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Watch An Austrian Blacksmith Use A Drop Hammer Built Hundreds Of Years Ago

Old tools are a fascination for practically anyone who loves working on stuff. Old tools have an aura because they are direct extensions of the humans that used them. Whether we are talking about the...

$3,500 Build: Turbo Stuff, Sheet Metal, Body Fitting, And More On This Low Buck Bud Cool 1951 Chevrolet

The Casey’s Customs 1951 Chevrolet build has been pretty cool, and feels a lot like his $1,000 budget F100 build he finished a few months ago. Because the budget is higher, this project is has...

The American Powertrain Parting Shift: 9-Gears, No Mufflers, An A Detroit Diesel

Any video that proclaims glee in breaking local noise ordinances is just fine with us! Here we take a ride in a 1985 GMC Brigadier truck as its owner leaves the local fueling station and cruises it...

SEMA Show 2021 Photos: Bitchin Hot Rods, Muscle Cars, Exotics, Trucks, And So Much More From The SEMA Show In Vegas

(Photos by Chad Reynolds) It’s SEMA Show time folks and that means cars, trucks, muscle cars, hot rods, race cars, exotics, weird stuff and then stuff that’s just plain freaky are all...

SEMA Show 2021 Photos: The Show Isn’t Even Open Yet And We’ve Got Another Gallery From Inside The 2021 SEMA Show

(Photos by Chad Reynolds) It’s time for the 2021 SEMA Show folks and while it doesn’t open for a few hours yet, I was there yesterday shooting photos of cars and trucks outside AND inside...

Donut Derelicts: More Hot Rods, Customs, Trucks, And More From SoCal’s Hottest Cruise Spot

Our Donut Derelict photos keep coming! We’ve got a bunch more to share with you so check them out below. And if you missed any of our previous photos, click the link below to see them all too....

SEMA Show 2021 Photos: The Show Isn’t Even Open Yet And We’ve Got Photos From Inside And Out At The 2021 SEMA Show

It’s time for the 2021 SEMA Show folks and while it doesn’t open for a few hours yet, I was there yesterday shooting photos of cars and trucks outside AND inside the main hall....

Vannin’ Aussie Style: This 1970s Look At The Van Club Culture In Australia Is Awesome

It’s always wild how similar cultures kind of fall into similar things with very little way to know that each is doing it. In the 1970s, the “vanning” culture in America exploded....

Blinding Speed: Ride On The Back Of A 700hp V-10 Powered Dallara SP1 As It Passes EVERYTHING At Daytona

The march of progress in motorsport is unstoppable. It’s what makes things faster, lighter, safer, etc. Sometimes it is tough to illustrate that progression until you actually put stuff on the...

Franken Ferrari: Check Out The Most Incredible Garage Engine Build We Have Ever Seen – Unreal!

Yeah, this s beyond anything we have ever seen before and it was sent to us by AMP EFI’s Matt Cramer who was also blown way by the depth, skill, and overall crazy nature of this engine build....

This Crazy Video From The 1920s Shows Caterpillar Tractors Racing In A Way That Will Blow Your Mind

Before you go rolling your eyes and skipping this video give it a chance. This is completely mental and it is for reasons that you need to see to understand. We have no idea about the background of...

Decade of Spills: Watch Mike Austin’s Horrendous 2012 Alcohol Dragster Crash – He Walked Away

As we continue to look back at some of the hairiest moments of NHRA drag racing over the last 10 years, we land in Pomona circa 2012 to see one of the most wildly insane top alcohol dragster crashes...

Big Block Power! 1,000 Horsepower Plus, Using Two $163 Ebay Turbos On A Junkyard Big Block.

Yep, it is totally possible to build 1,000 horsepower using two $163 cheap Ebay Turbos on a junkyard big block Chevrolet. Make no mistake, this isn’t a replacement for a high dollar race...

What Could Finnegan Possibly Want With A One Owner Big Block 4-Speed Corvette That Has Been Sitting For 40 Years?

Friends of Finnegans, or those that watch and pay attention to the channel enough, know that Mike would really like a C2 Corvette to build into a fun and fast street strip car. So when he heard about...