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Miss Maverick: This Petrolicious Piece About A Street/Strip 1973 Maverick Is As Good As It Gets

We love the work that Petrolicious puts into their features on cars and people. We run many of them here because they are beautifully done, insightful, and they really are some of the best examples...

Rough Start: 1961 Studebaker Lark – Try Something Vintage

AMC is known for being “All Makes Combined”, but after looking at this 1961 Studebaker Lark, I’m not so sure that AMC deserved all of that credit. Look at this thing…I see...

Pressure Cooker: Will A Steam-Powered Lada Samara Work Or Not?

What would I want next to me if I was in Russia at any point in time during the winter? A fire. I’m a pansy in the cold…wilting, shivering, absolutely unhappy with the overall situation....

Torque For Days: Check Out The Build Of This 665ci Big Block Chevy Destined For An Airboat

Pump Gas big blocks that perform like this one are proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy, right? As we all know, there’s no replacement for displacement in the naturally aspirated...

Finnegan Sends The OG Ramp Truck In For Bodywork! Here’s What Bonneville Salt Can Do To A Squarebody!

I’m about 90% sure that it was Keith Turk who told me over and over to wash the holy hell out of my 2006 Monte Carlo SS after I took it onto the Bonneville Salt Flats back in 2009. I...

Is Honda Getting Ready To Release A Supercharged V-Twin Motorcycle? It Sure Looks That Way

Boosted factory motorcycles tend to be instantly legendary when they leave the factories in which they are produced. From the Yamaha, Kawasaki, Suzuki, and Honda turbocharged motorcycles of the 1980s...

Incredible: The 1973 AMC Hornet That Time Forgot Is Up For Sale – 36,000 Miles, Appears Brand New!

Intrepid BangShift tipster Rocco Bastone has sent us some neat stuff over the years but this one may be the topper. You are looking at a 36,000 original mile, 1973 AMC Hornet sedan that appears to be...

AEROMOTIVE RELEASES NEW TRUE VARIABLE SPEED FUEL PUMP CONTROLLER 

Great news! If you are the owner of an Aeromotive brushless 3.5 or 5 GPM inline gear pump that is not equipped with the company’s awesome True Variable Speed fuel pump controller, now it can...

Godzilla or Not: This Video Shows A New 7.3L Gas Super Duty Ford On The Chassis Dyno Along With A 6.2L Truck

When Ford released the information that it would be introducing the modern equivalent of a gas burning big block engine for their Super Duty truck lineup a while back, the world reacted with a kind...

Drink This Up: All-Motor FWD Honda Running Eights

What’s the meme? “Your Honda has 1.8 liters. My Mountain Dew has two.” It’s a good cheap laugh, and back in the day it carried a bit of weight, but now you have to watch...

Classic YouTube: The Reason We All Sign Waivers At The Track!

If you haven’t had the thrill of being close by when a supercharger decides enough is enough and pops, allow me to explain in no uncertain terms what the experience is like when it’s...

Ya Gotta Be Tough: Spills, Thrills And Carnage From Busted Knuckle Video!

The folks at Busted Knuckle Video get to some of the wildest off-roading there is in the States. Rockbouncers, hillclimbs, mega truck action, Formula Offroad-style time trials, bogging,...

Money No Object: 1973 Mercury Montego GT 429 LSR Racer

As of writing, the current bid on this 1973 Mercury Montego GT 429 is just above nine thousand dollars…and that is criminally under what this car is worth. And I’m not saying that as a...

That’s Different: This Toyota 86 And It’s Supercharged 2JZ Hit Summernats 33 Like A Bomb!

One of the best known Japanese-based speed combinations is rooted around the Toyota 2JZ inline-six from the 1990s. You boost the thing to the moon and make sure that the head is tied down enough so...