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Category Archive: MOPAR, RACING & ACTION, Videos

This 1977 Cordoba’s Burnout Is Sweet Music To Our Ears And A Sight To Behold

Ok, maybe it is nothing more than sweet music to my ears, but whatever. This 1977 Chrysler Cordoba’s burnout at last year’s Mopar Nats is a stout shot at burning the rears off by a car...

Roadkill! After Off-Roading A Lowrider Monte Carlo, Freiburger and Finnegan’s Chiropractors Become Rich!

Of all of the cars one would have expected Roadkill to feature, a pea-green 1980 Chevrolet Monte Carlo lowrider didn’t make the list. Finnegan doesn’t really bring his mini-truck past...

Tom Hoover, Ramchargers Member and Chrysler Engineer, Has Passed On

(Lead Photo: Hemmings) We’re saddened to report that Tom Hoover, one of the original members of the Ramchargers racing team that turned Chrysler’s engine programs on it’s ear and...

Another Bone-Stock 10-Second Car Has Appeared: Corvette ZO6 – [email protected]!

You can hate late-model stuff all you want. You can bemoan the computers, claim that the soul is gone, go on about the political issues behind the company to your heart’s content. But if you...

This Dubai-Based Ford Pre-runner Is Built To Take On The Empty Quarter’s Dunes All Day Long

Rub’ al Khali, “The Empty Quarter”, is the vast sandy desert that borders Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates. It’s 620 miles long by 310 miles wide, has...

Motor Trend Does Their Take On The Newest Big Rivalry In The Automotive Arena: Hellcat Versus Tesla

Ever since the owner of the green Challenger Hellcat saw Tesla taillights at a dragstrip, the comparisons have been flying between Elon Musk’s four-door electrolux sedan with it’s twin...

These Guys Wring Out A Ford Transit At The Nurburgring – 4200lb. Cargo Van On An All-Out Lap!

As we’ve learned, pretty much anything that’s road-legal in Germany can bolt around the Nurburgring Nordschliefe track provided the fee is paid. It’s easily the automotive...

Ignition Tests Out The Cadillac ATS-V At COTA: A 464HP V6, Manual Trans And A Coupe, This Is The Best Camaro Teaser Yet

Yes, it’s a new car road test. The Cadillac ATS-V is one of the more interesting new cars to come bolting out of the manufacturers recently, mainly because whether they intended to or not,...

Anybody Want A Kit-Car Lamborghini Murciélago Based Off Of A 1995 Chevy Camaro?

Unless you have a high-quality do-it-yourself vehicle like a Factory Five, attaching the phrase “kit car” suddenly adds a dirty reputation to your vehicle. It doesn’t matter how...

On The Plus Side, It’s A Mostly Complete 1941 Ford With A Flathead V8. On The Other Side, There Are Clowns…

Older iron that is together and rolling is hard to come by in any useable form, so whenever we see a reasonably-priced car come up for sale, normally we wouldn’t hesitate to show it off....

Check Out This Old Footage Of A 427-Powered Galaxie Hanging It Out At Ascot Park

Today is 4/27, a number which resonates with the Ford and Chevy camps nicely. Ford’s 427 engines, a member of the FE family, is a bit of a misnomer…the displacement is actually...

Classic Footage: Testing The 1969 Dodge Charger 500 Hemi

With the Aero Wars kicking off, Dodge was quick to get their Charger up to chasing after Ford’s Torino Talladega and Mercury’s Cyclone Spoiler on the NASCAR banks. First up was the...

Project Angry Grandpa: We Put Grandpa On The Lie Detector (For A Baseline Run)

When the opportunity to take cheap dyno runs presents itself, you take it, and that’s exactly what landed in our lap as we were in Somerset, Kentucky covering the first of this year’s...

What Happens When You Cross An Audi RS4 With A Ford Probe? These Guys Are Finding Out

The Ford Probe existed because Ford put a ton of money towards adapting a front-wheel-drive Mazda platform and didn’t want to completely throw away the investment after they learned that the...