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Here’s A Cool Idea For Making Retracting Casters For Your Welding Table Or Workbench

I seem to find myself in an ever shrinking amount of workshop space and so I’m always looking at space saving measures for my shop equipment. Sometimes there just isn’t a way to make...

High Flying Rock Bouncers Take On The Dirt Hill Climb At The Southern Rock Race

Rock Bouncers are some violent and fun to watch machines. After all, who doesn’t like tube buggies with BIG power, giant tires, and indestructible drivetrains using full throttle like it is...

The Steak, The Steam, The Suffering: Finnegan’s Woes Leading Up To The Showdown

By now you already know how this story plays out: Mike Finnegan packed his 1955 Chevy, “Blasphemi”, into his newest car hauler, grabbed a couple of friends to come along, and headed west,...

Video: Huge Mud Truck Giant Jump, Front Flip, Crushed It All, Awesomeness!

We have actually shown you video of this crash before, but not THIS video. This one is epic. You are going to love this. Stick with it too, because there is slow mo and all kinds of greatness going...

Junkyard Revival Lightning Round, Part Two: Jeep CJ-5, AMC Javelin, And Dodge Darts!

Yesterday we showed you the first video of the fun three YouTubers had in a private junkyard in the South. When Luke (Thunderhead289) and Kevin (Junkyard Digs) went to Dylan McCool’s territory,...

Half-Track Hellraising: Kenda 1/8th Mile Radial Testing At Willowbank!

The three of us each have our individual marks for the beginning of “the season” each year. For Chad, it’s the Grand National Roadster Show. For Brian, it’s about five seconds...

The Ultimate Rescue Project: Who Has The Skill To Bring This Torino Racer Back To Life?

One of the cars I’m proudest to have had the privilege to show you is “The Bus”, a 1964 Chevrolet Chevelle Super Sport that was brought back to life after years of being a...

Mean Little Green: This Video About A Porsche 914 And Its Owner Is BangShifty Stuff

Perhaps the neatest thing about cars in general is how people respond so differently to so many different models, right? Stuff that you’d walk past on a used car lot others would be throwing...

Get Along Kids: Ford Racing Executives Had To Get Involved With Driver Squabbles After The Daytona 500

In many ways the 2019 Daytona 500 was Ford’s race to lose…and lose they did. Now, the company reversed course in their NASCAR racing efforts in Atlanta by winning the event but the...

The $1,000 Z-Car: The Straight-Six Story Is One Of Sadness

The first installment of the story of a cheap Craigslist-sourced Datsun 280Z was foreboding, to put it mildly. Nevermind the usual issues that come with an S30 that hasn’t been kept up, the...

Lightning Round: With A Battery, Gas And Tools, How Many Junkyard Cars Will Fire Off?

From the moment I walk into the fenced-off area, I have one thought going in my head in a junkyard: if it is just a matter of a battery and some gas, how many cars in this yard would actually run and...

REBATE TIME: Aeromotive Is Offering A Rebate On Their Fox Body Stealth 340 Hanger Pump

Now’s the time! Seriously, if you have a Fox-body Mustang and are looking to upgrade your fuel system with the best and easiest option on the market, now’s the time to step up and get...

Nine To Go: This 1971 Chrysler Town & Country Wagon Is Too Good!

Ask someone about any car made between 1965 and 1972, and the chances of you getting a musclecar as a response is all but guaranteed, with a popular pickup a very close second. You didn’t have...

NASCAR Fire Sale! Want A Killer Car Hauler Or Your Own Stock Car? Check This Auction Out!

Are you in the market for a new hauler? We’re not talking some cheap flatbed or anything like that…we’re talking Peterbilts, we’re talking ex-NASCAR stuff. Maybe you want a...