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Rough Start: The Soul Of A 5.0 In A 1976 Ford Mustang II Could Be A Money Maker

Straight out of the gate: yeah, it’s another Mustang II, and it’s not even a Cobra or a Mach 1. It’s not even a hatchback, which seems to be kind-of accepted. This is the perfect...

Listen To The Entire 1963 Album “Big Sounds Of The Drags” — No Music, All Screaming Engines, AWESOME

In the early 1960s a man at Capitol Records named Jim Economides had the brilliant idea to head to the drag races with a full compliment of audio equipment, several engineers, and what amounted to a...

Side-By-Side Knockout Hillclimbing! Watch These Bouncer Racers Drag Race Up The Devil’s Staircase!

Drag racing is often called out as the simplest motorsport: point nose in the right direction, stand on gas, don’t crash, repeat. We know that’s really simplified, just like we know that...

Donk, Meet Swamp Donkey: A Blown LS7-Powered Caprice On 26s vs. A Mega Truck In A Tug-Of-War

Before the comments come rolling in, let’s settle this now: ditch the wheels for anything else, ditch the grille inserts for anything else, and many of you would sell your young into slavery...

Ten Seconds In Ten Days: The Aussies Are Coming With One Built FPV F6 Ute!

If this Ford Performance Vehicles ute was one generation older, it would be called a “Typhoon”, the Pacific equivalent of a hurricane. But be it called F6, Falcon, or “really,...

Unhinged: Telling Your Seat What To Do Is Comic Fodder

I want you to think about something for a second: how many of you get confused over a power seat anymore? How about ever? I had them down-pat by the time I was in kindergarten. It didn’t hurt...

Rough Start: This 289-Powered Mercury Comet Is The Cool-Dad Weekend Driver!

It was strange to the kids I went to school with that the car I showed up in was either a muscular-looking 1975 Oldsmobile Omega on Cragar mags or a very muscular 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle. They...

Can A Boring 1999 Camry Actually Make It As A Race Car Or Is It Now Just A Noisemaker?

Let me introduce you to a pet peeve of mine: the phrase “race car”. Specifically, this term that people use to describe a gutted, loud machine that most people would’ve happily...

Money No Object: A Flip-Front 1966 Chevrolet Corvette Custom That Should Be Carving Canyons!

Once again, I prove that one of my biggest guilty pleasures is a modified C2 Corvette that is done up to a point that I can’t help but think of the ragged Corvette from the movie “King of...

This Chrysler 318 Powered 1969 Muskeg Amphibian Is A 32mph Bath Tub

What is a 1969 Muskeg Amphibian? Is it something that looks like the A-Team built it? Yes. Is it something capable of going over 30mph? Yes. Is it something powered by a Chrysler 318ci small block?...

Heavyweight Contenders: These Jeep SRT8s Are Two Of The Baddest In The Nation!

The black one is an all-wheel-drive monstrosity that simply digs down and gets the show on the road. The wrapped one used to be all-wheel-drive and just as nasty, but is now on the hunt for the seven...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Pick One Car And One Truck For A Two-Car Garage!

Forum member “Aircooled” recently put up this neat picture of a house that belongs to someone with their priorities straight in life. One car, one truck, done. And both are unique pieces...

The Most Expensive Aussie Car Ever: This 1971 Ford Falcon GTHO Phase III Sold For $1.3 Million Australian!

Every car circle has their holy grail. The Plymouth Hemi ‘Cuda. The Chevrolet Chevelle LS-6. The AMX/3. Ferrari 250 GTO. Lamborghini Miura. They are the cars that have made the transition from...

The Guided Tour: Check Out This Speed Shop And Listen To This 611ci Hemi Scream!

When the day comes that one of us ever lands in Australia…oh, readers…we might not sleep the duration of the trip. Of course we’d find a burnout contest and go blower-counting. Of...