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This Russian Gymkhana Video Is A Trip. Literally! Watch And Enjoy And Then Sling Your Junk Sideways, Somewhere, Today!

The first three minutes of this video are going to seem weird and a little lame at first. Sort of funny though, and then are followed by an awesome amount of action in not one, but two, pretty fun...

Money No Object: 1973 GMC With 28-Foot Slide Back Ramp

From the start, I will be referring to this burgundy beauty as a TopKick even though I’m all but proof-positive that either the year or the truck is misrepresented in the Mecum Auctions’...

Watch The NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion LIVE Right Here! Nitro Funny Cars, Top Fuel, And More Nostalgia Drag Racing Action.

October in Famoso California means Nitro is in the air for NHRA’s California Hot Rod Reunion, and all the action is coming to you live right here. If you are a fan of nostalgia drag racing, and...

Heavy Duty Engine Swap: Shoving A Dodge’s Cummins Into A Komatsu Bulldozer!

When Dodge started jamming in six-cylinder Cummins diesel engines into Ram pickup trucks, they figured out the first step in revitalizing a lineup that hadn’t seen a freshening since 1981 and a...

The Family Time 1963 Chevrolet Chevy II Station Wagon Is Underway! Watch This New Project Come Together!

(Words and Photos by David Carroll)  Where do I begin?  The process started about 2 years ago when I asked a few Norcal Nova friends to be on the lookout for a 3rd row seat equipped early Nova...

Holley Releases Mid-Mount Accessory Drives for Small & Big Block Chevy! Same Mid-Mount Goodness Not Just For LS Anymore!

When Holley came out with the new Mid-Mount Accessory Drive system for the LS engine platform, everyone was thrilled. This sucker mounts up close and tight to the engine block so that you can fit...

Copart Cadaver: End Of The Line For This Smashed 1967 Mustang Convertible!

Now this…this is just depressing. As the final days of a warm autumn slip away, the idea of hitting some country roads in a red Mustang droptop sound absolutely heavenly right now. You can even...

Classic YouTube: The Reitnau Hillclimb In 2003 – American Muscle Style!

As a general rule of thumb, motorsports in Switzerland are effectively banned and have been banned ever since 1955, shortly after the LeMans disaster that year that saw eighty-four deaths and around...

SEMA SUES U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR FAILING TO IMPLEMENT REPLICA CAR LAW

Once again SEMA has got our backs. After supporting and fighting to get the FAST Act passed in 2015, with a deadline for regulations to be defined by the National Highway Traffic Safety...

LaSalle Speedway, Founded In 1947, Is For Sale. Buy This Place And Fulfill Your Dream Of Owning A Race Track

When Brian Jortner sends me listings for race tracks for sale, it always makes me curious as to what cool place he’s got listed now. Well this week it is something truly special as LaSalle...

Satellite Launch, Part 4: How Much Misery Can A Chrysler Starter Cause?

The joint-venture revival of a Plymouth Satellite that had been parked since the Regan Administrations’s earliest days continues on! Kevin and Luke are continuing to make headway on the 1970...

Malaise Proper: 1977 Oldsmobile Cutlass Salon – Big-Cube Big Body

By the later 1970s, the vision was clear: cars had become huge, radically underpowered sleds of fluffy interiors and padded roofs. The Malaise Era and the Brougham epoch were at their peak....

Unhinged: $ 454 Billion To Push Electric Vehicles Onto Consumers? Sounds Like Cash 4 Clunkers 2

For the last five years or so, the idea of widespread electric vehicle use has shifted from an almost laughable proposition into a serious matter. Look at the sales of plug-in hybrids. Look at the...

Unhinged: Drifting In Iraq And Why It’s Important

I have a question for you: can you identify anything about the country of Iraq that doesn’t involve any tie to a war? Think back twenty, thirty, forty years. It is difficult, isn’t it?...