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Gearhead Guys You Should Know: Rollie Free

He’s in the motorcycling hall of fame, he raced at the Indy 500 twice, and he’s the guy in the iconic photo, laying flat in his undies on a screaming Vincent Black Shadow at Bonneville...

Torque Video: A V12 Detroit Powered Euclid Bottom Dump Tractor Claws to a Full Pull

Conceptually, there is no simpler motorsport than pulling. Strap your junk to the weight sled, wait for the green flag and then drop a wrecking ball on the throttle until something blows up or you...

Unhinged: Reviving A Fury Sport, Part 1 – Acquiring Another Land Barge Mopar

Ed. note: this is your language warning. I’m going to have fun with this series.  In 2009, Brian Lohnes dubbed me “The Patron Saint of Automotive Lost Causes” after he started...

Is This The Ultimate Porsche 917? And Is It Really Road Legal In The UK?

Video Description: Is this the ultimate (and only road legal) Porsche 917 recreation project? Think of 917s and you might think of Steve McQueen in the Le Mans film… Gulf livery, flimsy, but...

Quarantine Cruise Photos: Muscle Cars, Customs, Hot Rods, And Trucks Cruising PCH In Huntington Beach!

(Photos by Wes Allison) This is our final gallery from the March 2022 Quarantine Cruise in Huntington Beach. The weather was gorgeous, the cars were cool, and fun was had by all. Check out the photos...

Small Town Car Show: Our 49th Tri-City Street Rods Auto Exhibition Photos Continue

Here’s the second gallery from the show, check them all out below. And if you missed any of the previous photos we posted, click the link! Last summer, our reporter in the Great Plains, Scott...

The Battle Of Britain: Check Out These Classic Fords Throwing Down At Goodwood

If you love Fords, the video you are about to watch may seem like some sort of a fever dream come to life. Shot at Goodwood you are going to see a Galaxie battling with multiple Falcons and Mustangs...

Video: 1980s Pure Stock Muscle Car Drag Racing Is A Cool Study In Just How Fast They Really Were

The muscle car era. We lionize it, we remember it, we celebrate it, we probably oversell it. The cars are iconic and they ruled the streets for a long, long time. Hell, in many ways they rule the...

Video: When A Brilliant EFI Tuner Gets Inside A Top Fuel Team An Awesome Video Is The Result – Tecklenburg Does Nitro For 24 Hours

This was all a happy accident. Shane Tecklenburg was at the NHRA Gatornationals to tune on a customer’s car in the Constant Aviation Factory Stock Showdown. For one reason or another that car...

Great Video: This Toyota Film Promoting The GR86 Drifting Through A Mall Also Teases The Upcoming GR Corolla!

(By Tom Lohnes) – The Toyota GR Corolla really can’t come soon enough. With turbocharged 3-cylinder power, a manual transmission, and AWD in a small and relatively cheap package, this hot...

HOW TO DIY TURBOCHARGE A JUNKYARD BIG BLOCK CHEVY-8.1L GEN 7 496 TURBO-HOW TO MAKE BIG TORQUE GAINS!

This 8.1L junkyard big block series is really intriguing to me because I am currently trying to decide what to put in my 1987 1-Ton Dually and a turbocharged big block is one of the thoughts...

1979 Bathurst 1000 Video: This Film With Peter Brock Calling His Own Lap and Chris Economaki Reporting Rules!

There are few races on planet Earth that we want to attend more than the Bathurst 1000 in Australia. The event has a legacy, it has awesome cars, and most importantly it has one of the neatest tracks...

Liggett Bought A Wrecked 1999 Tahoe K1500 For $600! What’s The Plan?

Sometimes the smart move is buying just the parts you need for a project, but sometimes the smarter move is buying a whole donor vehicle. The latter is riskier sometimes, and has been known to cause...