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Ian Shows Us How To Run 40″ Tires on Stock JK Axles: The Ultimate JK Axle Build For Those That Want To Crawl More Than The Mall

Mall crawlers make up a huge portion of the Jeep buyers over the last few years, but the ones that want to crawl more than a mall are always looking for bigger and better upgrades. Over the years,...

Full Build: Taking This 1984 Caprice Wagon From Family Cruiser to Muscle Wagon Makes It The Ultimate Power Tour Machine

The Power Nation guys built this cool Caprice wagon and if you didn’t see all the episodes and instead want to see it all go together in just one go, here’s your chance. This thing is...

What’s Your Ultimate OBS Chevy Look Like? Dave at Willomet Fab Is Road Tripping What May Be The Ultimate OBS Chevy Off-Road Rig.

The ultimate of anything is a hard thing to quantify. I mean us car and truck folks have been working for over 100 years to try and create the “ultimate” hot rod, race car, off-road rig,...

I Was On Richard Holdener’s LIVE Last Night To Talk Cars, Engines, And How The Hell I Got Here In The First Place!

Plus all kinds of other sidetracking stuff since I’m like a kid with shiny things around. Squirrel!!! At any rate, I spent my Saturday evening hanging out with my longtime friend Richard...

The Mangled Mercury Project: Part 3 – Making Big Changes To The Rear Roof Of The 1939 Mangled Mercury To Make The Roof Flow

We introduced the Mangled Mercury Project a couple of weeks ago and shared the first cuts, plans, etc. for this soon to be cooler ride. It’s time to continue the chop, and the third episode in...

FINNEGAN MAKES THE FIRST RIP IN HIS BLOWN LS-SWAPPED GMC TRUCK! IS THIS THING TOO PRETTY FOR THE DRAGSTRIP?

There are a lot of vehicles that make it to the annual SEMA Show in Las Vegas every year that do not run and drive. At all. Or some that sort of do, but are far from ready to hit the track or the...

Ultimate Flap Disc Test: 3M 769F And Gator Face The Extreme Grinder Test Rig To See Which One Survives Best In Round 15

We’re making our way through the totally insane Fireball Tools flap disc test series with two flap discs at a time. This testing is about as thorough as it gets, and I can tell you that so far it...

Behind the Build Episode 3: John McGann Leads The HOT ROD Shop Tour At JMS Racing Engines In El Monte, California.

If you are like us and are always interested in finding out what goes on behind the scenes at a shop, or during a car build, then this new series from John McGann and the gang at Hot Rod is going to...

2024 Pomona Super Stock Action Video: 2024 Pomona Super Stock NHRA Nationals Drag Racing In-N-Out Finals Muscle Cars Wheelies & Interviews!

We featured the Stock Eliminator action from Pomona last week, and this week it’s all about Super Stock. While NHRA Stock Eliminator is the original small tire drag racing, NHRA Super Stock...

Gabriel Iglesias Visits Jay Leno’s Garage And Shows Off His Pristine 1996 Chevrolet Impala SS

When Chevrolet came out with the Impala SS in the mid 1990s, it was a big hit. In a time when there weren’t many full size muscle car offerings, this thing made a splash. Based on the 9C1...

Derek Show Us How To Do A DIY CHEAP Classic Truck Interior Restoration and New (vintage) Wheels On A Squarebody.

I don’t know what it is about interior rehab videos that gets me excited, but for some reason they do! Maybe it’s because my daily is kinda rough in some spots inside and this makes me...

Ultimate Flap Disc Test: 3M Cubitron 2 And Benchmark Abrasives Face The Extreme Grinder Test Rig To See Which One Survives Best In Round 14

We’re making our way through the totally insane Fireball Tools flap disc test series with two flap discs at a time. This testing is about as thorough as it gets, and I can tell you that so far it...

Here’s How Simple It Is to Install Holley’s Small Block Ford Accessory Drive Kit And Bring Your Small Block Into The 21st Century.

In the 1980s there were serpentine belt accessory drive systems that started coming out from companies that were targeting the street rod market in a big way. They used modern belts and accessories,...

The Hot Rod Hoarder Is Sacrificing Two Old DRAGSTERS To Get A Flip-Top OPEL GT. Can You Guess Who From?

I knew there would be trouble if these two got together, and it finally happened. And you know what happens when you have two guys who can’t stop collecting cool stuff, and they get together...