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Sunken Supersonic Treasure: The Flying Test Models From The Avro Arrow Program Have Been Found In Lake Ontario

It’s one of the most amazing and confounding aviation stories of all time. The history of the Avro Arrow, a fighter jet that was designed and was slated to be built in Canada as a way to stand...

Boosted Insanity: Watch The Most Powerful 4.0L Jeep Engine Ever Built Make 860+ HP and 880+ Lb-Ft On The Dyno!

It has been awesome to watch Newcomer Racing’s builds on the Horsepower Monster YouTube Channel. This company that is so well known for its Jeep inline six stuff is just killing it. The...

Morning Symphony: One Highly Pissed Off Honda S2000

Remember when these things came out? RWD Honda roadster was a cool thought…would give the Mazda Miata guys something to chew on for a minute, and it would be neat to see what a Honda mill could...

The Goldsmobile Is Back On The Road! New Fuel Tank, New Power Steering Pump, And More!

Right place, right time. That is simply the explanation as to how this 1972 Olds Cutlass has returned to the land of the living. The right person was told about the car and instead of being cut up as...

Race Car Or Big Boosted Street Car? Hoonigan Pits The Two Together!

I’m not sure when the A70 Supra gained it’s legendary status. Many will point to the Fast and Furious car from the first film, and that’s not a bad educated guess. But I remember...

A Thousand Times No: Get A Hawk’s Eye View As A Television Antenna Gets Built

To use a quote from James May:  “I genuinely don’t like heights. It’s my biggest failing…among many, I accept.” To me, it’s a matter of platform: the more space I...

2020 FE Race And Reunion Gallery: Delayed Gratification Is Still Gratification!

(Words and photos: Joe Grippo) Well, better late than never, right? After a 5-month Covid causing postponement, the 2020 FE Race and Reunion went down at Beaver Springs Dragway in the rural hills of...

Classic YouTube: The 1973 Dodge Dart Sport “Convertriple”…All The Excitement Over A Fold-Down Seat?

It’s 1973. The party is over, the music has died (except for the shop behind Pontiac’s main office, where you can still hear some early heavy metal blasting.) You’ve got a front row...

Don’t Worry, It’s A Fake: Kicking The Snot Out Of A Restomodded Ferrari 250GTO Tribute

As of now, the most expensive automobile that has ever been purchased was Ferrari chassis# 4153GT, a Ferrari 250GTO. David McNeil, the man who founded WeatherTech, paid a jaw-dropping $70 million...

Never As Easy As It Looks: Radical Paint Work (And Other Fun With Old Cars)

I am an absolute sucker for super-trick paint. Lowriders, 1970s street machines and disco vans, old hot-rodding fades, metalflake that looks more appropriate on bowling balls than it does on the...

Funny Car Chaos Season Recap: Nothing Stops The Chaos As Singleton Scores Second Consecutive World Championship

(Words by Chris Graves. Photos by Wes Ramsey, Bob Snyder and Russell Brown)  The challenges faced across the globe due to the pandemic created challenges in motorsports unlike anything we’ve ever...

Project Hay Hauler: We Install The New Engine, A New McLeod RXT Twin Disc Clutch, And Prep For Rocky Mountain Race Week.

(Words and Photos by Scott Liggett) If you have been following along on my build of 1967 GMC pickup we call Project Hay Hauler, you will have seen I took a 383 I  had collecting dust in the corner...

This Ford Model A Mud Dragger Is Ferocious: 650-cube Big Block And Under 3,000 Pounds!

When the Ford Model A debuted in 1928, the standard engine was a 201 cubic inch four cylinder that made all of forty horsepower. With over three times the engine capacity, and well over 1100...

This Detroit 6V72-Powered International Looks Ready To Rule The Strip In Puerto Rico!

Tractor pulls, diesel drags, and semi-truck racing in Quebec…there’s a lot of room for big rigs to come out and run all-out but without a doubt, the most unique scene in diesel...