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Puddin’s Fab Shop Special: Can Puddin Make This ABANDONED 1959 International B100 Run Again?

Puddin is always hustling on projects and having a good time, but sometimes he gets projects dropped off he wasn’t even expecting! This 1959 International B100 showed up at his house and has...

NHRA Action Photos: Pro Mod, The Baddest Door Cars On The Planet, Invade zMax!

(Photos by David Whealon) – It was a beautiful weekend to go drag racing at zMax! The NHRA FuelTech Pro Mods really provided incredible action through qualifying and eliminations all weekend...

The Alfarrari Project Continues: Fuel Tank, Fuel Filler, Body Smoothing, And Assembling The Body Back Into A Whole Car!

There is still plenty of metal work to do on this one, but it’s actually working! One of the episodes below actually has the body back into one piece! The fuel tank goes in, the external fuel...

HOW TO MAKE SUPERCHARGED 5.0L FORD POWER. WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU ADD HEADS, CAM, INTAKE AND BOOST?

If you have a 5.0 Ford, aka a 302, and you want to add power to that bad boy, there are tons of options available. After all there are a lot of camshafts, intakes, superchargers, cylinder heads, and...

Single Seat Race Car Build Part 10: FABRICATED REAR BOAT TAIL SECTION

On the last installment, it was more sheet metal work making the cowl and the rear boat tail shapes so that this thing coule really start looking like a race car. In this installment, the fabrication...

This Might Be The Most Bad Ass Boat You Can Find For Sale On Marketplace Right Now

I’m sure there are much faster boats available for sale right now, but this 1968 Century Coronado 21 is pure sexiness. If you don’t feel like James Bond or something while entertaining on...

LS Fest East Photo Coverage: Check Out More Cool Rides From The Show!

Our last car show shots from LS Fest in Bowling Green. (Photos by Wes Allison) Holley’s LS Fest events are now spread across the country, but the one that started it all is held in Bowling Green...

Vice Grip Garage Takes The Barn Find Camaro On A 1/4 Mile Run During Duct Tape Drags’ Battle Of The Beaters

While we are pretty sure that nobody expected Derek’s Barn Find Camaro to actually go down the dragstrip “quickly”, I’m sure there were also quite a few who wondered if it...

Halfass Kustoms 1955 Chevrolet NAPCO 4×4 Project: Shortening The Frame And Installing A Dump Bed

In this latest installment of the NAPCO Clone build, Brent is taking out a chunk of the frame to get the overall length right, and then he’s installing the tilt mechanism for the dump bed....

Duct Tape Drags Photos: Nothing But Tire Smoking Action In Our First Gallery

(Photos by Wes Allison) Our Duct Tape Drags photos start right here. This is David Freiburger’s new event that came about after MotorTrend decided that the Zip Tie Drags were no longer going to...

DO PORTED HEADS ADD POWER ON A TURBO LS? YES, BUT DO YOU REALLY NEED THEM? ARE THE DECKS TOO THIN?

Does porting your stock LS heads make sense when you are going to add a turbocharger to the mix? The easy answer is yes. And the easy answer is no. Why both? Well, it kind of depends on what you are...

Iron Trap 1932 Ford “DeLorean” Roadster: Welding Up Patch Panels To Make It Whole Again

It was replacing sub rails, cutting out rusty floors, and then welding in new ones in the last few videos.  The “DeLorean” roadster is under the knife and it’s going to be an awesome project....

NHRA Action Photos: Nothing But Pro Stock From zMax Dragway! Mountain Motor And 500 Inchers!

(Photos by David Whealon) – It was a beautiful weekend to go drag racing at zMax! The NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series Pro Stockers really provided incredible action through qualifying...

Urban Hillbilly Action Videos Funny Car Chaos Coverage From Mo-Kan Dragway

Sean Melton at Urban Hillbilly Videos is back with more racing action from Mo-Kan Dragway, and this time it’s Funny Cars! The Funny Car Chaos events are always a riot, and Sean gets great...