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Historical Footage: Banger Racing From Britain Circa 1968 – NASCAR Meets Demolition Derby!

Robin Williams had a great way of viewing the British: normally they are quiet, reserved, sophisticated and polite. Right up until the point where they completely fall off the hinge…then you...

Listen Up! Pro Stock, Piston Rings, Mullets, and Blow Overs On This Episode Of The NHRA Insider

Matt Hartford and Will Smith join the NHRA Insider this week, host Brian Lohnes talks about the newly revamped start date for NHRA in 2020 and there’s an audio look back at the “blow over...

Independence Chevelle: Finally, The Full-Scale Teardown That Needed To Happen

Many of you have been crying foul over Derek’s work pattern regarding the Independence Chevelle, the star-spangled 1972 Malibu that he got running and drove home, an act that probably caused...

Restoring Your 1970s Cadillac Is Easier Because Of OPGI: Check Out These Tail Light Reflectors

Cadillacs of the 1970s are become more and more the hot ticket these ays. We have seen restorations and even some of them being hot rodded in classy ways of late and means one thing, values are going...

Can’t Keep A Good Mouse Down: Watch This Twin Dominator Equipped Small Block Make 970+ Horsepower!

We love the fact that the small block Chevy and engine builders keep reminding us that there’s still decades of fight left in the little engine that was displaced from its lofty perch by the...

Thunderbolt: The Story Of George Eyston And The Twin-Engined LSR Beast

Eight wheels, weight measured in tons, twenty-four different cylinders from two Rolls-Royce R-type V-12 normally reserved for racing aircraft, and over 4,600 horsepower on tap sounds like the start...

Still Crazy After All These Years: Here’s How The GMC Cyclone Stacks Up To Some Modern Performance Cars and Trucks

(By Tom Lohnes) – Even almost 30 years later, the GMC Syclone is a force to be reckoned with. With its Turbocharged V6 engine and mind-boggling 4.3 second 0-60 time, the Syclone is still...

High On History And Maybe A Bit Of Leather Conditioner: 1982 Zimmer Golden Spirit

I’m known to take a jab at former Ford and Chrysler icon Lee Iacocca and his predictable, retro-leaning tastes in design. The man had a pattern of style that dated back to the Continental Mark...

Video: Tow Trucks Are For Wussies In Whichever Foreign Country This Video Was Filmed

When you watch this video clip, I assume that your reaction will be roughly the same as mine. First, you’ll have an expectation of seeing something totally off the wall happen. Next,...

From The Top: Driving A Low-Mile 1953 Corvette And Finding The Light Past “Corvette”

When the rumor became official, that the eighth generation of America’s sports car would become a mid-engined, rear-drive machine that looked an awful lot like a pasta rocket, the detractors...

Smart Money: BangShift Road Test (With Video!) Of The 2020 Nissan Sentra SV – A New Look, A New Car, A Good Buy?

Building a really good small car is a hard, hard thing. In fact, it’s a thing so hard that American car companies have basically decided that they no longer even want to try. These are cars...

Penmanship: Watch Chip Foose Sketch Up A Modified, Hot Rodded First Generation Bronco

There’s few more things more satisfying in life than watching a creative person apply their talents to make something come to life. From their brain through their hands and onto whatever medium...

1.16: The Forgotten Disaster – How America’s Worst Maritime Nightmare Happened In 1865 And Who It Happened To

The sinking of the SS Sultana in 1865 to this day stands as the greatest maritime disaster in the history of the United States. More people died in the middle of the Mississippi river on an April...

Tales Taller Than The Intake Manifold? Is This Monza Making the Advertised 600hp With This Tunnel Rammed Small Block?

You know that we’re definitely on Team Small Block Monza around here. Between the cars that Chad and McTag find and ones like this baby that our main Craigslist savant Rocco did, there’s...