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Why Does This Awesome Not Happen More Often: 1955 Ford Steel Body On Stock Car Chassis

Doesn’t it seem like, especially with the popularity of nostalgia drag racing that there would be nostalgia stock car racing going crazy all over the country? For as many disaffected NASCAR fas...

Family Car Greatness: This 1979 Chevrolet Malibu Beats The Hell Out Of Driving A Crossover Everyday!

Among the many interesting cars that I grew up riding in the back seat of, there’s only one car I genuinely wished stayed put instead of being moved on. I couldn’t tell you what year...

Apex Predator: A 1995 Pontiac Firebird That Is Dying To Hit The Apexes!

In nature, the contrast of black and a bright, vibrant color is usually a form of aposematic coloring. Big word, I know, but you know what it means. When you see a black and white furry animal that...

This Hand Made Steam Engine Took 30 Years To Build And Now It Can Be Yours

Hot rodding is really a singular activity. We all enjoy hanging out with other hot rodders but the things that we do individually, we do for ourselves. Maybe other people like them, maybe they become...

Live Out Your Altered Wheelbase Fantasies With This 1965 Plymouth Belvedere!

This is so freaking awesome we can hardly stand it. You are looking at an altered wheelbase 1965 Plymouth Belvedere that is street legal and packing a cross-ram equipped hemi for power. The inside of...

Morning Symphony: The Daddy Of All Modded Chrysler 300Cs Is Alive Once More – The A-Bom Lives!

In March 2017, one of our favorite builds, a Chrysler 300 SRT-8 from Arizona many know as “A-bom” (read: abomination), the pet monster of “Mad” Matt Leischer, wound up with...

Holley Releases 500 CFM Marine 2-Barrel Avenger Carb – Tuned and Tested For Salt and Freshwater Environments

We know that there are loads of BangShifters out there who like to have fun on the water when they are no in their land locked hot rods. Holley knows that feeding your boat fuel is as (actually more)...

Dale Truck Hits The Strip (Again!) Will Cleetus Blow The Rear End Out Of The Ex-Racer?

With a good portion of the vehicles in his shop’s inventory out of commission for one reason or another, it stood to reason that the next vehicle we’d see Cleetus take out for a good...

Nicest One On Earth: This 1966 Ford F-260 (yes, 260) Truck Is Incredible

Sometimes you have to hate your friends. I have been searching for a project/old hunk of something for a little while now. I’ve been in this mindset of finding a cool, old four wheel drive...

Hoonigan Is Building A Pit Truck Out Of This Suzuki Carry For A World Class Drift Team!

If you have never dealt with a Kei truck from Japan, you are missing out. It’s difficult to see a vehicle like a Suzuki Carry (pictured) or any of the other micro-trucks, like the Honda Acty or...

Inspiration Video: Greg Mayton’s Twin-Turbocharged 1987 Cougar Lapping At Beech Bend

To start a build of any kind, you need to have some kind of inspiration or vision. I had neither when I dragged the Dirty Cougar home. I had enough money to purchase the Mercury and a suspicion that...

Rescue Me Please: This Donated 1979 Hurst/Olds Is Sitting In A Copart Lot And Is Up For Auction!

Oh, this is sadness. I don’t go on Copart often, but every now and then I’m linked to the site for one reason or another via social media and this time, it’s a heartbeaker. Three...

Aeromotive Named the Official Fuel System for Frank Hawley’s Drag Racing School

It is always neat when two great teams get together for their mutual benefit. In this case it is the team at Aeromotive and the team at Frank Hauley’s Drag Racing School. This is a great deal...

Bob Tasca Jr’s Tunnel Port 427 Powered 1968 Torino Surfaces Ater 35 Years Of Slumber!

There’s something to be said for being the son of a legend, especially when said legend is at the height of his hot rodding powers. Bob and Carl Tasca are the sons of the late “Big...