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Best of 2019: Watch Tommy Johnson Jr Drive An Exploding Funny Car To A Round Win Like A Boss

What makes a good funny car driver? Solid reaction time? Getting the parachutes out on time? Keeping the car in the groove? All important but we think that the single most important attribute a funny...

Best of 2019: The Hellcat-Swapped Miata Goes Full Aussie Style At Hoonigan’s Playpen!

The Mazda MX-5 Miata is going to go down in history as one of the high points in small cars. A Japanese love letter to British roadsters of the past, the Miata and it’s staying power are...

Best of 2019: Even A 1974 Oldsmobile Omega Looks Like A Riot To Wheel Around

So a subject has come up in the BangShift forums about whether or not a hot rod has ever been cheap. There’s always been those who can squeeze the last drop of blood from a stone to make their...

Best Of 2019: The Messerschmitt Me163 Komet – Strapping A Rocket To Your Ass In The Literal Sense

Nazi Germany wasn’t a fearsome enemy just because of the brutality of the regime, but because of the intelligence of the people behind the scenes. Rocketry, jet aviation…both owe heavily...

This Two-Door Tahoe Would Be An Epic Daily Driver, You Never Find Them This Clean

Two-Door Tahoes are something you don’t see every day. I still think of them as a “Blazer” and wish that is what Chevrolet had called them, but regardless of the name they are cool...

Best of 2019: This 1971 Plymouth Satellite Wagon Blends Muscle Car And Family Car Beautifully

When I was working in the yard, we tore down and ultimately scrapped out a Chevy Kingswood station wagon simply because it had a big-block under the hood. Any say I would’ve had in the matter...

More Drag Week Bonus Photos: We Bring You More Cool Stuff From Cecil County

(Photos by Joe Grippo) Drag Week has long been one of our favorite events, as we were on the first one and many since, and we love running photos from the event’s many stops. When Grippo decided to...

Best of 2019: Ever Heard Of The Corporate Concepts Lieutenant Truck?

While it might not appear to be an issue when you look at what prowls the Interstates of America, one issue that is a problem for many truck owners is length. While lately it seems that the problem...

Junkyard Tour, Race Cars, Hot Rods, Trucks, And More Cool Stuff From Fleming’s Pumpkin Run

(Photos by Joe Grippo) If you missed our previous photos from Fleming’s show, then click the link below to see them too. This is a great photo gallery of awesome stuff that we really can’t wait...

More Muscle Cars, Hot Rods, Classics, And Trucks From The Mecum Auction In Harrisburg

(Photos by Joe Grippo) Mecum Auctions have been growing by leaps and bounds the past few years. In a time when automotive auction houses find themselves battling for the biggest and best collections,...

Best of 2019: The First Off-The-Chain Chrysler 300C Burnout Machine We’ve Seen!

When we brought Angry Grandpa, our 2006 Chrysler 300C, into the project limelight, it wasn’t to do anything really radical with it. The point of hopping up a Linen Gold Metallic early-bird...

The Small Shop With The Big Secrets: We Return To Short Street Rod Shop For A New Look-Around!

Four years ago, after I shot a feature on a 1964 Rambler that had been converted to a straight-axle car, I was invited out to a small garage in the middle of Kentucky. I was told that there were a...

More Never Before Seen Photos From Fleming’s Pumpkin Run – Race Cars, Junkyard Stuff, Trucks, Muscle, And More.

(Photos by Joe Grippo) If you missed our previous photos from Fleming’s show, then click the link below to see them too. This is a great photo gallery of awesome stuff that we really...

Our Bonus Drag Week Photo Coverage Continues Right Here With More Photos From ATCO

(Photos by Joe Grippo) If you weren’t on Hot Rod Drag Week 2019, then you are going to want to see these photos from Joe Grippo. We’ve got some cool stuff here to check out and you...