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More Fun On 4/16: Yes The Mopar Small Block Contingent Has Their Own Version!
More bore, more stroke, more power, more fun! That’s the logic that hot rodders have used since the dawn of the hobby and while the 416ci LS engine is the dominant modern displacement of this...
Americana Video: Watching Coke Delivery Men Work In Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin During The 1940s – Just Wow
Want to talk about a window into a world that no longer exists?! This is some really spectacular footage that seems to have been made by a local Coca-Cola bottler/distributor a long, long time ago....
Having A Bad Day? This Compilation Of 1980s Drag Racing Wreckage And Calamity Will Set You Right
Now here’s the cure for the common bad day. Every moment of this video below is filled with someone who was having a worse day than you about 30 years ago. From Mike Dunn wrecking the Hawaiian...
Retro Road Test: Check Out MotorWeek’s Look At The 1990 BMW M5 – No V8 Here!
Listen, I am a simple guy to please. I like large cars that can handle and make great horsepower. There are more of them available now than there ever has been but back in 1990, the idea of a larger...
Influence and Impact – Pro-Touring Muscle Car History, The Rise Of Autocross Events, The Tri-Tip Camaro, And More!
The Pro-Touring movement has been a major influence on parts development, events and the hot rodding community at large over the past couple of decades, but it all started with someone who thought a...
1985 Shelby Charger Review: Turbos Fixed Everything, Even 38 Years Ago
After Chrysler escaped the clutches of bankruptcy in the early 1980s and started to actually make some money, the company finale decided to build some performance cars. Hooking up with Carroll...
Drag Strip Time Machine: This Footage From Pomona In 1962 Is Absolutely Amazing
There’s understanding classic drag racing history and then there is SEEING classic drag racing footage. In the terms of this video we get to watch, almost like a fly on the wall, a drag racing...
The Engine Builder Hall of Fame Class of 2024 – The Old Master, Ed Pink. Iconic Horsepower In Arguably More Race Car Types Than Anyone.
The name Ed Pink is synonymous with horsepower, and in all kinds of racing series. Clearly his name is well known in the drag racing world, and has been for decades, but did you know that he also...
The Perfect 1960s GASSER Comes out of Hibernation! This Straight Axle HENRY J Gasser Is Hot Rod Hoarder Greatness!
Gassers are awesome, and Henry J’s are something special, which means this legit Old School Henry J Gasser is going to be greatness when it gets back on the road. And that is exactly the plan...
Drag Strip Time Machine Video: A Day At Great Lakes Dragaway Circa 1977 – Top Fuel, Pro Stock, More!
There are few tracks in the world of drag racing that have the history, the feel, and the outright awesomeness of Great Lakes Dragway in Union Grove, Wisconsin. Sure the place may be a little rough...
Steam Video: Watch Three Ancient and Massive Steam Tractors Drag A Multi-Bottom Plow In North Carolina
They are the iron giants that transformed farming over a rather short periods more than 100 years ago. The massive steam tractors that first showed up on large American farms were cantankerous, slow,...
Your Wildest Dreams: This 1978 Sales Video Is Pitching The Incredible Vince Granatelli Turbine Powered Corvette
This is AWESOME. In the 1970s Vince Granatelli dreamed up and worked with a load of people to create one of the most wild street going cars ever and certainly the most insane thing on the road in the...
This Color Video From Seattle International Raceway In The Early 1970s Is Spectacular – Funny Cars!
Seattle International Raceway has been an important part of the Northwestern Drag Racing scene for a long, loooong time. The NHRA has run their Northwest Nationals at the facility for decades and...
