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Category Archive: MISC, Videos

Thrifty Luxury: The Home-Built 1959 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa On The Streets!

Make no mistake about it, there is no such thing as a “cheap Ferrari” that is worth owning. None. Not even a beat-up Mondial is going to be easy on your pocketbook, so suffice it to say...

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Holley’s STS Turbo Brand Is Coming In Hot With Wastegates, Blow-Off Valves, and Intercoolers

Many people may have missed the memo that Holley acquired STS a little while back. As part of the Holley family of brands, STS opens Holley up to the boosted market moreso than they ever have been....

Rough Start: The Underrated Olds Quad 442 Is One To Check Out!

From the first time I rode in some kid’s example back when I was attending Wasson High in Colorado Springs, I’ve had a shred of respect for the Oldsmobile Quad 442. I’m not going to...

2019 Cincinnati Cavalcade of Customs Photo Bomb: Our Last Group Of Cool Images From The Event

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – We started off this coverage stating we didn’t keep the photos in order they were taken.  This gallery has them from late morning to late at night. ...

Twin Engined Lada Testing: This Straight-Eight Freakshow Runs?!

When Garage 54 slapped two Lada four-cylinders together to create a 2.7L straight-eight, everybody had suspicions…including the hosts themselves. Turning two engines into one isn’t a...

MORE: ENGINES, Videos

Garage Art: This Antique Steering Wheel Would Look Bitchin’ Hanging On The Wall

I’ve yet to go into a shop and not see some sort of decoration. I don’t care how Billy Bad-Ass someone is, if they have a shop and give a shred of a care about a car, there is something...

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Video: Boost and Nitromethane For The See Through Engine! Hand-chanical Fuel Injection

We have been following the saga of the guy with the YouTube channel and the obsession with Briggs and Stratton engines for some time now. He first kind of burst onto our radar when he ran one of his...

Pinch Buggy: 1320Video Found The Stubbiest VW Beetle We’ve Ever Seen!

We’ve seen numerous shortened cars before. Just off of the top of my head, I can remember a shrunken Nova, a stubby Chrysler Fifth Avenue and a chopped early 1990s Chrysler minivan. In most...

Monday Shopper: This Sunbeam Tiger Will Get Your Pulse Moving Like None Other!

Are you a coffee drinker? Does it seem like your day doesn’t really start until you’re deep into your second cup of joe? Maybe you need an energy drink in the morning for that caffeinated...

Eight Minutes Of Epic: The Coolest Isle of Man TT Video We’ve Seen…Period.

The Isle of Man motorcycle trials are less a race and more a test of human skill and sheer balls. Since 1907 motorcycle races have been held on the tiny island and for decades, this Isle of Man event...

Unhinged: A Toast To The Chevrolet Volt And It’s Untimely Passing

The Chevrolet Volt isn’t, on the surface, a BangShift-worthy car. At the best, it is a hybrid option that we don’t automatically and outright hate. In fact, in a strange way I actually...

MORE: CHEVY, Unhinged

Improving Weather For 35th Annual NHRA Arizona Nationals Eliminations!

(Photos by Sandra Alberti and Bob Snyder) – Weather is improving for eliminations for the 35th annual NHRA Arizona Nationals at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park. The 2019 NHRA Mello Yello Drag...

Moved To A Higher Class: This 1958 Ford Custom 300 Has Stepped Up Nicely!

Trying to understand Ford’s model layout in the later 1950s without a flow chart is a bit of a chore. Just like every other manufacturer of the day, you have to look directly at the full-size...

Glutton For Punishment: The Hoonigan Audi Project Continues, Rusty Bolts Notwithstanding!

It’s the noise that we all hate to hear: that sharp metallic snap that happily informs the idiot holding the wrench that the torque applied was far beyond what was needed and that now would be...

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