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Morning Symphony: Summernats 33 Dyno Runs – Big Power Through The Hubs!

Summernats 33 is wrapping up in Canberra, ACT, Australia. Over the course of a weekend that has seen the wildfires blanketing the area in smoke and in the middle of a heat wave that is pushing into...

Here’s Our Final Drag Week 2019 Photo Gallery: Cecil County Photos From Joe Grippo To Enjoy

(Photos by Joe Grippo) Here you go folks! These are the last photos from Drag Week 2019. Drag Week has long been one of our favorite events, as we were on the first one and many since, and we love...

The Master List: Larry Chen’s Top 100 Photos Of 2019

I’ll call myself out. When it comes to photography, I’m a hack who uses his knowledge of how vehicles operate and how drivers should work to get good photographs. I admire those who are...

Classic YouTube: 1974 Volkswagen Dasher Review – An Earlier VW Move Away From The Beetle

Volkswagen recently made a big to-do about the end of VW Beetle production after a combined total of seventy years over three different forms (the original Bug, the New Beetle and the modern-day...

Here’s Our Last Gallery Of Photos From Mecum In Harrisburg – Hot Rods, Trucks, Memorabilia And Lots Of Cool Stuff We Wish We Owned!

(Photos by Joe Grippo) Mecum Auctions have been growing by leaps and bounds the past few years. In a time when automotive auction houses find themselves battling for the biggest and best collections,...

Barge Party: This Is A 1990 Lincoln Town Car That Rips The Strip!

The Lincoln Town Car is not a performance car. It just isn’t. It’s a big thing, thanks to it’s Panther-platform roots. It’s a stout thing, since the Crown Victoria gained...

Rough Start: The Twilight Of The 440 Plymouth Police Specials

1978 was the last year for the 440 cubic inch V8 in any Chrysler Corporation police vehicle. After years of being the ultimate option, with little challenge in the way from Ford, sporadic challenges...

The Summernats City Cruise! Muscle Cars And Hot Rods That Aren’t Street Legal Get To Do This Just Once Per Year!

We take a lot of stuff for granted her in the States. We can drive a big tire car down the road anytime we want and blowers are okay on lots of stuff, etc. But in the land of Oz that is not always...

Get A Look At How Things Work Via A See-Through Catalytic Converter!

As the interior was being ripped out of the Catalina, the sawzall was broken out and two cuts were made, then a large lump that looked kind of like a muffler was chucked out to the side. A much...

Snowmaro: Adding Tracks And Skis To A Hot-Rodded Power Wheels Is Too Much!

You almost wonder if the guys behind Grind Hard Plumbing Co. just sit around dreaming up wilder and wilder ideas. You have to…look at what they’ve come up with in a short amount of time:...

Holley Releases New Accessory Drive Upgrades for LT Gen V Engines! LT Swaps Just Got Easier Thanks To Alternator And Power Steering Mods.

Swapping late model LS and LT engines into hot rods and muscle cars is easier now than ever, but sometimes factory components just can’t fit where we need them to in some of the older...

BangShift’s Question Of The Day: What’s The Weirdest Option You’ve Ever Heard Of?

While options were around well before it’s arrival, the 1965 Ford Mustang was the car that really clued in manufacturers to what options could do for their bottom line. Car customization was a...

Programmed To Slide: Stanford University’s Autonomous DeLorean Gets Sideways

A few years ago, a 1981 DeLorean DMC-12 known as MARTY made headlines when it showcased autonomous drifting. “Big deal”, you mutter, “they got a remote-controlled car to drift....

Q-Ship: This 1978 Lincoln Is A Cream Puff With A 532ci, Dual Quad Equipped Big Block Ford

We have covered this subject matter before but Q-ships were a cool but relatively ineffective Naval weapon dating back more than 80 years. Basically they were merchant ships that were bristling with...