Category Archive: Car Features, CAR FEATURES, FORD, FORD, JUNKYARDS, Project Cars, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos
Abandoned For 30+ years: Iron Trap Garage Saves A Barn Find 1939 Ford Convertible
Nov 11, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Abandoned For 30+ years: Iron Trap Garage Saves A Barn Find 1939 Ford Convertible
The Iron Trap boy always seem to find the coolest stuff, and with good reason. I mean their gig is finding amazing original parts and then liberating them so that other people can use them to make...
Ford Fest 2023 Car Feature, Errr Plane Feature: The Sky’s the Limit for Speedycop’s Plane Car Shenanigans. A Racecar Build From A Plane… Is Weird But Cool.
Nov 11, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Ford Fest 2023 Car Feature, Errr Plane Feature: The Sky’s the Limit for Speedycop’s Plane Car Shenanigans. A Racecar Build From A Plane… Is Weird But Cool.
You see a lot of fun, creative, and sometimes weird vehicles at Holley’s Fest events. Whether it is LS Fest, Moparty, or Ford Fest there are always odd swaps and such that are specifically...
Will It Run: Barn Find 1963 Pontiac Grand Prix Muscle Car! Mortske Gives It A New Life After Being Abandoned for 34 Years!
Nov 08, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Will It Run: Barn Find 1963 Pontiac Grand Prix Muscle Car! Mortske Gives It A New Life After Being Abandoned for 34 Years!
Mortske is back at it, but this time he and Duff have found a Pontiac that has been sitting stagnant for the past three decades. Last driven in 1989, this 1963 Pontiac Grand Prix is in better shape...
Hot Rod Hoarder Feature: HIDDEN HISTORY – A Legit COPO with Drag Racing Roots. The Ultimate 1969 Camaro?
Nov 06, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Hot Rod Hoarder Feature: HIDDEN HISTORY – A Legit COPO with Drag Racing Roots. The Ultimate 1969 Camaro?
In 1969 the COPO 9560 and 9561 were the ultimate Camaros. Equipped from the factory with the 427 big block, with either iron or aluminum heads, and could be had with almost no other options. That way...
This 8,000 RPM 302 Maverick Grabber Is An NHRA Super Stock National Record Holder. Plus It’s Just Plain Rad!
Nov 01, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on This 8,000 RPM 302 Maverick Grabber Is An NHRA Super Stock National Record Holder. Plus It’s Just Plain Rad!
When you take a Maverick and shove a small block in it and then send it down the dragstrip with the front wheels in the air, it is always a good time. Tell me I’m wrong. But while I dig a...
1320Video Feature: This Volkswagen Bus is Faster than 99% of Cars on the Streets! Imagine What It Must Be Like Riding Up Front In This Thing!
Oct 29, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on 1320Video Feature: This Volkswagen Bus is Faster than 99% of Cars on the Streets! Imagine What It Must Be Like Riding Up Front In This Thing!
Sometimes we forget that drag racing goes on all over the world, and that folks are ate up with it just as much as we are around here in some of those places. One such place is in the UK where Santa...
A Coyote Swapped VW Bus? Yeah, It’s Everything You Would Hope It Was And More! Check Out This Awesome Feature Video
Oct 28, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on A Coyote Swapped VW Bus? Yeah, It’s Everything You Would Hope It Was And More! Check Out This Awesome Feature Video
When John Henns, a lifelong VW guy, decided he wanted to build another VW Bus, he decided he wanted to do it differently. And he certainly accomplished that one! This thing is awesome, not only...
Is the COPO 632 the GREATEST Factory Drag Car Ever Built? With All The Amazing Cars To Come Out Of The Big Three Can This Be THE One?
Oct 25, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Is the COPO 632 the GREATEST Factory Drag Car Ever Built? With All The Amazing Cars To Come Out Of The Big Three Can This Be THE One?
I sometimes get crap from fellow enthusiasts for saying that newer muscle cars are “better” than older muscle cars. It’s funny, since most of the people that argue with me on this...
Unrestored Boss 302 & V8 Torino “3-On-The-Tree” Manual Found at Sarasota Cars & Coffee 941!
Oct 19, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Unrestored Boss 302 & V8 Torino “3-On-The-Tree” Manual Found at Sarasota Cars & Coffee 941!
It might surprise some of you that I actually had a poster hanging in my room as a young teenager that featured nothing but 1969 and 1970 Mustangs. Boss 302, Mach 1, and Boss 428 cars actually. I had...
Now This Is A Rare Race Car! The HOLY GRAIL – 1963 Dodge 330 Max Wedge “Lightweight” With A Great Story
Oct 18, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Now This Is A Rare Race Car! The HOLY GRAIL – 1963 Dodge 330 Max Wedge “Lightweight” With A Great Story
Factory race cars are some of the coolest cars on the planet, and this one here is so unique as to be a unicorn. Or a Holy Grail as Tommy Lee Byrd calls it. There is some seriously cool history here...
What Are The Differences Between A 1939 & 1940 Mercury Coupe? The IronTrap Crew Will Make You An Expert!
Oct 18, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on What Are The Differences Between A 1939 & 1940 Mercury Coupe? The IronTrap Crew Will Make You An Expert!
I’m not an early Ford guy in the grand scheme of things, but I know enough to be dangerous. With that said, I’ve always had trouble telling the difference between 1939 and 1940 Fords...
Hot Rod Hoarder’s 1973 Nova Grandma 4 Door Project: Will It RUN and DRIVE After 32 Years Parked?
Oct 16, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Hot Rod Hoarder’s 1973 Nova Grandma 4 Door Project: Will It RUN and DRIVE After 32 Years Parked?
Tommy Lee Byrd is back at it, with more from his Hot Rod Hoarder YouTube channel and this time is a pretty cool one. Tommy is sort of known for resurrecting “wrong year” Nova’s and...
This 1968 Camaro Is ALL WHEEL DRIVE! Oh And The Insanity Doesn’t Stop There Because It Has A Twin-Turbo Small Block That Makes 2,000 Horsepower Under The Hood!
Sep 26, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on This 1968 Camaro Is ALL WHEEL DRIVE! Oh And The Insanity Doesn’t Stop There Because It Has A Twin-Turbo Small Block That Makes 2,000 Horsepower Under The Hood!
Let’s face it, there are a lot of cool all wheel drive cars out there, and some conversions that folks have done over the years as well, but a first gen Camaro is one of the least likely...
The Inaugural Grand National Truck Show With Epic Haulers! We’ve Got The Photos!
Sep 18, 2023Darr HawthorneComments Off on The Inaugural Grand National Truck Show With Epic Haulers! We’ve Got The Photos!
(Photos by Darr Hawthorne) • The inaugural O’Reilly Auto Parts Grand National Truck Show took place at the Fairplex in Pomona on September 16-17. It featured over 400 trucks, vans, and SUVs of...





