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Category Archive: LAND SPEED RACES, OTHER, Project Cars

The Most Amazing Automotive Metal Working Project In America Is The Recreation Of An Ill-Fated 1939 Porsche Racer In A Old North Carolina VFW Hall

There are few things that impress us more than metal craftsmanship and we have never seen, nor will we probably ever see again (in person) the level of artistry and incredible talent that we saw this...

Straight Axles, Ladder Bars, Blowers & Chrome: Photos From The SoCal Gasser Tribute

We’ve all known that gassers have been around drag racing since the beginning and they were mostly raced on gas, blown or injected or some with a tunnel ram and carbs, but the idea of a gasser...

The Worst Email I Got Last Week: No, I Am Not Interested In A Chinese Segway Rip Off – I Can Fall Down On My Own

There’s few things more aggravating than being ripped off. Every once in a while it happens to us here where we’ll have a cool story and then it’ll be copy and pasted to someone...

This Video To Introduce The 2015 Indian Scout Motorcycle Calls Back On The Company’s History And Focuses Around The Wall Of Death

The Indian Motorcycle company’s legend was built between the years of 1901 and 1953 when the first iteration of the company built some of the most romanticized and (now) valuable motorcycles...

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RideTech Releases New HQ CoilOver System For 5th Generation Camaros – Bolt On And GO!

RideTech has introduced its latest new product and it is good news for all of you 5th generation Camaro owners out there who are looking for a bolt on suspension package that will take your capable...

Ebay Find: A Turbine-Powered T-Bucket-Insanity Taken To A New Level, And Yes, It’s For Sale!

It takes quite a bit for us to stop what we’re doing and just stare at a picture of a car, more so when the car is a Ford T-bucket. This one did it. A Ford T-bucket powered by a Boeing 502...

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Autocross Video: Ride Along In A Fast And Fantastic International Scout II Corner Burner!

When we saw the title to a video that suggested an International Scout II was on the autocross course we had to click it. Why? Mainly because the video was either going to show us a vehicle totally...

Cars And Coffee In Bowling Green Kentucky: Yawn, Stretch, And Wake The Neighbors As You Go To Breakfast And A Car Show

I love the premise behind a Cars and Coffee get together: Wake up, drive your hot ride to a parking lot adjacent to a great breakfast location and spend the morning hanging out with a variety of gear...

Rough Start: Heading To Guam, Sailor? I’ve Got Just The Car For You

Picking this Rough Start’s location was literally throwing a dart at the map. Guam is an island in Micronesia and has a sizable contingency of U.S. military personnel stationed there at any...

This Rabid FWD V8-powered Ford Festiva Is Severely Violent And Totally BangShift Approved!

How much head scratching did you do when you read that headline? We did plenty ourselves. When we searched “World’s Fastest Festiva” we expected to get a Shogun, the Festiva with a...

Question Of The Day: Which One Of These Dare-To-Be-Different Limos Works And Which One Will Kill Your Chances At Prom?

Limousines. Purpose-built stretched cars that are meant to ferry people around in comfort and exuberant style. In some regards, they’re cool, and in others, they make no sense at all. There are...

Edelbrock Releases New Performer RPM CNC Heads For Pontiac 455 Engines

The mighty Pontiac 455 has long been a favorite plant of muscle car fans, drag racers, and guys who simply love ground pounding torque in spades. The engines have a devout following and even those...

Unhinged: McTaggart Decides To Investigate Lawn Mower Demolition Derby

I’m sitting at the computer, near midnight, digesting fair food (read: funnel cake, overly sweet tea and deep-fried Snickers…don’t you judge me!) and I’m trying to make sense...

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Buick, Olds, Pontiac, Cadillac Fans Rejoice! American Powertrain Launches New, Beefy, Factory Spec Bellhousing For Your Engine Family

A while back, Matt Graves of American Powertrain told Chad and I that there were working on some “cool stuff” but at the time he was not at liberty to expound on exactly what that stuff...