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The Monster Honda Odyssey: Freshly Machined Hubs And More!

Grind Hard Plumbing Co.’s Honda Odyssey is currently my dream off-road toy. I wanted one of these ATVs as a kid, because I thought they would be at least as fun, if not more fun, than my Honda...

Thunder Valley Outlaw Armageddon – True Street No Prep Racing Footage!

You can hate on no-prep all you want, but if you’re really bent on running without the prep, at least running at a track with a stripped starting line is a solid way to be safe about it. Nobody...

Unearthed: The First AMX/3 Prototype – Out In The Light For The First Time In Years!

(Photos: AMC_AMX3 via Instagram) The fact that Dick Teague actually got away with this program at all was a shocker. American Motors was known for many things, but they weren’t known for having...

Gripper: Meet The Holden Monaro That Just Took The First Optima Ultimate Street Car Challenge In Australia!

If there is an individual whose calendar I did not envy, it was Jimi Day’s. The dude has been running strong for a while now, with his starting point being the SEMA show. From there he worked...

Classic YouTube: Wringing Out The 1971 AMC Gremlin With Car And Track!

The idea of chopping the ass end off of an AMC product in order to take on the VW Beetle and Toyota Corolla had been in the works since 1966 when Dick Teague and Bob Nixon started talking about...

Free LIVE Streaming Video From The Street Car Super Nationals Continues Today!

Our FREE Live Streaming Video coverage of the 15th Street Car Super Nationals starts today around 10 am Pacific. The staff at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will have this sucker primped and...

Door-ectomy: Making A Two-Door 1957 Chevy Out Of A Four-Door

The Aussies don’t care, the South Africans don’t care, and the Japanese don’t care, but in America the majority still believes that there is no place for a four-door vehicle except...

Dino’s Git Down 2019: The Floodgates Of Killer GM Trucks Was Wide Open In Arizona!

Are you a fan of Chevy trucks, and do you want to go someplace warm and sunny in late Fall? Your answer is very simple: it’s called Dino’s Git Down and it’s an Arizona deal. What...

Morning Symphony: Staring Down The Throats Of A Wicked Mini Cooper!

Individual throttle bodies…very few things look better and work better than a tube with an injector for each and every cylinder. Seeing four trumpet tubes with a butterfly valve at the bottom...

Rough Start: 1986 Pontiac Firebird – The Toys Get Bigger Over The Years!

I’m pretty sure that if I ever jump ship from my current Chrysler situation, I’d move towards an F-body. I’m just not sure which one I’d own. I’d like a 1974-77 Camaro...

NHRA Mello Yellow Drag Racing Coverage From Pomona’s World Finals Continues!

(Photography: Wes Allison) The last blast of the NHRA Mello Yellow Drag Racing season is done for the year, with the final event at Pomona sealing the deal for 2019. It’s always cool to see the...

Open Up: Uncle Tony Explains How To Hog Out A Slant Six Head!

So, among the other projects that are ongoing in his work space, Uncle Tony is busy building up a new Slant Six for his super-lightweight Dodge Dart. He’s intent on making a buzzin’...

Here’s How You Do A One-Of-One: The 1961 Chevrolet “Corphibian” – Ralph Nader’s Guaranteed Heart Attack!

Recently, the book Unsafe At Any Speed, Ralph Nader’s ode to automotive safety, pedestrian safety, environmental damage and his seemingly bona-fide hatred of the Chevrolet Corvair, reached the...

She Screams: Caca Daud’s [email protected] Blast At Haltech World Cup Finals!

So, a couple of days ago I decided to see if there would be any chance that you readers would be able to justify the reasoning behind a V8 engine selection. I’m not shocked in the least that...