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Money No Object: Richard Petty’s 1978 Dodge Magnum Race Car Is Up For Grabs!

Replacing Richard Petty’s 1974 Dodge Charger was always going to be a monumental tasking. At the end of the 1977 season, the Charger had proven to be highly successful and the pressure was on...

Meltdown Drags Craziness: Watch The Throttle Hang Wide Open On Brian Kohlman’s Nitro Hemi Coupe, Resulting In Carnage

Brian Kohlman’s nitro hemi coupe is one hell of a hot rod, sometimes it acts like it is from hell as well. Kohlman’s car uses an early Hemi on a nice load of fuel hooked to a stick shift...

We Want It And We Want It Bad: This FLU419 Small Emplacement Excavator Is Awesome If Not Totally Practical

At the end of the day, all military vehicles are tools, right? Designed to suit a job or purpose they help fighting men and women get the job done. That being said, there are LOTS of cool tools out...

Treat It Like A Rental: That’s $2 Million Worth Of Mercedes Ripping Up The Lawn!

Out of the thirty-five 1997 Mercedes CLK-GTR homologation street cars produced, six and only six were roadsters…you know, because what a GT1 homologation car needs more than anything is...

We Found A Volkswagen TDI Recall Regional Holding Facility At An Old Naval Air Base In Southeastern Massachusetts

This is nuts! My son Tom’s pal Adam is as big a car guy as Tom and he made mention to him one day this summer that there were a load of VWs parked on the grounds of what used to be the South...

Money No Object: With This 1969 Beaumont, How Much Is Hearing “What Is That?” Worth?

You see one 1969 Chevelle, you’ve seen them all. You’ve seen a similar vintage Pontiac, it’s the same. But if you see a 1969 Beaumont, your brain immediately sends the ultimate...

More High Flyin’ Stock And Super Stock Fun From Maple Grove – All Your Eastern Favorites Here!

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – We’ve been singing the praises of stock and super stock eliminator over the last few days as we have been sharing Joe Grippo’s photos from the late spring...

Check Out 1320Video’s Final Round Of Footage From Rocky Mountain Race Week 2017!

The trek is over and done with. Rocky Mountain Race Week 2017 is in the books, and the 1320Video crew are wrapping up their coverage for the week. There’s been plenty of fun looping from...

Take A Few Rips Around The Goodguys PPG Nationals Autocross With The 48-Hour Camaro and Bret Voelkel

It was wall to wall awesome during the 2017 Goodguys PPG Nationals in Columbus on the autocross course. From the normal competition classes to the annual sponsor shootout, the best pro touring cars...

Morning Symphony: Blue Oval Bark With A Slight Aussie Accent!

Monday mornings are the worst. You had a great weekend. You got some stuff done around the house, found some time to screw off, and got to rest a bit…or, at least, we hope you did. But...

Not Quite Fellas: This 1968 Plymouth Fury Is A Sleeper Which Will Never Wake Up

Imagine my glee to find a whale of a 1968 Plymouth Fury four door listed on eBay as a “sleeper”. I was all excited to see what was under the hood. After all, we cannot get enough of big...

The “WTF?” Files: Have You Heard Of A VW Phoenix? Neither Have We…Check Out This Fiberglass Freak!

The old-school, air cooled Volkswagens lend themselves to many different interpretations. The Beetle and Bus are classics, but not everybody wanted to be seen in a German take on an...

Howell EFI Install: We Upgrade A Classic C10 With Modern Horsepower Fed By The Easiest EFI Install Ever

(Words and photos by Matt Graves) – LS engines are absolutely the hottest thing going. You cannot deny their presence and effect they have on our hobby. They are currently being dropped into...

Petrolicious Takes A Look At A C2 Corvette That Now Resides In Belgium

From it’s pointed prow nose with hidden headlights to the twin bullet taillights at the back of it’s curvy rump, the second generation of Chevrolet Corvette was a winner. The C2 looked...