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Author Archive: Chad Reynolds

Awesome Street Cars Do Battle In Dawsonville – Optima’s Search For The Ultimate Street Car Visits Atlanta Motorsports Park

With races being cancelled or postponed in so many locations this year, Optima’s Search for the Ultimate Street Car series has been incredibly fortunate to be able to get in their races. But...

New Project Alert! Motion Raceworks Kick Off The Drag Week/Rocky Mountain Race Week Extreme Blazer Project!

Before too long everyone at Motion Raceworks is going to have a car ready to run on Rocky Mountain Race Week and Drag Week! They’ve been getting Novas and GTOs ready and now it’s time for...

What Kind Of Crack Do You Have To Smoke To Think This 1967 Camaro Is Worth $5,500?

Sometimes I am truly dumbfounded by the pricing people put on cars. Having a finished and nice car that you think is worth $150,000 because you saw one go for that on one of those TV auctions, is...

This 1970 Cadillac Deville Convertible Will Get You All The Chicks!

Cadillacs rule. Period. Old, New, Caddys are just awesome as long as they weren’t built in most of the 1980s and 1990s. And they have always been the classy cruiser until the advent of modern...

Studezilla: “This Is The Most Bad Ass Thing I’ve Ever Stepped On The Gas In.” Scott Palmer

Our friend Chad Ehrlich is a guy that has a pretty cool business selling old cars and trucks, and he’s also friends with some pretty cool guys from the midwest. Scott Palmer, or Scotty to those...

Holley Dual Inject Low Ram Intake Bases Now Available! Ready For Low Pro Applications, Or Big Boost Intercooler Setups

This one is killer. Dual injector low ram intake bases from Holley for LS engines are now available and PERFECT for one of the many available billet or sheetmetal intake and intercooler...

Junkyard Like A Pro! Here’s How To Pick The Right Junkyard Engine For Your Next Project

Getting an engine from the right vehicle at the wrecking yard matters! There are lots of things that can result in a vehicle finding the end of its usable life and moving onto a wrecking yard to be...

Cleetus McFarland Almost Poops Himself Riding In Finnegan’s Game Over Jet Boat!

You’ve seen Mike Finnegan’s killer 700 plus cubic inch, 1,700 + horsepower, twin-turbo jet boat named Game Over on here before and we love the thing. It is sick, fast, and sexy as hell....

Drag Week 2020 Is Cancelled, But Rock Mountain Race Week 2.0 IS A GO FOR SEPTEMBER! Street Car Racing Is Still Happening!

UPDATE: It’s on folks! Matt and June and the gang at Rocky Mountain Race Week have come to the rescue and are going to be holding Rocky Mountain Race Week 2.0 in September during the time that...

The World’s Fastest Cadillac Is Up For Auction: 409 mph At Bonneville With Lots More Potential

This one makes me sad and happy both. Sad because it is the end of a journey that I was a part of from the very early stages, but happy because I am hoping someone takes this rad machine and makes it...

Junkyard Wide Body Mustang: It’s Creative, And Kinda Cool, And You Can Do It Too!

There have been several times when I was looking at a project and trying to stuff as much tire under it, that I realized there just wasn’t any more room underneath and that the fenders would...

We Offer You One For The Weekend: Which One Of These Boats Do You Choose For A Weekend On The Lake?

If someone told you that you could have one of these three boats, for the weekend on the lake, for free, which one do you choose? The hot rodder and racer in me, that totally wants to own a Big Block...

The Green Light: WebMD Highlights Paul Lee’s Journey Back To Driving A Funny Car After A Heart Attack.

When our friend, and owner of McLeod and FTI, Paul Lee had his heart attack back in 2016 the NHRA Drag Racing community was shocked. Paul was one of these in-shape guys that you never expected to...

FOUND: The “Moonburst” AA Fuel Dragster Has Been Sitting In A Field In This Trailer For 43 Years!

Barn finds are rad, but what about trailer finds? Well it seems like we’ve heard of more than a few really old and cool race cars being found inside trailers sitting outside in the weather of...