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Watch Bob Bauman And His Wild Exhibition Pulling Dragster Smoke An Engine And Oil The Dirt In 1988

There’s a lot of awesome in this clip that runs for about five minutes and was captured in 1988 at a pulling event. The main attraction here is a guy named Bob Bauman who has an exhibition...

Killer 1960s Ad: This 1966 Sinclair Gasoline Commercial Features A Lightweight Coronet And A Young Drag Racing Leader In The Making

Here’s a real gem of a TV commercial that was shot in early 1966 at the then brand new Palm Beach International Raceway. The commercial “stars” Jack Thomas a young, up and coming...

Classic Video: This 1973 AMC Jeep Dealer Video Is Full Of Jumps and Neat Old Jeeps

For my taste the Jeep CJ5 is about the coolest one ever made. The styling is timeless (not all Jeep can say that) the performance is there and unfortunately the prices of those things continue to...

Truckin’ History: Check Out This Killer Video Showing GMC Setting Land Speed Records Back In 1989

Call us names if you want but we had no idea that GMC had built a special land speed racing version of the S-15 truck to take to the Bonneville Salt Flats and chase records back in 1989. Like so many...

An East Coasters Tour Of So Cal Hot Rod Shops: Part 2 – Old Anvil Speed Shop Tour Photos From Joe Grippo.

(Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) We recently returned from a whirlwind week in California, we put a load of miles on our rental F150 crisscrossing the southern end of the state. We stopped at a ton...

Iron Trap’s Hidden 1938 Ford Convertible Hot Rod: Building A Hood Latch For The 1938 Ford Convertible From VW Parts!

With all the work that has gone into this thing to make it run and drive for the first time in 50 years, it is great to see that the IronTrap boys are also making sure it looks like the hot rod that...

Holley Spring Cleaning Sale: Get All The Hardware You Need For Your Favorite Engine. Intakes, Valve Covers, Accessory Drives, And More!

If you are looking for some fun stuff for your project, then this Holley Spring Cleaning Sale is one you need to pay attention to. With all kinds of engine hardware on sale, you just can’t...

1,800 Miles Home! Will This Classic Ford Mustang RUN AND DRIVE From Arizona To Tennessee? Vice Grip Garage Part 2

We shared Part 1 of this whole Mustang II adventure last week and now it’s time for Part 2. Will it actually run and drive and make it all the way from Arizona to Tennessee? Watch to find out....

Our 2024 PDRA East Coast Nationals Action Photos: Door Cars And Dragsters, Burnouts, Wheelstands, And So Much More.

We’ve got our fourth photo gallery from the PDRA East Coast Nationals below, but if you missed the previous galleries from the race, you can use the link we’ve included as well. (Photos...

Toughest Of All Time? Watch The Incredible 1968 Ford F-100 Chase From The Movie Mr. Majestyk

The debate about the best car chase in movie history will never be solved because everyone has their favorite. The debate over the best vehicles in a movie chase will also never be solved for much...

Ever Been In The Cockpit Of A Turbine Powered Hydroplane Before? Neither Had We! This Video Is Awesome

Meet Andrew Tate and make yourself at home in his office. That office happens to be the cockpit of the U-9 Delta Gear/Realtrac hydroplane which uses turbine power to haul the mail across the water...

Check Out Onboard From Argentina’s Biggest Racing Series: Straight-Six Stock Cars!

Quick: What’s the oldest continually running racing series in the world? Nope, it’s not NASCAR or Formula 1. Rather, it is Argentina’s national touring-car series, Turismo Carretera, which has...

New Junkyard Inventory! Barn Find Square Body Chevy Silverado Pickup Truck! 1985 And loaded with 80’s Accessories!

Chad at Nobody Else’s Auto is back at it with more new barn finds that he’s adding to the inventory at the wrecking yard and that means cool parts, projects, and more for you to own. We...

Puddin Is Building A Model A Ford Hot Rod, But Not The One You Might Think! How Much Will He Cut This One Up?

Puddin’s Fab Shop is one of our regular haunts on YouTube and regulars to the channel will know that he’s had a Model A Ford sitting out behind his shop, waiting for its turn to get...