Category Archive: Apex Project Cars, Apex Spotlight, Apex Video, CAR FEATURES, TECH, Videos
The Mongrel Project Gets More Paint, Suspension, And More! This Sucker Is Getting Close To Making Noise And Smoke!!!
We love the Mongrel Project, a combination of a cool old British Ford and Mazda Miata that is somehow right in every way. The stance, the width, the flares, the fabrication, it all speaks to us and...
Mental Micro Machine: 550 Horsepower Mini Cooper, Because It’s A Great Idea
One car that I have yet to experience is a legitimate Mini. Not the BMW versions that are at least twice the size, but a real-deal Mini. The one that everybody adores. The one from The Italian Job....
The Four-Wheel-Drive Jeep Kart: Steering, Body Mounts, and Rock Sliders
They weren’t kidding when they said that they were building their next Power Wheels Jeep to a high quality. The Grind Hard Plumbing Co. folks have been going all in on this...
Back To Business: Digging Out Another Bumpside Ford From It’s Hiding Spot In The Barn
Kevin and Luke have a pretty solid business plan: they find old Ford farm trucks, they get them to run again, and go about saving them as best as they can in-between in-shop projects like the...
Homegrown Outback: Converting A Lada To All-Wheel-Drive The Gearhead Way!
The guys at the Russian YouTube channel Garage54 aren’t usually subtle in what they do. They’re Roadkill from the other end of the world. Multi-engine builds, leaving a car underwater for...
Single VS Twins: Low Buck Turbo 1,000 HP Turbo Testing On A Big Block Chevrolet
When Richard Holdener does testing you can always count on lots of info, lots of laughs, and big numbers. After all, he runs more engines than anyone on the dyno, and he’s not afraid to test...
How To Build A Screw Tank, Part Two: Gearboxes And Chassis Creation!
Looking at Colin Furze, and knowing why the Internet knows this man’s name, you would think that it would be a bad idea to ask him to create a tank, right? Yeah. Don’t sweat that, he was...
Yet Another Fix: Finnegan Gets Another Giant Truck…This Time A Six-Door Ford!
A couple of days ago I took a trip down to Nashville to a meet-up that Finnegan was hosting in the parking lot of a Wal-Mart. Yeah, it happened…a newly janky knee and all, I had no real...
Classic YouTube: Geoff Bodine and Dale Earnhardt Battling At Riverside In 1987
I’ll often say that NASCAR is missing personality. Drivers have to queue up to the sponsor’s wishes…they have to keep calm, be as polite as possible, show proper sportsmanship, and...
The 1983 Subaru Turbo Traction Wagon Was Kind Of A Dinosaur, Slow, WRX…Or Not
Vaping jokes aside, we think that Subaru makes some pretty decent cars there days. The WRX and their other turbocharged sport offerings have enough guts to be fun, they have a large enthusiast...
Incredible Video: Watch Jack McClure Attack The Drag Strip In His Turbonique Rocket Kart With Sound!
If there is one man in drag racing history that defied death for a prolonged period of time it’s Captain Jack McClure. The guy is among the most brave and awesome dudes we have ever met. Oh,...
Hot Garbage: 700 Horsepower Worth Of WTF On The Burnout Pad!
There is no shortage of “WTF?!” in this video. None whatsoever. The only thing that makes sense at first glance are the 1980s Camaro wheels on it. After that…center-steer with the...
Archaeological Dig: Dragging A 1966 Shelby GT350H From It’s 40-Year Rest…In Ohio.
Excepting half a year in Pennsylvania when I was a very young child and a few scattered years in southern Illinois between birth and early grade school, most of my life has been spent well west of...
Watch Kurt Anderson Crash His Arctic Arrow Rocket Dragster While Attempting To Break Sammy Miller’s Ice Speed Record – He Walked Away
We have been following the exploits of Kurt Anderson and the Minnesota “Rocket Boys” for a few years now as they have built, tested, and used their rocket powered creations, going ever...