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Category Archive: FUNNY STUFF, TECH, Videos

These Kids Start A Datsun 260Z For The First Time After Sitting For 16 Years!

Making old cars run, particularly cars that have been sitting for years or decades, is often looked at like an impossible task. But the truth is it really depends on why the car or truck was parked...

Video: 1940 Ford Film Touts Factory Parts and Service – Talking Components!

We’re suckers for old-timey news reel style movies from car companies. This gem from Ford was made in 1940 as a device to tell people how great their factory replacement parts and service was....

Leroy And Cleetus McFarland Take Over Hoonigans LIVE In Las Vegas!

One of the 10 rings in the LSFest West circus for 2018 was the Hoonigans’ Daily Transmission LIVE show. It was strategically positioned behind Holleyworld, across from the Sideshow, and next to...

Tech Tips, Killer Stories And Absolutely Zero Filter: Take A Moment And Stop By Uncle Tony’s Garage!

I’m going to explain the actual garage like this: coming back from the Coker Tire cruise-in, I was not doing well. I had only slept four hours over two days, and because of some medical...

Classic YouTube: It’s Midnight And The Streets Are Quiet…Time To Drift The Big Rig!

I can’t lie…I’ve done more dumb things after midnight that even those who really understand me would be capable of understanding. Name it…short of jumping a car, I’ve...

Not So Short, Really Sweet, and Totally Brutal: Watch The Dirty 30 Burn Tires In Downtown Buffalo Leaving The Autorama!

Yeah, yeah, yeah, we know that burnouts leaving a car show only lead to Mustangs in crowds and all that junk but hear us out. When guys are pulling their bad ass hot rods out of a convention center...

Spin-Cycle: Hoonigan’s Caster-Kart Volvo Is Done! Would You Have The Guts To Ride In It?

It’s a known fact: Take a front-wheel-drive car, leave the powertrain intact and hack everything behind the front seats off and you technically still have a useable car. You’ll have to...

If You Have Missed Any Of The Hoonigan Caster Car Volvo Build, Check It All Out Here

The Hoonigan crew is clearly known for being a bunch of weirdos, but they are our kind of weirdos, and that makes them ultra fun to watch and hang out with. When they decided to cut the back half off...

The WTF? Files: Ever Heard Of A Mustang 300C? We Hadn’t Either…

As I celebrate the fifth anniversary of ownership of the Chrysler 300C that you know as Angry Grandpa, I found something highly disturbing on Facebook for sale courtesy of Dave Bernheimer. Dave is a...

Ever Wonder How Centerforce Makes Their I Love Centerforce Candy? Watch This!

I’m a weirdo, but you already knew that. In this case, I’m a weirdo because I am apparently one of the only people in the automotive aftermarket that doesn’t like Centerforce Candy....

Dad, Meet My Mistress: Nothing Quite Like Scaring The Wits Out Of The Old Man, Is There?

It should probably be considered a blessing that my dad didn’t get to see the laundry list of stupid things that I’ve done with vehicles over my lifetime. He saw enough in just a couple...

Blowing Off Steam: Why Cut A Volvo In Half? To Have Fun…Why Else?

Every now and then, I get to the point where I just need to blow off some steam. I’ve done it, you’ve done it, we’ve all done it. Stress relief is a healthy thing, and it never...

Unhinged: Getting A Volvo To Play Toto And What Songs I’d Have My Cars Playing

One of the more interesting videos that’s come across my desk in the last few days is this one. A fellow by the name of Chris Ng decided that his Volvo 240’s key-in chime was either too...

Challenger Versus Helicopter In A Down-And-Back Race! Place Your Bets!

During my time working with helicopters, I knew a bunch of genuinely insane pilots. I do mean “insane” in the best way possible…some were jokers that loved to screw with the ground...