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The Dirty Cougar: The Moment Of Truth – Would The $400 Mercury Survive King of the Heap?
If you missed the last update on the Dirty Cougar project, click here to check it out! So let’s recap on the progress we’ve made with the 1987 Mercury Cougar LS that has become a...
Project Binky Is Back! The Creature Comforts Continue. Ultra Trick Speaker And Stereo Mounting Solutions.
When you have a car that is actually called a Mini, it should come as no surprise when normal stuff just doesn’t fit. It doesn’t help matters when you start moving factory stuff around in...
Built To Run: The Breakdown Of Big Red, The Monster 1969 Chevrolet Camaro
It is difficult to believe that this is the same car that burned during testing in 2016 at Buttonwillow Raceway. That this is the same car that was in Fast in Furious, being driven by the most...
Kill It Like You Mean It: Rallycrossing A Beater LTD Until It Blows Up!
Come this Saturday, the Dirty Cougar will face down NCM Motorsports Park for Round 3 of this season’s King of the Heap series. I’ve had fun bringing the forlorn Mercury up to snuff, and...
Morning Symphony: Audi Quattro Rally Car Vs. NASCAR In The Snow Of The Austrian Alps!
For the first time since 1974, the ice races at Zell am See in the Austrian Alps have been run. The GP Ice Race 2019 event drew some of the world’s most iconic cars, both street and racing...
This 1941 Short Video Featuring Ice Racing In New Hampshire Is Awesome – Neat Old Hot Rods!
Often times when we talk about “the way things were” it is with knowledge gained by reading things or seeing photos from a bygone era. Looking back at race cars and hot rods from the pre...
Papadakis Racing Shows How A NASCAR Spec G-Force Trans Goes Together
It is not unusual for different types of race vehicles to share components with race cars and trucks from completely different series. Such is the case with drift cars, which often share components...
The Mongrel Gets More Mini Tub Action – Hammer, Dolly, And Welder
Sometimes we look at a task on our car builds and moan about not having the right fancy tool for the job. This usually happens when we are also moaning and groaning because we’ve gotten to one...
WRC Rallye Monte-Carlo 2019 Shakedown Testing: Blowing Out The Cobwebs!
The holiday season is long past, and winter be damned, it’s time to get back into the swing of racing. Every form of motorsport is spooling up for the 2019 season and World Rally Championship...
AMC Power! Watch This Worked AMC Small Block Make 400+ Horsepower With Factory Stuff
We’re a little confused about the intentions of this engine but not confused at all about how much we like it! This is a 357ci AMC V8 on the dyno being run in and tested out for what the title...
This 1970s Formula Vee Promotional Film Is Brilliant – The Class Continues Strong Today!
There are certain things that happen in racing which are so well designed and so well thought out that the make as much sense as 1+1=2. One of those things is Formula Vee. The open wheel racing class...
Morning Symphony: A Coyote-Powered 1987 Cougar Ripping Around Sears Point
(Photo: DW Burnett via Drunken Squirrel Racing) Color me shocked: very few people bother with 1987-88 Mercury Cougars as a fun vehicle. I can find a few builds from old CarDomain pages, and there is...
They Actually Listened: Porsche’s 718 Cayman GT-4 Clubsport R-GT Will Go Rally Racing In 2020!
Last year, Porsche teased a rally-bred machine based on the Cayman at the ADAC Rallye Deutchland event. The car ran a couple of stages, mostly for show, and we hoped that Porsche was testing the...
Master Hands: This 1930s Film Shot On Chevrolet Assembly Lines Is Jaw Dropping – Beautiful and Stark Footage
So what did it really look like to work in an auto plant 80 years ago? This is among the most incredible looks at that whole scene. This 1930s film shot on Chevrolet assembly lines is called...