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Custom Gasser Feature Video: Check Out This INCREDIBLE ’55 Chevy Survivor with 65 YEARS of Family History
We love old race cars around here, not only because they are just plain cool, but also because I grew up with them. The car in this video is older than the ones I grew up with, but the same family...
Gasser Feature Video: Straight Axle Lift-Off! Take A Look At This 800+ HP ’55 Chevy Gasser!
I remember the first time I drove a gasser. It was awesome. I was working at Spectre Performance, and we had been asked to help with tuning this awesome 1955 Chevrolet gasser that had been converted...
Hot Rod Hoarder Video: OLD SCHOOL Chevy Treasure From The Bowtie Nationals in Bowling Green, Plus Fun Drag Racing Action Video Too!
Tommy Lee Byrd is back at it with more cool video. This one is the relatively new Bowtie Nationals at Bowling Green Kentucky’s Beech Bend Raceway Park and boy was it good. Tommy got some of his...
This Twin Turbo Drag And Drive Torana Hits The Track For The FIRST Time, After Debuting At The PRI Show
This Holden Torana turned a lot of heads at the PRI Show in Indy last year, but not just because it’s an Australian car most folks don’t often see. I bet half of the folks didn’t...
Long Lost Barn Find Drag Car: The “Macho 1” 1970 Mustang Mach 1 Drag Racer 428 Cobra Jet Lives After Years In A Wrecking Yard!
“Barn finds” are the best. Whether they are actually garage finds, barn finds, woods finds, or whatever, they are the automotive equivalent of finding money in the pocket of your pants...
FuelTech USA Hub Dyno Video Featuring Chris Rini Racing: This Pro 632, Jerry Bickel Built 1969 Camaro, Makes Real Power On The Hub Dyno
The FuelTech hub dyno is getting put through its paces each and every week, but sometimes there is something really special that gets bolted up to it. The video below shows the Chris Rini Racing 1969...
Car Feature Video: This NASTY 900HP Rat Rod With A MASSIVE BLOWER Does Insane Street Burnouts!
There is always something cool about seeing a hot rod going down the road that just makes no logical sense as a street car. I know that this thing isn’t something you’d probably commute...
Rare and Strange Street Freaks Video: Gassers of the East, Featuring Some Insane, Cool, And Wild Rides We Love!
When I hear the term Street Freak, I think of the 1970’s gasser style rides that came out of Southern California’s Van Nuys Blvd cruising scene. These cars were, in some ways, inspired by...
Freiburger Shares The Story Behind Hot Rods Cheap Thrills Dart: HOW RATTY MUSCLE CARS WENT MAINSTREAM!
I remember when the Cheap Thrills Dart story came out in Hot Rod Magazine. I remember reading that article in my living room and being pissed off by the fact that Freiburger used hose clamps instead...
Hot Rod Hoarder Feature: This REAL DEAL Z/28 Drag Car That Parked Outside for Decades And Is Now FOR SALE!
Tommy Lee Byrd has found another one! I can’t believe some of the stuff he finds sitting around in yards, barns, fields, and tree lines, but he does it over and over again. I love it, because...
Dyno Video: This Turbocharged 292 Inline-6 Powered 1936 Chevy Pickup Gets Dyno Tested And Makes 1320 Horsepower!
This truck is so awesome! Not only because it is a super cool looking 1936 Chevrolet pickup, but because this bad boy is powered by a 292 cubic inch inline-6 with a big turbo on it. How cool is that?...
Is Finnegan’s New Trailer The BEST Drag And Drive Trailer EVER Built?! A Few Stand Out, And This One Might Be At The Top Of That List
Drag and Drive trailers range from the sublime to the ridiculous and everything in between. I’ve built big ones, small ones, and medium sized ones, but at each drag and drive event you see more...
Trying Again To Get That 7 Second Time Slip With A 5.3! Will Dave Get That Monkey Off His Back? Or Is Another 8.0 In The Cards?
Can a Fox Body Mustang street car, with a 5.3, run 7’s in the quarter? Dave has been chipping away at it and with a couple of 8.0s in his pocket he’s trying to crack the 7 second barrier...
