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Rough Start: This 1965 Chrysler 300 Is Barn-Find Perfection – Dual Quad Big Block Brick!

This was exactly what I would’ve been looking for about 1997. Not the car itself…I’m not a fan of the Elwood Engel-designed Mopars…but the overall scene you are about to...

Historic Video: This Look At The 1962 Nassau Speed Week Will Have You Itching For A Time Machine

Now this is the type of thing we really love around here. Nassau Speed Weeks was one of the coolest road racing events on planet Earth for about a decade through the 1950s and into the 1960s. We have...

Big, Beautiful And Broken: Finnegan’s Bought A Monster Square-Body Box Truck!

At what point does an automotive fixation become worthy of an intervention? Because we’re starting to wonder about our buddy Finnegan. We don’t have any issue with the original Ramp...

eBay Gold: Someone Is Selling A 1970 Vintage 426 Hemi Short Block Still In The Original Crate!

When we talk about barn finds, it is always cars but these days we need to start considering parts and components as well because of stuff like this. You are looking at a 1970 vintage 426 Hemi short...

What The What?! Someone Put A Backhoe On An Airport Tug And Made The Coolest Thing Ever

There are some ideas that humanity may just not be ready for yet. Some things that our species may struggle to embrace as a whole but as the unstoppable march of time carries on, they will be looked...

Rough Start: A Bargain-Basement Lincoln With An Easy Fix

If you are sincere about starting out with the lowest amount of money spent on a car so the rest of your budget is freed up for hot rod parts, look for key words to help your search along. Look for...

A Year In Photos: David Whealon Shares Photographic Highlights From 2018 (Part 4)

(Photos by David Whealon) – Shapes, colors, sounds. Those are the basic three elements that attract us to cars, right? We enjoy their styling. We enjoy their coloration and look. We enjoy the...

Morning Symphony: The Supercharged Snake Slithering Up The Grass-Lined Driveway

The thing that appeals most to me about the Dodge Viper is it’s roots. Namely, the fact that one of the wildest cars of the last thirty years, with the V-10 engine that was a marvel at the time...

When The FBI Showed Up At The Sponsor’s Office, A NASCAR Team Folded Up Shop

If you thought that your end of week was bad, the guys at Chip Ganassi Racing would have traded it with you in a heartbeat. On Friday the team announced the immediate shuttering of its NASCAR Xfinity...

Stick To The Resolution To Lose The Weight! More Weight Reduction For The Bottle Rocket Coronet!

80% of New Year’s resolutions are worth little more than hot air by the beginning of February. What, did the cheap candy for Valentine’s Day cause you to bail on the diet? You were the...

This Is Our Final Blast Of Photos From The Tour D’ Orange New Year’s Cruise – Hot Rods, Muscle Cars, Exotics, And More.

(Photos by Cole Reynolds) This is it, our last round of photos from our New Year’s cruising fun, so check out the photos below and click the link to see all the other galleries. We shared our...

Drag Action Gallery: More Sportsman and Straight Axle Madness At Historic Thornhill Dragway!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – For those that read and look at my stuff on here it will be no shock to see some images with intentional lens flare.  I like it and will actually seek it...

BangShift Question Of The Day: When Did You Realize That Your Car Was Possessed?

We all know that one scene in the movie “Christine”, where a dejected Arnie, alone with his prized Plymouth, is busy assessing the damage caused by hoodlums. He promises that he will...