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Money No Object: McTaggart’s Dream Plymouth Satellite – The Car Has Been Killer As Long As He’s Been Alive!

I’ve seen this 1971 Plymouth Satellite in my head for years. I first saw the car as one of the two hero cars that race in the music video for Breaking Point’s “One Of A Kind”....

Another One Bit The Dust: The Autopsy Of Project Neighbor’s Built Mill!

Cleetus isn’t having a good run lately. He wounded Leroy the Savage’s engine. He absolutely nuked the turbocharged truck motor in the Auction Mistake C6 Corvette. And then there’s...

Making It Official Once Again: The World Record Australian Burnout At Summernats

Aussies and burnouts just go together. We can’t explain why the whole continent down there gets so psyched over roasting tires…we get it, doing a burnout is a freaking blast…but...

How To Build Your Own Carbon Fiber Flares! Wide Body All You Want.

The whole process of flaring a car can be pretty intimidating, but when done right it is not only good looking but also a great way to stuff more tire under your handling machine. Steel, fiberglass,...

Rough Start: Feeling A Little Of The Lightning? Maybe A 1972 Ford Galaxie Can Help You Out

Everybody had their dream car in their heads when we were all getting close to our driver’s license. Most of us missed the mark entirely. I wanted a Camaro, and though I had a few false starts...

Lick-A-Dee Split: This 1955 Ford Escort 100E Is A Homebuilt Handful!

Ford Escort. It’s a name that is steeped in the bad memories of 1980s econoboxes for some, excellent little rally screamers for others, but has always stood for one of Ford’s strongest...

KABOOM: Watch This Hot Rodded Nissan Patrol Shred A Tire On The Chassis Dyno

Here’s chapter 3,324 in the great big book of how to get mangled on the dyno. We’re not saying that these guys did anything wrong, just that there’s so much going on any time you...

Stacked: This Algon Fuel Injection Set Up For A Boss 429 Ford Is Radical!

As we have all had it drilled into our heads at this point in history, the Ford Boss 429 was not the greatest street engine ever built. Its massive ports and racing bred lineage meant that the street...

More Tour D’ Orange Cruise Coverage: Muscle Cars, Exotics, Imports, Classics, And Hot Rods Cruising SoCal’s Coast On New Years

(Photos by Cole Reynolds) We shared our first gallery of photos from the Tour D’ Orange in SoCal on New Year’s Day after getting home from this cool event, where we cruised Ethyl, our 1966...

Syracuse Nationals Photo Coverage: The Sun Was Warm and The Cars Were HOT!

(Photos by Mike Brooks) – This happens every damned year. A some point during the summer, one of our shooters sends me a killer gallery of images and in my haste to be going somewhere or doing...

Minivan Makeover: Giving A Chevrolet Astro A Bit Of Purpose In Life!

The big three of minivans: The Dodge Caravan and it’s offshoots, the Ford Aerostar, and the Chevrolet Astro/GMC Safari. Which one did you get stuck riding around in? By sheer mercy, I...

Have A 2009-2019 Ram Truck? The New Flowmaster FlowFX Exhaust System Will Delivery You Power And Sound!

When the engineers at Ram decided to spruce up the trucks with the dual cutouts and a dual outlet exhaust from the factory, we approved. After all, who does not like the symmetrical look of those...

How It Should Be: This Twin-Turbo Hellcat-Swapped Chrysler 300 Storms Atco!

You want to know what is more annoying to a Mopar owner than a very rednecky, “HEY – that thing gotta Hemi in it?” It’s being the owner of a Chrysler 300C and hearing the...

Drag Racing Gallery: Straight Axle Mafia And Bracket Racing Fun At Thornhill Dragway In Kentucky

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – As we’ve stated before, Thornhill Dragway is the oldest continuously-operated drag strip…period.  Some can dispute that (like me or people that raced...