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The American Powertrain Parting Shift: The Electric Hand In A Hudson Terraplane – Pre-Select Gears And Let It Shift Itself!
One of my weaker subjects when it comes to automotive knowledge is pretty much anything pre-1955. Not that I’m great with anything pre-1965, but older machines and older technology just...
All Challengers Welcome: Mighty Car Mods’ VW Golf Takes On A Group Of Machines!
Recently, Marty and Moog, the duo that make up Mighty Car Mods, decided to take a look at a late-model Volkswagen Golf R in an interesting light: could they make the Volkswagen hatchback run elevens...
Epic Video: Road Runners – A 1952 Film About Taking Racing Off The Streets With Period Footage From El Mirage, Santa Ana Drag Strip and More!
Hot rodding’s public perception in the early 1950s was not good. Movies were made about marauding bands of kids in hopped up Fords, news stories filled the papers about gruesome wrecks that...
Blood Feud: Walt And Art Arfons Took Their Strife To The Grave – These Vintage Stories Delve Deeper Into The Mystery Than Any Others
If you have not read Samuel Hawley’s incredible book “Speed Duel” you owe it to yourself to do so immediately. Hawley tells the tale of the epic mid-1960s land speed record wars in...
Awesome Video: Watch This Dude Disassemble A Trabant Engine – Fun Stuff From An Admitted Non-Expert!
“I’m not a mechanic, this video is made for entertainment, not instruction.” That’s one of the best lines from this great video that shows a guy (an American guy)...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is Your Favorite Tire Look? Big N’ Littles? Big Meat On All Four Corners? Huge Off Roaders? Pizza Cutters?
At the end of the day, tires have a huge amount of impact on the physical performance and also on the visual pizzazz of your car, truck, hot rod, or totally weirdo project. Everyone has a favorite...
Video: They Can’t All Be Winners – Even The Best of Us Can Gamble and Lose On A Car
We give our pal Tommy Lee Byrd loads of credit for making and posting this video. Why? Well guys that have been round the car game forever and guys who had great track records of buying, fixing, and...
Historic Drag Racing Footage: Sacremento Raceway Circa 1973 With Funny Car, Top Fuel, More! Legends!
It is always so awesome to find a piece of drag racing footage that we have not shared with you before, especially when that footage is fro California in the early 1970s. This one is bitter sweet...
Pulling Showpiece: Jump Into The 6200b Modified 4×4 Class In This Spectacular Chevy – Must Provide Power
The world of pulling is honking along these days. Huge events around the country, multiple series, more and more grassroots participation from guys in street going trucks that eventually work their...
Be There: Aeromotive Fuel Systems Open House and Car Show On For Thursday August 1st – Food, Cars, Fun!
The thing that we love the most about the high performance automotive aftermarket is that the people in it are as enthusiastic about their cars as their customers are about their products. Take our...
86 ‘Em: This MotorWeek Look At The 1986 Grand Am SE and Fiero GT Is Fun History
Pontiac in the 1980s was really making the best out of what they had to work with and frankly, that was OK. GM positioned Pontiac to be the “excitement” brand out of the lineup that still...
Millican To Carry Chicago White Sox Colors At NHRA Rt 66 Nationals – Throw Out First Pitch Thursday Night
It is always cool in drag racing when things come full circle. In the case of Clay Millican, that circle involves the Chicago White Sox baseball team. No, he did not grow up a diehard fan, but rather...
Central Illinois Dragway Is For Sale: Cool Eighth Mile Strip Is Your Ticket To Ride!
We often find ourselves listing circle track and speedway style racing facilities for sale which are cool but our hearts are clearly aligned wit the straight line side of things around here....