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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Bottom Dollar Blazer – Episode 7: It’s Time To Start Thinking Paint, BangShift Style.

Well, it’s been a while since I posted my last update to the Blazer project. Class is wrapped up at Assabet Valley Tech, and I got a ton of the grunt work done. Now it’s time to think...

Pikes Peak News: Mike Ryan Crashes Freightliner During Practice

Mike Ryan, the driver of the #777 Freighliner Cascadia racing truck, had a serious incident while practicing for the 2014 Pikes Peak Hill Climb on Thursday. According to witnesses, the Freightliner...

The First Official Pictures of the New Mad Max Cars Unveiled. Semi-truck With A Whole Benz For A Cab? Yes Please!

(Photos courtesy of Entertainment Weekly and giantfreakinrobot.com) Oh, hell effing yes…Max Rockatansky is back. Official photos have surfaced of the vehicles used in Mad Max: Fury Road, and...

Trucks, Trucks, And More Trucks From Fords At Carlisle: The Biggest Ford Gathering In The World

When you think Ford, you probably think F Series truck first, and then Mustang. Which is weird to most car manufacturers, but given the decades of Best Selling Truck status, the Ford F Series trucks...

Take A Video Tour Of This Two Story Spartan Manor 1950’s Travel Trailer

Check THIS beast out! It’s a 1953 Spartan Manor RV Trailer that owner Shirley Wallace grew up in with her mom, dad, and sister. In 1957, after her and her sister grew too big to sleep in the...

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A Fleet of Military Trucks is Going Up For Auction, And Lohnes Isn’t Around To Drool Over It.

So the boss man is out with the missus on a cruise in the tropics while I sit in my wife’s office, borrowing internet to keep everyone entertained. I sincerely hope those piña coladas...

Ford F-100 Pickups Invade Anaheim For The 2014 F-100 Western Nationals

Back in 1982 when Gary Ewing and Wendell Smith first dreamed up the F-100 Western Nationals, as members of the Pickups Limited Truck Club, I’m sure they had absolutely no clue it would become...

Craigslist Find: This 1959 Jeep Forward Control Truck Has Been Modified Into A Zombie Killing/Hunting Machine

We have to thank BangShifter ElkyGuy for this great find. The truck is a Jeep FC (forward control) pickup that has been highly modified into a sort of hunting luxury yacht which they can get into the...

Check Out These Guys Flipping A Truck With Nothing More Than A Push. Crazy!

We’re not sure why this truck is upside down, but we sure love the way it gets right side up. In fact, this is so easy and simple that it makes us want to do our own movie special effects. Do...

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Rough Start: 1987 Dodge Ramcharger, Ready to Rock

For my next Rough Start choice, I moved into my old stomping grounds and searched the Seattle/Tacoma area of Washington State. Prices up here are really decent, and as long as you check closely for...

Wreckage Video: A Mud Dragster With a Stuck Throttle Launches Onto A Public Road!

Mud drag racing is a fast and pretty violent motorsport. Short wheelbase rails fly over rutted mud pits at high speed with drivers sawing at the steering wheel to keep the slimey side down. In the...

Baja 1000 Qualifying Is Coming To Vegas! Watch Out World, SCORE Trophy Trucks Are Invading SEMA!

The SEMA Show SCORE Baja 1000 Experience is coming to the 2014 SEMA Show In Vegas, and we couldn’t be more excited! We were sworn to secrecy when we heard about this a couple weeks ago, but man...

We’ve Never Seen Jeeps Do Burnouts Like These, But The Proof Is In The Video!

When Shaine Rieley sent us the link to this video of him and some friends tearing it up in lifted Jeeps, we couldn’t believe our eyes. These guys are absolutely hammering on these rigs and the...

This Crazy Mud Truck Proves That All You Need Is Horsepower, Wheel Speed, And A Right Foot Made Of Lead

Most of us have probably been to a local mud bog where guys with trucks try to slog their way through a pit of muck and mire. Chances are that you have seen said trucks lumber down into the slop, try...