned to perfection and is...

BangShift Tune-Up: “Leave Out All The Rest” By Linkin Park (2008)

As intertwined as music is to the lifestyle that we enjoy, whenever a staple musician leaves this earth, the feeling becomes more than just “another one gone”. Your mind goes back to...

Piston Driven Sadness: There’s And Olds Diesel 350 For Sale On eBay Right Now – Makes For A Good Hot Rod Block

$75.00. That’s the asking price for this sad pile of pig iron being solon eBay right now. This is of course and infamous Oldsmobile 350ci diesel engine. The motor was an ill-fated attempt by GM...

Thinking Of Installing A Wideband Air/Fuel Gauge? This Video From AutoMeter Takes You Through It

A wideband air/fuel gauge is an excellent piece of equipment that allows one to have immediate and accurate knowledge of the air/fuel ratio the engine is seeing on a seeming nanosecond by nanosecond...

Runaway Truck! Watch This Trucker With Melted Brakes Get An Escort To The Runaway Truck Ramp!

(By Greg Rourke) – Truck driving is serious business.  Weather, road conditions, other drivers and equipment failures can all conspire to ruin your day. Here we have an example of one day...

This Big Brown Dodge Ram 350 Van Was Originally A FBI Surveillance Van!

Now this is a true creeper van. In the past 24 hours, this big, beautiful, chocolate 1989 Dodge Ram 350 work van for sale on eBay has been popping up all over the interwebs. While it’s not...

Just Like Popcorn, Right? The Slow Mo Guys Blow Off Airbags In Microwaves!

To date, over 100 million Takata airbag inflators are on a recall notice that stretches back to late 2014. Prior to that, there was the issue of high-powered inflators and children in the front seat,...