The Ultimate Power Move: Formula Offroad Water Skimming Is Brilliant!
A simple lesson: deep water plus a four-cycle engine equals bad time and lots of money lost. It’s called hydrolocking and it’s calling card is a bent connecting rod or other major...
Texas Early Day Tractor and Engine Association State Show Gallery: More Tractors And Cool Old Rigs!
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Just when you thought it was safe to go outside, we’re back with more photos from the 2018 Texas Early Day Tractor and Engine Association State Show in...
The “WTF?” Files: Who Built A Diesel Dodge Aspen Wagon Using A Chrysler-Nissan Mill?
Just when I think I’ve heard about every possible thing that could be done with a Chrysler F/M/J platform, something even weirder comes around and I have to file away another bit of trivia in...
Awesome Old Junk Gallery: The Trucks and Buses On Display Outside At The Seashore Trolley Museum In Maine
(Words and photos by Greg Rourke) – While the main reason for our recent visit to Maine was for the trolleys at the Seashore Trolley Museum, I was pleasantly surprised at the other collections...
Heave Ho: Side-Launching Ships Is Still A Spectacle To Watch!
One of the things I got to see while on vacation was the Bath Iron Works in Maine, from a boat on the Kennebec River. We got to see one of the new Zumwalt-class destroyers as it was being finished...
This 1979 Jeep CJ5 Is Not Exactly Our Taste – The Seller Is Hoping It Is Someone’s
There are certain things we find on the internet that make our souls hurt and this 1979 Jeep CJ5 is one of them. Looking past the purple chassis and suspension components below the blue body, looking...
Texas Early Day Tractor and Engine Association State Show 2018: Old Iron On Display!
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – For nearly 50 years the Texas Early Day Tractor and Engine Association has been putting on their big state level show and this year our own Charles Wickam was...
AutoMeter Sizzling Summer Savings: Get 10% Off All AutoMeter Branded Gauges Until October 31st
Now’s the time! The time for what? The time to shop for new gauges for your hot rod, truck, race car or cruiser from AutoMeter as they are having their Sizzling Summer Savings sale which is an...
Killer Video: How To Fix, Free, and Otherwise Keep A Sherman Tank In The Fight (Circa 1944)
When we think of battle tanks we think of the awesome Abrams and other modern units that make up today’s US fighting force but the reality is that without the tanks of WWII, we’d have...
A Fascinating Look At How A Massive $30,000 Tire Gets Repaired In The Field
Ever wonder what happens when a huge piece of equipment suffers a tire failure in the field? Of course time is money, so people with these massive machines have spares that they can swap on so that...
LS Swap The World! Mopar 440 To LS Swap For This Bitchin Old Winnebago
We know that a lot of people love the LS engine and believe it should be in everything. We also know that there are a group of people out there that can’t stand the thought of swapping LS...
RacingJunk Find: Blue Oval Brute – This 1968 Ford F-350 Is A Mud Slinging Beast
If you only think a hot rod needs to sit low to the ground and hustle down the asphalt aisle as quickly as possible, you are really missing the point. Why? Because you’d never think that stuff...
Howell EFI Is Your Home For LSx Swaps and Conversions – Plug, Play, and Don’t Delay!
We all know that the hottest thing in hot rodding continues to be swapping LSx engines into…well, into everything. People use this engine because it is compact, powerful, and easy to use,...
