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Unhinged: Holiday Traffic And The Angry Human Being

Ok, is it just me or did everybody lose the ability to properly operate a motor vehicle shortly after Thanksgiving? That’s not one of my normal rhetorical questions, I really want to know,...

Money No Object: Grumpy’s Toy VIII – Find A Badder Second-Gen Camaro, We’ll Wait.

How do I write this one up without turning into a groveling, slobbering mess of a human being? This isn’t just a 1970 Chevrolet Camaro. This isn’t a re-creation. This is the real-deal,...

Ride With Bobby Marriott In The Shockwave AA/FA As It Blows Up, Knocks Him Out And Whacks The Wall – Driver OK

When we’re talking about the craziest cars that you will ever see on a drag strip, you can keep your radial cars, you can keep your pro mods, you can park your top fuelers, because there has...

Buy The Burma Jeep: This Old Bomb Service Burma Jeep Is Mostly There, Is Pretty Rare, and Would Be A Fun Project

The GTB622 1.5-ton truck was manufacturer in New Jersey from 1942 through the end of WWII and had a solid run of 15,000 units. There were a few variants of these babies made but the most popular ones...

Pro Mod Action: Ride Along With Melanie Salemi In Her Pro Mod At The Yellow Bullet Nationals

We love the family aspect of drag racing, especially when the family name is one that is highly respected and really successful. Such is the case with the Salemi family who hails from one of the best...

Here’s Footage Of The Tunnel-Rammed Gran Fury Cop Car Getting Wild During Lahti Cruising

A couple of days ago we showed you this 1977 Plymouth Gran Fury ex-cop that has made the trip across the pond to the Scandinavia area. While we are still unsure of where the car is based out of, we...

Rough Start: 1976 Oldsmobile Cutlass – Those Graphics, Though!

Another day, another hypothetical $5,000 burning a hole in your pocket, another reason to start trolling the classifieds to see what’s out there. Unloved 1980s ride…meh. Rotted 1960s car?...

Ow, My Spleen: Brutal Tough Truck Action From The Clark County Fair

Tough truck competitions started out honest enough: whose truck was capable of man-handling an off-road course of bumps, jumps and other assorted obstacles. The goal was to be the fastest, and to not...

Red Sled: 1971 Ford LTD 429 Convertible – Merry Christmas, Indeed!

It’s December, for all that’s holy. Ten days away from the Winter Solstice, colder than a cheating ex-wife’s heart, and here we are, presenting a glorious red droptop Ford LTD with...

Unveiled: 2021 Chevrolet Tahoe and Chevrolet Suburban: Independent Rear Suspensions, Diesels, And Another Lease On Life!

(Photos: General Motors) While any new vehicle launch means a ton of money invested and even more hoped to return for a manufacturer, the sport-utility market is currently the one category where...

America’s Most Insanely Clean 1980 Chevy Citation Is Up For Auction In South Dakota – Bidding At $180

We have to thank BangShifter Ryan Roossnick for the tip off on what has to be one of the zaniest auction items we have seen in years. It is one of those weird zombie cars from the past that should be...

New Product Bonanza: This Video Shows COMP Performance’s Group’s New For 2020 Products! Cams, Valvetrain, EFI, Induction, Heads, More!

When you are the COMP Performance Group and you are rolling out new parts by the truckload each year, you need to take advantage of technology to tell the world about ’em all in a cool and...

Vintage Speed: This Eddie Meyer Flathead Ford Intake Is The Real Deal And It Rules

Eddie Meyer’s name may not be on the tip of the tongue of every hot rodding enthusiast out there but his role in the development of the speed industry and many of the hugely talented people in...

Funny Car Forensics: Finding This Old Body Was The Tip Of The Iceberg For An Awesome Drag Racing Story

Tommy Lee Byrd’s YouTube Channel (blown64vette) is awesome because the guy posts stuff that ranges from racing coverage to stories like this one about an old funny car body that he bought and...