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Nothing But Cars For Sale And On Parade At The Pomona Swap Meet

(Photos by Chad Reynolds) The Pomona Swap Meet was huge and awesome, as usual, which is why we always go! It’s a riot hanging out with friends, looking at cool parts, laughing at stuff we find,...

Big Rigs, Big Rigs, And More Big Rigs From The Great American Trucking Show In Dallas

(Photos by Rob Bennett) The Great American Trucking Show is like the SEMA Show of Big Rigs. With over 500 exhibitors, representing more than 52,000 trucking industry products, and a truck show that...

27th NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion Crowns Event & Series Champions!

  (Photos by Dyan Lover and Darr Hawthorne) – Last weekend’s 27th California Hot Rod Reunion finished up competition at Auto Club Famoso Raceway, crowning not only event winners but also...

This Australian Dodge Phoenix Is Going From Derelict To Big-Block Cruiser For A Cause!

First off, how surprised are you that a 1963 Dodge of any type was in Australia as a local-sale car, complete with right-hand drive? All of the American manufacturers stuck their nose into the...

Drive Green: A 1977 AMC Hornet AMX That Was Still Trying To Be A Full-Fledged Musclecar!

The true pinnacle of Malaise might be about 1980, but 1977 wasn’t that great, either. Pontiac fans were doing well enough, the Z28 Camaro had returned after a two-year hiatus, and if you knew...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s The Coolest City in America That Has A Race Track?

As I’m writing this from a hotel room in Las Vegas before the 2018 NHRA Toyota Nationals get kicked off around here, it got me to thinking. There are a load of cool cities that have race tracks...

Richard Okerman’s Super Gas Wreck From 2004 Is Proof That No Matter The Speed Safety Gear Is Paramount

So many people want to complain and generally whine about safety equipment in race cars. At a recent event I was at, there were probably a dozen guys who came to the tower complaining because they...

Unhinged: Don’t Let The Television Ad Titilate You Too Much, Now…

So this happened: in the United Kingdom, Ford, FCA and Nissan recently had their advertisements banned because, according to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), they were too much for viewers...

2018 Pumpkin Run Nationals Swap Meet Photo Coverage : Parts, Pieces, Cars, Trucks, and More!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – We’d always been told the Pumpkin Run was large and that we ‘had’ to go.  This event is held at the Clermont County Fairgrounds in Owensville, OH. ...

Rough Start: This 1976 Chevy Monza Towne Coupe Is A Blank Slate!

Finding a Chevy Monza that hasn’t been done up to death, already V8 swapped, and isn’t rustier than the Titanic’s prow is probably pushing impossible at this point. It has been...

Holley Releases New iNTECH Col Air INtake For LS9 Powered 2009-13 Corvettes – 30hp!

There’s lots of win here. First is the fact that Holley/MSD has announced the introduction of an iNTECH air intake that is designed to fit 2009-2013 LS9 powered Corvettes and the second it that...

Genesis: Get The Story On The Ford Deuce Coupe The Way Donut Tells It!

You have to start somewhere. Whether you look at flight, nautical travel or whatever, there is a Genesis moment, the jumping-off point that begins the trend that will inevitably expand and grow. For...

Trick Truck: This Dump Truck Is Parts Weird, Cool, and Fun – A Wisconsin Roadside Find

(By Greg Rourke) – I love Wisconsin. Home of the Merrill Ice Drags, Snap On Tools, and the greatest bartenders on planet Earth. It’s said that more brandy is consumed in Wisconsin than...

Hoonitruck: Meet Ken Block’s 914-Horsepower, All-Wheel-Drive, Twin-Turbo V6 1977 Ford F-150 Gymkhana Build!

Meet Ken Block’s latest all-wheel-drive cure and cause for insanity. It’s a 1977 Ford F-150 dubbed “Hoonitruck”, it’s just as mental as the other all-wheel-drive Fords...