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At My Command: The Slow Mo Guys Capture Tank Rounds In Flight!

When you spend years in the military playing with some cool noisemakers, you tend to want to see more and more, bigger and louder…under good circumstances, of course. My first time at the M-16...

Gluttons For Punishment: Sidecar Motocross Racers In The Mud!

In my years of riding dirt bikes and ATVs, I came to two basic decisions that actually treated me well: the bikes were for the dry and kind of damp, and the moment things got muddy, sloppy or I would...

The Mongrel Gets A Coat Of UPOL Raptor On The Bottom And It Sure Looks Nice

Since the Mongrel project has had such extensive sheetmetal work, including a complete floor and chassis swap, there are a lot of seams that need to be sealed. And because the car was blasted to bare...

What Goes Into Cloning A Legendary Racer? Uncle Tony Walks You Around A Hemi ‘Cuda Build!

We’ve focused on one car that’s at Uncle Tony’s Garage, the “Bottle Rocket” Dodge Coronet that is a war of weight versus the appearances of a stock (ish) Chrysler...

The Unicorn C5 From 1320Video Claws Its Way Towards The 8 Second Zone

Horsepower has never been easier to make, and there are tons of reason’s why, but the result is cars that run quicker and faster than anyone ever believed was possible in a street car. So when...

Junkyard Lighting Round Part Three: Will This Dual-Quad Small-Block Ford Wake Up?

For the last couple of days we’ve been showing you what happens when three car-guy YouTubers get together at a junkyard with some time to kill. The plan is simple: Kevin (Junkyard Digs), Luke...

Project Binky Update! This Little All Wheel Drive Mini Is Getting So Close To Done!

Project Binky is one of our favorite online projects, and after years of work it is getting so close to complete that we can taste it. In this update video the little all wheel drive Mini gets a...

The Dirty Cougar: The Final Installment Of Our $400 Revival Racer!

Three months ago, sick with a head cold, hating the automotive sickness like none other, I was laying in a muddy alleyway in Evansville, Indiana, wrenching, fighting, and cursing a 1987 Mercury...

Leroy 2.5 Comes To Life! The New Engine Sounds Amazing And Is Ready For Big Boost

Everyone knows that Leroy the Savage, aka the Vette Kart owned and driven by Cleetus McFarland, has run in the 7 second range in the quarter mile and is one bad ass machine. But all that performance...

Project Mongrel Is Coming Together! Steering Column, Hydraulic Hand Brake, Harness Bars, And More!

We call them a Happy Handle, but whatever you call a hydraulic hand brake it can be fun as hell in the right car. We figure the Mongrel will be that car. In the latest updates from Project Mongrel,...

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...