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Category Archive: Car Features, ENGINE, MOPAR, MOPAR, Project Cars, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos

Can Dylan McCool Fix A FORGOTTEN Barracuda After 27 Years So His Dad Can Have A Birthday Roadtrip?

We’re about to find out, cause it has to make it more than 650 miles home after sitting for nearly 30 years. What could possibly go wrong? Sounds like the perfect father son birthday road trip...

Dave Chappelle’s Off-Road Games Jeep Project: Competing In The Cheapest Jeep On Marketplace At The Matt’s Off-Road Games!

He’s been cutting, hacking, and building on this thing in preparation for the Matt’s Off-Road Recovery games, and now here he is! It’s going to be epic, or an epic fail, but...

WILL IT RUN? Dylan McCool’s Mystery Auction Racecar Got A NEW ENGINE, But Is That Enough?

Whenever you buy something at auction that either isn’t currently running, or you didn’t get to test and preview, it’s always a stressful moment when you try to start it up for the...

Sounds Like Roadkill! Freiburger Overpaid, EVERYTHING Needed Fixing On This Jeep Cherokee And The Road Trip Did NOT Go As Planned!

It’s not like Freiburger hasn’t been down this road before, but he really seemed to think this Jeep was going to be a fun and simple project to get on the road for some adventures....

Derek Took This ABANDONED Barracuda And Officially Revived It After 23 YEARS Of Neglect.

Derek is back at it, saving a long forgotten or abandoned ride again and this one is an interesting and cool project. This time he’s saving an old Plymouth Barracuda. Not a ‘Cuda, a...

The Charger, Part 11: Preparing The Nest For The New Arrival

It has been eight months since I last wrote about the ’76 Charger, and last time, the news wasn’t that great. After two stops on Power Tour 2024, the 360 in the car, the original block to...

Freiburger’s RESTO RESCUE Part 2: His ’72 Road Runner Looked Good, But Now It Should Run And Drive Too. Or Will It? Ugh…

Freiburger has owned some cool cars during his magazine and tv career, but not all of them are pretty. This Road Runner here is the exception because it is in fact pretty. Unfortunately that beauty...

Freiburger’s RESTO RESCUE: This ’72 Road Runner Looked Good, But Was Falling Apart. How Much Will It Take To Make It Good?

Freiburger has owned some cool cars during his magazine and tv career, but not all of them are pretty. This Road Runner here is the exception because it is in fact pretty. Unfortunately that beauty...

David At Willomet Motor And Fab Is Hanging ALL The Steel AND Carbon Body Panels On This Bad Ass 1970 Charger Project

David’s 1970 Charger is something special. At first glance you might think it’s just another Mopar pro-touring build, but there is a lot more to it than that. Not only because he’s...

1966 Crown Imperial Abandoned for 21 Years! Mopar Big Block! Will It Run?!? Demo Derby Greatness!

When I was a kid, I loved going to the Demolition Derby every year at San Jose Speedway. We had family friends who used to compete, and as I grew up I was intrigued by all the modifications that demo...

Derek FINISHED Restoring this Dodge Polara After Being PARKED 32 YEARS! Mopar Project Greatness Right Here.

Derek is known for making old junk run, but he’s not stranger to building something nice either, and this cool Dodge Polara is one of those nice projects. When a project has been sitting for a...

The Custom Bed On The Two Front Jeep Project Is Almost Done – Part 3: Will The Rest Of The Jeep Be Done For Unreal Adventure?

Dave has gotten most of the Jeep rebuilt, converted, and maintained so that he can get it to the 2024 Unreal Adventure, and the bed is coming along nicely. But will it all be done in time for him to...

Dylan McCool’s Forgotten Dart V8 Four Speed Goes Drag Racing! Will It Survive? Probably Not, But It Sure Will Be Fun!

Okay, that’s not fair, because in all reality I am not sure that I’ve seen Dylan at one of the events in Bowling Green where he hurt something bad enough to not survive the weekend. I...

Dirthead Dave Is Cutting The Front Off A Jeep! Well, One Of The Fronts Anyway – Famous Jeep Revival For The Unreal Adventure, Part 1.

If you have been a follower of 4-Wheel & Off-Road Magazine for a jillion years, then you probably remember a lot of their project builds over the years like I do. But one of their more famous...