Aftermarket Gossip: Is a Manual C8 Corvette Actually Happening? TREMEC’s Aftermarket Chief Tells All!

I realize the numbers are small, but there are people out there that would like a C8 Corvette with a clutch pedal. And as a guy who drives a stick shift car most days, I understand the allure. But I...

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First Drive Video: Westen Champlin’s Cummins Swapped Rolls Royce Is Something Special. Absurd, But Special.

I like a good Cummins as much as the next guy, but this is a bit over the top. Of course it won’t surprise you since it is coming from Westen Champlin, but at the same time it is taking the...

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Derek is Taking A 1,600 Mile Journey To Trade One Of Vice Grip Garages More Popular Trucks For The Ride He Sold And Instantly Regretted It

We’ve all traded or sold a car or truck and then regretted it. Sometimes that regret is as soon as the deal is done and sometimes it takes a week or month or year to realize that you just...

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Build Your Own Vapor Blaster At Home With A Harbor Freight Blast Cabinet, Including a Full Parts List!

Vapor blasting, or wet blasting as many people call it, is a media or sand blasting method that uses water and sometimes an added detergent. The water and abrasives combine to clean and slightly...

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Dirthead Shed Tire Testing: Putting Avix Trailtek R/T Tires To The Test As Butter Jeep Takes On Tough Moab Trails

Dirthead Dave is back at it, with the newly LS Swapped and running Butter Jeep out on the trails in Moab for a bit of tire testing. Dave has been wheeling Jeeps and everything else under the sun for...

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AS SEEN ON TV Tools that Beat Yours: Are As Seen on TV Tools Better Than We’ve Been Giving Them Credit For?

AS SEEN ON TV! We’ve all fallen for the trap at some point or another and bought some kitchen gadget, tool, or “performance” part that had huge claims as to how wonderful it was....

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Miss The Look Of The Two-Tone Square-Body Chevy Truck? A Dealership In Minnesota Is Now Taking Orders To Two-Tone Your New Chevy!

Square-body Chevrolet trucks had already been in production for ten years the day I was born, so suffice it to say, I’m pretty versed to seeing them around and about. Older or newer, truck or...

This 1938 Video Shows The Awesome Story Behind The Failed GE Steam Turbine Locomotives

When people think of steam locomotives they undoubtedly think about the traditional looking “choo-choo” trains with the big funnel in the front, the barrel shaped boiler in the middle,...

Monster Truck Action Coverage From GALOT Motorsports Park’s Monster Truck Throwdown Event

(Words and Photos by David Whealon) Who doesn’t just love Monster Trucks? For me this was my first live experience of a brand of entertainment that I only watched on TV and was one of those things...

More Of The Same Fight: Ford And Ram Keep Ramping Up The Heavy-Duty War

Ford and Ram are playing cutthroat in the heavy-duty pickup truck market, and both sides are watching the other like a hawk. They’ve been on a serious ramp-up for years, because both sides want...

Funny Video: It’s Going To Be A Long Day At The Loading Dock – Where’s That Ratchet Strap Again?

(By Greg Rourke) – Here’s a little lesson on load securement. Take notes, there may be a quiz later. What we have here is a van trailer full of shopping carts. Shopping carts have...

Send It Flying: The Mud Pit At Virginia Motor Speedway Brought Out The Best!

Pure, unadulterated horsepower in full action. That, folks, is why we dig mud bogging. Every last truck needs every last bit of power to not only not get stuck, but to come out of the slop looking...

VIDEO: Destruction Denied As Pontiac Silverdome Does Not Give In To Botched Implosion Attempt

The Pontiac Silverdome is still there. It has been neglected, given up for dead, its parking lot used as a drag strip, a parking lot for condemned VW diesels, and now its a place that has survived a...

Better Stopping By Design – Mark Williams Disc Brakes Can Stop Your Fast Ride

Mark Williams builds some of the best drivetrain components on the planet. Axles, housings, ends, gears, yokes, driveshafts, and so much more. Whether you are building a hot rod, a race car, a truck,...

This 80 Horsepower Case Steam Tractor Drags A Truck Pull Sled The Old Fashioned Way: With Fire Out Of The Funnel And Steam!

Have you ever listened to an elder pine for the way things were and thought to yourself just how full of it they are? Have you ever considered that they might actually have merit to their argument?...

Wanderlust Wagon: This 2007 Ford E-350 Quigley Conversion Van Is Perfect To Get Away From The Holiday Noise

Holiday music, shopping, relatives, more holiday music, and more shopping. It’s the beginning of the end of the year, and chances are good that your blood pressure is climbing and if you hear...

This Solid Beater Square Body Chevy Could Be Hot Rod Sleeper Greatness

(Words and Photos By Greg Rourke) I agree with Chad…I love me some square body GM pickups. I’ve owned several, but not because they were cool. They were rusted out beat up shitboxes that...

Chasin’ Waterfalls: The Waterfall At Busted Knuckle Off-Road Park Gets Challenged!

If you don’t know who or what Busted Knuckle is, and you’re into off-roading at all, you need to get that fixed. These are the guys behind a lot of the rockbouncer videos we have shown...

The Cleaned-Up Blue Collar Worker: This 1986 Ford F-350 Wrecker Is Day One Fresh!

I cannot wait for Lohnes to see this gem of a find. I can’t. We all know how Brian loves his trucks: big, stripped down, work-ready and utilitarian. That’s why he owns Brutus the wrecker,...

Holy Crap!!! This Engine Explosion On The Dyno Leaves Only The Crankshaft Spinnin0

We’ve seen some pretty impressive engine failures over the years, but this one, taken from two angles, is one of the most amazing things we’ve ever seen in our life. And it happens so...