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Chemical Dipping a Rare 1969-1/2 Plymouth Roadrunner A12. Check Out How Dipping Works!

If you have ever done a full build on a car that required stripping the paint in order to prep for replacement panels, or just a complete paint and body restoration, then you know that there are few...

Halfass Kustoms 1949 GMC Roadster Pickup Custom: Building A One-Off Custom Bed For This Pickup.

Now that the chassis has been shortened up to get the proportions right, it’s time for Brent to start focusing on the bed. He wants something completely different than stock, so he’s...

DIRT CHEAP, EBAY, AMAZON, SLOPPY LS CAM TEST…SLOPPY STAGE 1 VS STAGE 1.5 VS STAGE 2 VS STAGE 3

It’s time for another LS Camshaft Test with Richard Holdener. No matter how many he tests, folks always want to see back to back to back testing of camshafts on one engine and that is exactly...

AA/FUEL DRAGSTER – TULSA NITRO NATIONALS 2023. FULL COVERAGE FROM THE NHRA HOT ROD HERITAGE SERIES

Les just sent us the link to his new AA/Fuel Dragster video from Tulsa Raceway Park, and we knew we had to share it right away. If you loved all our March Meet and California Hot Rod Reunion...

1320Video Is In Japan For Tokyo Auto Salon And The Japanese Police SHUT DOWN Their Car Meet at Daikoku PA!

Kyle and Matt and the crew are in Japan for the Tokyo Auto Salon and have been running around hitting up as many fun car things as possible. One of them is Daikoku PA, one of the must attend car-meet...

Steve Magnante Is Back And Truck Week Continues. Truck Week Feature #2 – Mack DM600.

Here’s the second video of Steve’s Truck Week series! This time it’s a Mack DM600 that would make a rad ramp truck! Our friend Steve Magnante has been out of commission for a few...

Great Drag Video: Pro Stock Action Circa 1975 From Miami-Hollywood Speedway

We learned of this video from our friend Dawn Mazi-Hovsepain and it rules all! Shot at Miami Hollywood Speedway in 1975 it features some of the best Pro Stock drag racing footage of the era,...

In 1960 A Group Of Corvairs Drove From Chicago To Panama – This Film Shows The Insane Trip

This is completely and utterly mental. A few years ago we showed you the 1962 film of the Corviars crossing the so called “Darien Gap” which was a 99 mile jungle trail that served as a...

1980s Perfection: The Olds Aerotech Was An Incredible Engineering Exercise That Delivered The Goods!

It took a massive track in Texas and the legendary right foot of AJ Foyt but the Oldsmobile Aerotech set the world’s closed course speed record at an insane 257.123mph back in August of 1987....

Chamber Music: Watch And Listen To This 4.7L Maserati Indy V8 Make A Dyno Pull -Sounds Awesome!

No, it does not make 1,000hp. No, it does not rev to 10,000 RPM. This engine, which you are now ultimately confused about is not an engine that was raced at the Indy 500 rather it is a production...

Vintage Drag Wreckage Video: Dale Emery Goes for the Ride of His Life at Indy Circa 1977

Dale Emery’s backside darkened the seats of an amazing array of drag race cars during his long and storied career. The Texan drove everything from the Pure Hell fuel altered to slingshot fuel...

More Monster ‘Dozer Action – Check Out This 1950s Siamese Twin D8 Caterpillar! (Video)

(By Greg Rourke) – Brian recently showed us the Euclid TC-12 bulldozer. Apparently it was a nightmare as far as reliability. It turns out if you needed an XXL dozer in the early 50’s,...

Awesome History: The Twisted History Of The Porsche 924 Is A Story For The Ages

What we love about automotive history is that it has so many weird twists and turns, the fun stories are effectively endless. For instance, we had no idea that the Porsche 924 was actually born as a...

Pricelessly Cool: Watch The Incredible Process Of Printing An Inconel Header From Scratch – Amazing

Yes, we know. This process was really long. This process was incredibly expensive, complicated, and maybe unnecessarily complex but my goodness is it awesome. This is how Steph Papadakis Racing went...