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This Color Video From Seattle International Raceway In The Early 1970s Is Spectacular – Funny Cars!

Seattle International Raceway has been an important part of the Northwestern Drag Racing scene for a long, loooong time. The NHRA has run their Northwest Nationals at the facility for decades and...

Custom Paint How To: Lowrider Custom Paint, Candy, Lace, Fans, & Fish Scales. See How These Classic Looks Are Created.

Whether you are a lowrider fan or not, you have to appreciate the insane amount of paint work that goes into some lowriders. I grew up in Northern California, where there was a very strong lowrider...

Newbern And Finnegan Are Battling It Out At The Track With The Rubber Duck And Newbern’s Fox Body Mustang!

Newbern is back at it with his drag and drive Fox body Mustang and this time they are out in Alabama duking it out with Finnegan in the Rubber Duck Firebird. It doesn’t go like Newbern hoped....

Holley’s Spring Cleaning Carburetor Sale Is On! Save Big On Carbs And Components With Huge Savings On Tons Of Stuff Right Now.

Carburetor folks rejoice, as Holley has got a big carburetor and carburetor components sale going on right now. We’re talking carbs and everything else you need for them on sale now. If you are...

Ringbrothers 1,010 HP Carbon Fiber Camaro STRODE -A Jay Leno’s Garage Feature Video That Includes A Ton From Inside The Car.

Jay Leno is always featuring super rad machines, and this 1969 Camaro right here is no exception. I’m a ’69 Camaro owner, and am sometimes particular when it comes to what folks do to...

New Product: American Powertrain™ Introduces ProTwin Disc Clutch for GM, Ford and Mopar – 1100 Pound Foot Torque Capacity And A Light Pedal!

If you are looking to upgrade your clutch because you have upgraded the power level of the engine in front of your overdrive manual trans, then this new offering from American Powertrain just might...

Get Your Squash On Video: Compressing Aluminum, Steel, Copper, and Brass In A 150-ton Press Is Awesome and Weird

The Hydraulic Press Channel on YouTube is one of the more mystifying success stories in the world, right? Why do people like seeing crushed in a big old press so much?! Count us among the millions of...

Mt Vesuvius On Steel Wheels: Check Out This Steam Tractor Pulling The Sled For Fun

While this is not the first time we have showed an exhibition pull being made by an awesome and massive steam tractor, we think it may be the most majestic one we have ever showed. You are going to...

This Vintage Ad For Irwindale Raceway Will Make you Long For SoCal Living 50 Yars Ago

There’s nothing like the history of southern California drag racing. A few years I spent days cruising SoCal to see the locations of many old strips. Between the finals and the exploration, was...

It Is 4/03 So Let’s Look At Some Olds 403 Dyno Videos! The Ignored Big Bore Small Block Can Make Power

The Oldsmobile 403 was a pretty short run engine produced from 1977 through 1979 and while it appeared in some performance minded cars of the era like the Firebird, Buick Riviera, and Olds 442, it...

Influence & Impact Episode 17: The History of Truck Shows, Mini Truck Runs, C10 Shows And More!

You know we’re big on truck shows around here and have our favorites. As a mini trucker from way back, I can tell you that mini truck shows are their own thing and have their own personality....

Custom Truck Feature: OL YELLER – This Protouring 1972 C10 Is Hitting The Streets In Grand Fashion. Bitchin Truck, Bitchin Look, Bitchin Performance.

When you take a classic C10 truck, fix up some rust and shorten it up a bit, it’s going to be cool. I mean it doesn’t need much more than that to be fun, but that’s not how Level 7...

Will Dennis Taylor’s 1941 Willys Project Live Again? Pulling Apart The Blown 392 Hemi To See What’s Wrong Before The Rebuild.

This one is going to be fun, not only because it is a cool car that Dennis and Deb put together years ago, but also because when Dennis and Alex started tearing into it to find out what the problems...

Street Freak – Part 3: Tube Chassis Fabrication Continues! Twin Turbo Lambo Powered, Mid Engine, 25.2 Drag And Drive Volvo!

Here’s the third video in the series, and the tube work is coming along really well. It looks awesome and this thing is going to be amazing. I can’t wait to see this thing hauling ass! If...