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Fun Propaganda: 1974 Film Touting The Supremacy Of Chevy Trucks Over Fords Uses Some Wacky Tests

Automakers have been creating promotional sales videos since the advent of the moving picture, right? To us, they are great because even in the darkest of times, they were all talking about how...

This 900CC Ninja Engine Powered Toro Snow Blower Is Setting The Bar For BangShifty Snow Domination

Swedes. We love these guys because they come up with awesome methods to both play in and move snow. There seems to be no end to their creativity and this video is further proof. The builder of this...

Dirthead Dave Is Getting His Mini Truck On With Hand Made Airbag Mounts on the rear of his Nissan Minitruck

Dave Chappelle, the one that can weld and build killer trucks of all kinds, not the funny one on TV, is our kind of dude. One day he’s working on his horribly ugly, but cool, bagged Mustang II,...

Beards, Burnouts, and Beer Podcast: Racing Into 2024! The Bullhorn Edition With Eric Yost From Customs By Bigun.

We had a fun Beards, Burnouts, and Beer show this past week with Eric Yost from Customs by Bigun and were talking 2024 events, what we’ve got going on, and Bullhorns. Not the kind on a four...

Sally’s Speed Shop And Dylan McCool Try To Save A FORGOTTEN General Lee! Will It RUN and DRIVE After All These Years?

If you are a car enthusiast over the age of 40, the General Lee is an American TV icon, as we all grew up watching the Dukes of Hazzard where this car was as big a character as any of those folks...

Local DRAG CAR Survivor and Other Cool Stuff at the Paradise Dragstrip Toy Drive With The Hot Rod Hoarder

Tommy Lee Byrd is back at it, and was recently out for a show and race at Paradise Dragstrip in December for their annual toy drive show which had been cancelled due to rain two weekends in a row!...

Can You Tell The Difference Between A 1969 or 1970 Shelby? What are the Differences? Find Out With Expert Jim Wicks & a 1970 GT500 Convertible!

If you grow up as a car enthusiast, with parents who taught you the differences between their favorite hot rod and muscle car models, you  know the differences between the years of your favorites....

The Alfarrari Project: Custom Electric Windows Front And Rear On A Car That Never Had Them To Begin With

It’s windows time for the Alfarrari project, and while the glass has been there all along, there hasn’t been any way to raise and lower them electrically until now. But this isn’t a...

Iron Trap’s Hidden 1938 Ford Convertible Hot Rod: Is The Engine Seized In Our 1938 Ford Convertible – First Wash!!

In a previous video we shared the 1938 Ford Convertible Hot Rod that the guys at Iron Trap Garage found stashed away in an old garage, but in this video it is getting the first bath it has had in...

Influence And Impact Episode 12: Mini Truck History Part 1 ’70s Van Crase and ’80s Euro, Tilt Beds and Airbags

I’m an unapologetic mini trucker. There was a time, not so long ago actually, where lots of folks in the hot rod and custom world didn’t think much of mini truckers and so many people who...

In-Car Video: Wheel-Sawing Action In The Cockpit Of A Small Block Powered 289 Cobra!

There are few cars that have the mythology, history, and downright awesome past than the Shelby Cobra. The little English car that became an American icon with the addition of a 260, then a 289, and...

Own A 1965-1966 Mustang? Here’s How To Install A Borgeson Power Steering Upgrade Kit! Video –

Early Mustangs are cool cars that hundreds of thousands of people still enjoy cruising on a weekly bases around the country. Like all old cars though they have their shortcomings, especially when it...

The Songs Of Sherman: This Video Shows Sherman Tanks With Their Various Engines – Radial Continental, Detroit Diesels, Chrysler Multi-Bank, and More!

We love engines and history around here so when we see a video where both of those things intersect in a perfect union, we’re all about it. This time it is a neat video filled with clips of...

Historic Drag Video: Watch Connie Kalitta Spin An Accidental Funny Car 180 Back In The Early 1970s!

Here’s some fantastic old footage from Detroit Dragway that is cool on about 500 levels. For starters we have two great funny cars in the form of Connie Kalitta and Tom Prock who was driving a...