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Category Archive: JUNKYARDS, MISC, ROAD TRIPS, Videos

Discovering ABANDONED JUNKYARDS and GHOST TOWNS! New Mexico Road Trip Adventure

I’ve been down many of the stretches of highways and biways that Freiburger is covering in this video, but like him had never been down some of these backroads. I’m jealous, because there...

World Rally Championship History Made: Hyundai’s Fastest Ever Engine SWAP Will Go Down In History

Ultra fast engine swaps are sort of my jam, and this one from Hyundai is something really special. We’re not talking about a competitor at LSFest’s Engine Swap Challenge, but rather a...

He has a DREAM SHOP in his BASEMENT! 1320 Video Takes Us Through Mike Finnegan’s CRAZY Garages And Car Collection!

Whether you are a Roadkill fan, a Finnegan’s Garage fan, a Faster with Finnegan fan, or just a fan of Mini Truckin’ and Hot Rod Magazines back in the day, everyone seems to know Mike...

Crash Test Video: Watch This C3 Corvette Equipped With Air Bags Get Demolished

Crash testing is one of the most costly, interesting, and important factors in developing new cars. Sometimes it even he new cars that are used for crash testing as this video form Chevrolet proves...

Grandpa’s ABANDONED Camaro Cleaned For The First Time in 30 Years! Can Professionals Make This Thing Look Like It’s Worth Something?

Every once in a while I find myself watching one of these barn find videos where the professional detailers work their magic in an attempt to bring the car back to life cosmetically, either for the...

Finnegan’s Great Car Trade Experiment Part 3: Finnegan Traded Cars with Vice Grip Garage Derek Bieri and Tony Angelo!

We’ve all heard stories from friends or acquaintances who have traded cars and trucks forever and ended up with something far cooler than they started with. I know I’ve always wanted to try to...

Stories N Steel – Dennis Ricklefs: Pinstriper of 14 AMBR and Numerous Ridler Winners Talks About Making His Own “Luck”

When it comes to building high end hot rods and customs, the shop that builds them, are usually the ones that get all the attention. Sometimes the painter and interior guy get some love, but there...

SCCA Shop Manual presented by Hoosier: Here Are 6 Tips that Take the Stress out of Your First Track Day! Read Up And Race!

Everyone should go to an open track day or autocross at least once in their lifetime, but not everyone gets through it without some stressful moments. With some simple and easy steps, you can avoid...

How Has It Taken This Long For Derek Bieri To Have Alex Taylor On The O’Reilly Auto Parts In The Aisles Podcast?

Derek has been doing these O’Reilly Auto Parts In The Aisles podcast videos for a while now and it surprises us that this is the first time to have Alex Taylor on the show. Especially when you...

Finnegan’s Great Car Trade Experiment Part 2: Swapping an ’85 Caddy for a ’53 Chevy Truck After Swapping An El Camino For The Caddy!

We’ve all heard stories from friends or acquaintances who have traded cars and trucks forever and ended up with something far cooler than they started with. I know I’ve always wanted to try to...

NHRA’s Driven: Take A Look Inside a Historic Weekend with Brittany Force, Driver of the Monster Energy Top Fuel Dragster

Want to get a behind the scenes look at Brittany Force’s life during a national event weekend? How about the 4-Wide Nationals at zMax in North Carolina? That’s exactly what we’ve...

Is This The Future Of City Dweller Trucks? Jay Leno Says It Has BIG TRUCK ENERGY During An Exclusive First Drive of the Telo MT1 Mini-Truck

So few people use the trucks they own for truck things, that the number might as well be zero. For every one of you reading this pounding your fist on the table and yelling at the screen about how...

PowerShift Podcast: Junkyard Edition With Chad Ehrlich, Owner Of Huge Collector Car Yard, Nobody Else’s Auto

We had Chad Ehrlich, owner of the famed Nobody Else’s Auto classic car wrecking yard in Great Bend Kansas, on the show last night and had a good time looking at some of the fun stuff he’s...

Influence and Impact Episode 38: Early Land Speed Records And Hot Rod History At The Bonneville Salt Flats

Hot Rodding as we know it started with men who wanted to make their cars faster than the next one. With speed contests starting on the dry lake beds in California, and ever increasing performances,...