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This Real 1967 RO23 Belvedere Is Immaculate And Powered By A Ray Barton Hemi – OOGA BOOGA!

If you wanted to sell muscle cars to serious enthusiasts in the middle 1960s there was one place to do it, at the drags. Every company figured this out by the latter half of the decade and that is...

Solid Brown, Baby: Regular Car Reviews Takes On A 1976 AMC Gremlin!

The Ford Pinto exploded. The Chevrolet Vega self-destructed. The Volkswagen Beetle tweeted around like a songbird on meth, whistling it’s exhaust in what could almost be considered a middle...

Rough Start: Reliving Past Sins In A 1977 Chevrolet Impala Coupe

I got my first car when I was twelve, a mid-1970s Camaro that had more rot than potential. I went through a few rollers afterwards, mostly early G-body Cutlasses. Then came the Impala, the first car...

When A Trar Isn’t: This 1990 Pontiac Grand Prix Was A Semi-Factory Backed Off Road Racer!

Before you write this thing off as yet another unfortunate freak that we managed to find, hear us out for a second. This car, truck, thing is not a Trar in the traditional sense. No, this was a...

Taxi Grinder: Retrofitting a Vortec 4.2L Inline-Six Into A 1967 Checker

For you younger types, thinking of a taxi cab probably invokes the image of some kind of Ford Panther platform car that has been beat beyond reproach rolling up with a slapped-on paint job. Some of...

Make Winter Bend To Your Will With This M1078 Plow and Sander Combo

With blizzards, the polar vortex, and every other crummy thing about winter happening in full force across the country, its officially time to gear up, BangShifters. The junk ass weather always...

Revitalizing A Classic: Glacier National Park’s “Red Jammers” Are Getting A New Lease On Life

I can’t say that I have been in Glacier National Park, but if it’s even half as pretty as western Montana on the whole is, you need to make it one of your bucket-list stops. For the...

Dave Connolly Joins KB Racing – Pro Stock Team Gains Another Champion Crew Chief

(Photo credit: Auto Imagery) – As we turn the corner on the week that brings us the official start of the 2019 NHRA Mello Yello drag racing season, the news is still coming from teams making...

Money No Object: The 1955 Chrysler Ghia ST Special – The Banker’s Got Taste!

Chrysler’s Letter Cars got a reputation as the “banker’s hot rod” due to their impressive speed combined with their size and luxurious outfitting. Starting with the C-300,...

First Drive Video: A Big Block, Pro Street Chassis, and NOTHING ELSE

There’s nothing cooler than the first drive of a new project. Most of the time that drive comes when you are far from done with the car or truck. It comes when the thing has been running for...

Video: A Hung Throttle Sends This Drag Car The Wrong Way On The Strip At Full Throttle!

I can’t find the exact quote, but I know that on more than one occasion I’ve heard Brian explain that seeing a car coming back up the track under throttle is his nightmare fuel. He...

The Dirty Cougar: The Moment Of Truth – Would The $400 Mercury Survive King of the Heap?

If you missed the last update on the Dirty Cougar project, click here to check it out! So let’s recap on the progress we’ve made with the 1987 Mercury Cougar LS that has become a...

PRO Winter Warm-Ups, NHRA Pre-Season Test Sessions Complete!

(Photos by Big Bob Snyder, words by NHRA Communications) – NHRA drivers took the opportunity to shake off the rust at the preseason test session at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park Jan. 30 – Feb....

44 Years Lost, This Mustang Is Being Woken Up To Make Up For Lost Time!

How does a car just fall off of the map for decades at a time? How do you just park a car somewhere, forget about it and decide to just move along, especially when said car is one that from the...