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Category Archive: Event Coverage, ROAD TRIPS, Videos

Cold Fresh Hell: Over 2,000 Miles In A Yugo In The Polar Vortex, For Fun

Malcom Bricklin must’ve sincerely believed that he was doing the American car buyer a favor in the late 1980s when he took a look a the Zastava Koral and decided, “Hey, that could...

Into The Nines! The Auction Mistake Corvette Comes Out Of The Gate Swinging With It’s Powerglide Swap!

Cleetus might be a love or hate kind of personality, but you have to remember one thing: it’s a character. Don’t act all surprised. But a character is what is needed sometimes…and...

A Shot In The Dark: A Blind Man’s Record Lap At The Dunsfold Aerodrome

Which sense would you be willing to give up? Think about that for a second. Humans have five senses: Hearing, tasting, sight, touch, and sight. Together, these senses clue you in to the world around...

Universally Cool: This Quick Look At The Vintage Hot Rodding Scene In England Is Perfect

There’s an interesting element to the automotive world that we love to talk about around here. Something that is almost primal and universal about the appeal of cars and trucks to enthusiasts...

25 Years Later: Here’s The Final Rounds Of The 1993 NHRA Winternationals LIVE

It was youngsters vs older guys at the 1993 NHRA Winternationals. It was Warren Johnson vs Scott Geoffrion, John Force vs Del Worsham, and Joe Amato vs Kenny Bernstein. It was wreckage, it was green...

Solid Brown, Baby: Regular Car Reviews Takes On A 1976 AMC Gremlin!

The Ford Pinto exploded. The Chevrolet Vega self-destructed. The Volkswagen Beetle tweeted around like a songbird on meth, whistling it’s exhaust in what could almost be considered a middle...

Taxi Grinder: Retrofitting a Vortec 4.2L Inline-Six Into A 1967 Checker

For you younger types, thinking of a taxi cab probably invokes the image of some kind of Ford Panther platform car that has been beat beyond reproach rolling up with a slapped-on paint job. Some of...

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Video: A Hung Throttle Sends This Drag Car The Wrong Way On The Strip At Full Throttle!

I can’t find the exact quote, but I know that on more than one occasion I’ve heard Brian explain that seeing a car coming back up the track under throttle is his nightmare fuel. He...

The Dirty Cougar: The Moment Of Truth – Would The $400 Mercury Survive King of the Heap?

If you missed the last update on the Dirty Cougar project, click here to check it out! So let’s recap on the progress we’ve made with the 1987 Mercury Cougar LS that has become a...

44 Years Lost, This Mustang Is Being Woken Up To Make Up For Lost Time!

How does a car just fall off of the map for decades at a time? How do you just park a car somewhere, forget about it and decide to just move along, especially when said car is one that from the...

Tactical Entry: The Best Driver Change We’ve Seen At King Of The Heap!

The third round of the 2018-19 King of the Heap season has wrapped up, and while we sort through the footage we took, we just had to show you this tiny bit of excellence that went down. The vehicle...

Built To Run: The Breakdown Of Big Red, The Monster 1969 Chevrolet Camaro

It is difficult to believe that this is the same car that burned during testing in 2016 at Buttonwillow Raceway. That this is the same car that was in Fast in Furious, being driven by the most...

The International Eagle Revival: Suspension, Exhaust, Turbo And Broken Studs To Take Care Of

From what I’ve seen of the revival program of this 1986 International Eagle, part of being a heavy wheel mechanic is that you have to be a power lifter in your spare time, and you should still...

Kill It Like You Mean It: Rallycrossing A Beater LTD Until It Blows Up!

Come this Saturday, the Dirty Cougar will face down NCM Motorsports Park for Round 3 of this season’s King of the Heap series. I’ve had fun bringing the forlorn Mercury up to snuff, and...