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Category Archive: ENGINES, MOPAR, TECH, Videos

The Bottle Rocket Coronet: Looking Over The Sacrificial Engine

For the last few episodes of the Bottle Rocket Coronet, Uncle Tony and Lambchop have been focused hard on shedding weight out of the B-body sedan by nickel-and-diming weight out where they can....

The Stupicharger: Hoonigan’s Lab Rat Firebird Returns With More Forced Induction!

On one hand, we have to say that we do not miss the “turdos” that used to be mounted on this Pontiac Firebird one bit. The car looked like a fan of Russian ekranoplans went way overboard...

Historic Video: Watch How The Chinese Built WWII Air Bases By Hand in Less Than A Month – Incredible

The level of global cooperation during WWII among the allies was nothing short of astounding. It was the only way that the war was won, really as no single nation was well equipped enough to take on...

The NHRA’s Greatest Races: Watch This Awesome Highlight Reel From The 1982 GatorNationals

The 50th running of the Amalie Oil NHRA GatorNationals kicks off next week and we’re going to be talking a lot about the Florida drag racing institution because the event has been home to so...

Crazy Close: Watch Sidnei Frigo and Jose Gonzales Run IDENTICAL Speeds and Elapsed Times On The Same Pass!

The Real Pro Mod Association held their yearly “Winter Warm-Up” at Orlando last weekend and all the big time NHRA quarter mile hitters were in attendance, getting their stuff ready for...

Superskids From Gazzanats – Repaving The Road, One Car At A Time

Have you ever heard someone’s driving described as being like that of an angry teenager in an abandoned parking lot? You better believe I have…primarily while I was being chewed a brand...

Morning Symphony: Supercars On Snow – Action Footage From The Inaugural I.C.E. Show In Switzerland

The car’s natural place is on asphalt. They drive on it, they race on it, they rest on it. That’s why photographs of a vehicle on any surface that isn’t asphalt catches the eye...

Roaming Once More: Reviving A 1947 GM Bus That Has Been Sitting For Decades!

There is something about the shape of old buses. They were meant to be one thing and one thing only: a place for a bunch of weary butts to sit down while the driver took them to wherever they needed...

At My Command: The Slow Mo Guys Capture Tank Rounds In Flight!

When you spend years in the military playing with some cool noisemakers, you tend to want to see more and more, bigger and louder…under good circumstances, of course. My first time at the M-16...

Gluttons For Punishment: Sidecar Motocross Racers In The Mud!

In my years of riding dirt bikes and ATVs, I came to two basic decisions that actually treated me well: the bikes were for the dry and kind of damp, and the moment things got muddy, sloppy or I would...

Junkyard Lighting Round Part Three: Will This Dual-Quad Small-Block Ford Wake Up?

For the last couple of days we’ve been showing you what happens when three car-guy YouTubers get together at a junkyard with some time to kill. The plan is simple: Kevin (Junkyard Digs), Luke...

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Here’s A Cool Idea For Making Retracting Casters For Your Welding Table Or Workbench

I seem to find myself in an ever shrinking amount of workshop space and so I’m always looking at space saving measures for my shop equipment. Sometimes there just isn’t a way to make...

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The Steak, The Steam, The Suffering: Finnegan’s Woes Leading Up To The Showdown

By now you already know how this story plays out: Mike Finnegan packed his 1955 Chevy, “Blasphemi”, into his newest car hauler, grabbed a couple of friends to come along, and headed west,...

Junkyard Revival Lightning Round, Part Two: Jeep CJ-5, AMC Javelin, And Dodge Darts!

Yesterday we showed you the first video of the fun three YouTubers had in a private junkyard in the South. When Luke (Thunderhead289) and Kevin (Junkyard Digs) went to Dylan McCool’s territory,...

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