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Day 2 Perfect: This AMC Group 19 Cross Ram Would Be The Topper For A Proper Late 1960s Vintage Build

While every manufacturer had their over the counter high performance division in the 1960s and early 1970s, no one did a better job of hiding it than AMC. The smallest member of the American...

Neat Stuff Video: The Barn Find Hunter Locates Power Wagons, Mustangs, and More

Chances are if you’re a reader of automotive books you have likely read the words of Tom Cotter. The author of several books about barn finds, he now has a show on the Hagerty YouTube channel...

Classic YouTube: How To Properly Manage Snow While Driving A Bus

Oh, joy. When I got home yesterday, it was a cool but manageable 47 degrees Fahrenheit outside. By the time my wife got home, the temperature had pancaked well below that and snow was covering...

Ice Cream Cruise 2019 Coverage: Showing and Drag Racing For A Great Cause In The Heartland

(Photos by Scott Liggett) – Sometimes people just get it right. In the case of 1320Video’s Kyle Loftis, he started a monster about a decade ago when he created the ICC or Ice Cream...

Raise The Roof: The Bus-Turned-Car-Hauler Program Continues On!

Earlier this year, we learned about one of the more ambitious projects we’ve taken notice to: the conversion of a 2005 Thomas bus into a half recreational vehicle/half car hauler setup. Using a...

SEMA 2019: Hoonigan’s Take On Las Vegas, From Their Burn Pit To The Show Floor!

In a few days, I’ll start sharing the good photos I took when I went back into the Las Vegas Convention Center after hours on Wednesday. After taking a dinner break to hang out with a friend...

LuxuryLiner: Regular Car Reviews vs. The 1970 Imperial LeBaron Sedan

One of the first cars to ever impress me with power was a 1973 Chrysler Newport. My late cousin Vance owned it, a two-door that was a rather unfortunate shade of brown with the funky paisley interior...

Flowmaster FlowFX releases Toyota Tacoma Cat-back Systems – Toughen Your Toyota Up!

If you drive a 2005-2019 Toyota Tacoma, the Flowmaster division of Holley has just what you need to make more power and toughen your truck up. That’s right, FlowFX exhaust kits are not...

SEMA 2019: More Randomness, More Beautiful Paint Work

Is it safe to confess here? This year, I have to admit that in the grand scheme of things, there weren’t a lot of machines that really grabbed me like in years past at SEMA. There were good...

Louis “Sonny” Meyer Jr Has Died At Age 89 – Brilliant Indy Mechanic and Crew Chief – 15 Race Winning Engines

(Photos: Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum) – There are few things more difficult in life than trying to live up to a legendary last name in the same industry where it was forged. Louis...

Richard Hammond Needs Your Help: He Bought A New Morgan And YOU Get To Pick The Interior Color – Seriously – Video

We know many things about Richard Hammond. We know that he loves American muscle cars, he like motorcycles, he gets attacked by May and Clarkson because of his tastes regarding certain automotive...

Rust Coagulation: Making An Old Chevy Truck A Little More Solid

One of the highlights of my annual pilgrimage to Las Vegas is that I get the chance to see friends and associates in the business that I wouldn’t normally see elsewhere. Case in point is Derek...

Pressure Building: Four Turbochargers And One Blower – This Volvo Will Run!

This isn’t a race car or a street car…this thing is an internet meme that came to life. You can almost see crude, hand-drawn characters yelling at each other. “Volvo racecar!”...