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Derek is Taking A 1,600 Mile Journey To Trade One Of Vice Grip Garages More Popular Trucks For The Ride He Sold And Instantly Regretted It
We’ve all traded or sold a car or truck and then regretted it. Sometimes that regret is as soon as the deal is done and sometimes it takes a week or month or year to realize that you just...
Stories N’ Steel: Rick Lefever – From a small town to becoming one of the countries most sought after fabricators.
Our friend Brad King, an amazing pinstriper and letterer, is back with another Stories N’ Steel episode where he is interviewing another legend of the hot rodding world. This time it’s...
ROAD TRIP GOLD with David Freiburger and an AMAZING SURVIVOR 1961 Plymouth Belvedere
Man these cars are something. Ugly? Kinda. Weird? Absolutely. 100% Mopar? You ain’t kidding. There is something about the 1950s to mid 1960s Mopars that makes them really stand out. Styling...
The Hot Rod Hoarder Shares The HISTORY of Alabama’s Favorite Wheelstanding Farm Truck!
Only in the 1960s did a track like Baileyton Goodtime Dragstrip have an in house wheelstander. I mean it wasn’t theirs, but was regularly seen at the track and there are tons of stories about...
Taylor Gang Route 66 Road Trip: Two Hot Rods And Lots Of Los Angeles Sightseeing! Fast And Furious Included!
The Taylor Gang is back at it, with Alex, Dennis, Nick, Megan, Todd, and Kelsey hitting the road from SoCal in a couple of hot rods. Their goal is to road trip this Nova and 3rd Gen Camaro down Route...
Taylor Gang Road Trip: Let’s GO! 2,000 Miles in Two UNTESTED Hot Rods. What Could Possibly Go Wrong On Route 66?
The Taylor Gang is back at it, with Alex, Dennis, Nick, Megan, Todd, and Kelsey hitting the road from SoCal in a couple of hot rods. Their goal is to road trip this Nova and 3rd Gen Camaro down Route...
Will This 40 Year Old RV That Derek Bought SIGHT UNSEEN, RUN, DRIVE And CAMP 850 Miles Home?
Derek from Vice Grip Garage has had some pretty interesting adventures on the road behind the wheel and underneath some pretty interesting rides. He is the king of taking the gamble, but he nearly...
Where’s Larry? Exploring Late Night Car Culture in Tokyo with The Nissan Party at 7 Eleven
The Nissan Party at 7/11 kind of reminds me of our meetups at Taco Bell or Circle K back in my street racing days, but when you first hear it you certainly don’t think this is a MUST STOP place...
Capturing Car Culture With Larry Chen: The Definition of Car Culture And Everything He Discovered in Brazil. You Don’t Want To Miss This One!
Larry Chen has seen some cool stuff. He’s incredibly fortunate to have experienced car culture, events, builds, builders, manufacturers, and more all over the world. So when he goes somewhere...
ROAD TRIP GOLD! Freiburger Highlights Abandoned Places and Americana From His 1968 Ford Galaxie Road Trip!
Freiburger loves a road trip. I’ve been fortunate enough to be on several with him over the years, and he’s the king of a side trip and of just following wherever the trip takes you. He...
Scott Sullivan on Pro Street Style, Street-Driven Customs, and a Lifetime of Hot Rod Building
Scott Sullivan is one of the most iconic car builders of the 1980s and 1990s. After building what many considered to be the first Pro Street car, his 1967 Nova, and several other iconic machines...
British Touring Car Championship Legends Roundtable at Goodwood: Hear The Untold stories from the Super Touring glory years!
I know that we live in a time where it seems like we get to see every bit of racing that we want to, but the truth is that a ton of it is behind a pay wall now that means seeing all of it is...
STUBBY BOB, the LIMO TRUCK, FREIBURGER, FINNEGAN, and a Big Road Trip That Sets A Gas Mileage Record! What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
They’ve got the band back together once again, but this time Freiburger and Finnegan are getting MULTIPLE youtube hero vehicles together as both the Limo Crew Cab dually AND Stubby Bob will be...
Holley Pro Spotlight: Alan Johnson Talks About How They’ve Built 30 Years of Craftsmanship at Johnson’s Hot Rod Shop
I’ve known Alan Johnson for a while now. I’ve realized lately that whenyou get my age, in this industry, it means that you get to know people for way longer than you ever expect when you...