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This Old Hot Rod Traditional Style Drag Car Project Part 6: The Vintage Dragster Gets Front Hubs, Engine, Trans, And Seat Placement!
Nov 27, 2024Chad Reynolds0
This cool vintage dragster project is going to be something fun, that’s for sure. As simple as it is, there are a lot of steps to making it right and lucky for us we get to see each and every...
This Old Hot Rod Traditional Style Drag Car Project Part 5: Narrowing A 9 Inch For The Vintage Dragster Rear And Installing Front Suspension
Nov 24, 2024Chad Reynolds0
The Race of Gentleman has spurred a bunch of renewed excitement for traditional hot rod drags both on the dirt and sand, as well as on the dragstrip. They didn’t invent these events, but they have...
The Hot Rod Hoarder Featuring The DIXIE TWISTER And Other Cool Stuff at the Buford Auto Summit
Nov 22, 2024Chad Reynolds0
The Buford Auto Summit is one cool event, and in the video below our friend Tommy Lee Byrd, aka the Hot Rod Hoarder, shows us all the cool stuff, and puts together a feature on the Dixie Twister...
Newbern Bought An Old Jr. Dragster For His Kid, It Needs And Engine And The Brakes Are Junk. So He’s Putting An Engine In It!
Apr 01, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Newbern Bought An Old Jr. Dragster For His Kid, It Needs And Engine And The Brakes Are Junk. So He’s Putting An Engine In It!
Yep, Newbern is making sure his kid Luke is ready for the racing life and that meant grabbing a Jr. Dragster that came available for cheap. The engine on it was junk, so he’s making other...
Cory Lee, Tyler Hester And Lyle Greenberg Take Top Nitro Spots At Rain Soaked Good Vibrations March Meet!
Mar 08, 2024Darr HawthorneComments Off on Cory Lee, Tyler Hester And Lyle Greenberg Take Top Nitro Spots At Rain Soaked Good Vibrations March Meet!
(Photos by Kim Fuller & Darr Hawthorne) • Winning a legendary event like the Good Vibrations March Meet is a significant accomplishment in the world of drag racing. Cory Lee’s victory,...
The March Meet • Day One Is Testing For Fuel Cars
Mar 01, 2024Darr HawthorneComments Off on The March Meet • Day One Is Testing For Fuel Cars
(Photos by Darr Hawthorne) • The new NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Series has begun with the fifty-plus Top Fuelers, Nitro Funny Cars and Fuel Altereds spending Thursday afternoon adjusting new cars, new...
Watch This Bitchin Front Engine Dragster Start Up On Methanol And Then Switch Over To Nitro! With Real Weedburner Headers!
Aug 22, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Watch This Bitchin Front Engine Dragster Start Up On Methanol And Then Switch Over To Nitro! With Real Weedburner Headers!
When we used to cover the National Hot Rod Reunion, and the larger California Hot Rod Reunion, the Cacklefest was as popular as the racing was. With dozens of bitchin Nostalgia Dragsters and Altereds...
HOT ROD HOARDERS ALTERED ROADSTER – Easy Drag Car Project or Death Trap?
May 20, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on HOT ROD HOARDERS ALTERED ROADSTER – Easy Drag Car Project or Death Trap?
It’s hard to beat the cool old stuff that Tommy Lee Byrd finds in his car hunting adventures, especially when you are talking about old drag cars. He’s got some killer stuff in the family...
LEROY 2.0’s NEW BEST PASS! You’re Not Going To Believe This!
Jan 22, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on LEROY 2.0’s NEW BEST PASS! You’re Not Going To Believe This!
If you live under a rock and don’t pay attention to the many rides of Cleetus, then you might not know that his famed Vette Kart Leroy has had some serious upgrades recently. Replacing the...
Leroy Breaks His Record AGAIN!!!!! QUEST FOR 6’S HAS BEGUN… Cleetus Pushing It!
Nov 30, 2022Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Leroy Breaks His Record AGAIN!!!!! QUEST FOR 6’S HAS BEGUN… Cleetus Pushing It!
Leroy, the twin-turbo Vette cart that was built by Cleetus McFarland, is a quick and fast hot rod. It’s been in the 7’s using an H-pattern shifted manual transmission, has the looks of a...
BB/Altered Drag Car FOUND – Scrap Yard Rescue & FULL Documentary
Feb 05, 2022Chad Reynolds2
If you like seeing old race cars get found, saved, and relished, then this is going to be a video for you! My words can’t beat those of Tommy who lived this whole experience, so read the story...
Historical Video: Check Out This Complete History Of Jack Chrisman’s Comet, The Very First Funny Car!
Aug 31, 2021Chad Reynolds6
And hear it run on Nitro! But is this really the very first Funny Car ever built? Well that is a debate we are not going to stop with this blog item or this video. The question as to who built the...
The Time Traveler Comp Coupe Is Nostalgia Drag Racing Greatness And We Want One!
Aug 21, 2021Chad Reynolds2
Comp Coupes, essentially a chopped, channeled, and sections coupe body that is put over the rear of a front-engine dragster, have been around forever and they are some of the coolest looking rides...
Would You Drive A Lakester That You Needed A Mirror Periscope To See Out Of? Photos and more –
Oct 07, 2020Brian Lohnes6
The Ravenna Garage D/Fuel Lakester is one intetesting piece of salt racing machinery. The shape is a tight tube style design and we were really blow away when we got up close with the rig as it sat...