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Category Archive: FUNNY STUFF, Videos

The Rodentia Hotel: Saving A 1971 Oldsmobile Cutlass, But At What Cost?

(Words: Jon Bunger) If you’re going to revive a ‘71 Cutlass with an inch of mouse turds and hantavirus in it, it’s definitely not recommended to start in Kansas in the middle of June. The...

Fun Stuff: Relive The 1992 NHRA Gatornationals With Ron Capps, JR Todd, and Lohnes – Good Times!

The 1992 NHRA Gatornationals is one of the most awesome races of all time. The top fuel field kept setting records, Kenny Bernstein went 301 mph, and the action in all the classes was hot and heavy....

Video: Funny Car Racer Jack Wyatt Built His First Drag Car Before He Was Old Enough To Drive It! Watch His Story!

Now this right here is a classic story. Jack Wyatt who has been a well known funny car racer for decades now had an awesome start in drag racing. As a mechanically inclined, scrappy, and unstoppable...

Video: A Mustang, A Firebird, and An RV Walk Into A Tuff Truck Competition And All Race!

Ok, well they did not walk into the SAME Tuff Truck competition but the all did race and the videos below are total proof of that face. You are going to see a Fox-body Mustang get hammered so hard it...

Just When You Think There Isn’t Anything That Hasn’t Been LS Swapped, These Guys LS Swap A Jet Ski. Yes, Yes, Yes!

Jet Ski, personal watercraft, whatever you want to call them they are a riot to go scooting across the water on and they tend to put a smile on anyone’s face who’s ever sat on one. Over...

12 Seconds To Dumb Ass: Watch This Mustang Spray His Friend’s Truck With Rocks and Blow The Windows Out

While it has been a while since a Mustang plowed into a crowd of people while leaving a car show, the cars that people should fear healthily have not been minding their own business. Take for example...

21 Horsepower Couch! Yep, You Know You Are Cool When Your Couch Is Rated In Horsepower!

I don’t know if it is cooler that this guy built a 21 horsepower couch, complete with a diff out of a garden tractor, or that he TIG welds the damn thing together! To be fair, this is not a...

Finnegan’s Body Dropped And LT Swapped C10 Is Back. It’s Broke, But It’s Back. And It’s Being Fixed.

Sometimes I think Finnegan has been hanging out with Freiburger for too long, because he could tear up a crowbar. Hell, his C10 hasn’t even been driven yet and he’s already breaking...

Finnegan And Newbern Spray Nitrous Through A LUV Truck For MINUTES, Melting The Exhaust, And The Tires!

Oh it’s on! I’m a huge fan of nitrous, and have been using it for years, but you usually spray it for 10 seconds or less. Sure, you might spray it for over a minute on the long course at...

Ride Of A Lifetime: Check Out The Passenger Reactions In An 1,100hp BMW Built For Pikes Peak At COTA

We’d have to guess that race car drivers kind of love giving ride along experiences to people. The ability to run your car at 75% and not wear out the machine or your skills while basically...

Awesome Project Video: Check Out The Teardown And Start Of A Honda Trail 70 Restoration!

If there’s one thing we know it’s that there are certain vehicles on two wheels or four that everyone wants or wants back. The awesome little Honda Trail 70 is one of them. Sold by the...

Freedom Factory Construction Update: Light Poles, Speaker Systems, and The Thrash To Fix The Facility Continues

We have been following along with Cleetus McFarland and his quest to restore the former DeSoto Speedway (now the Freedom Factory) back to operational health. He has had some pay per view events and...

Ridiculous Fun: This Awesome Collection Of Bizarre Chevy Comparison Tests From The 1960s Is Genius

We have bemoaned the fact that car companies so infrequently do anything cool with their competition anymore it is sad. Take this incredible collection of Chevrolet “comparison tests”...

Gettin’ Weird: This Video Profile Of Five Odd and Bizarre 1990s Supercars Is Awesome – Remember Any Of Them?

It is funny how time and age change your perspective on things. As a magazine devouring teenager in the 1990s I saw all kinds of seemingly amazing supercars teased month after month. There was always...