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Category Archive: FUNNY STUFF, TECH, Videos

These Kids Start A Datsun 260Z For The First Time After Sitting For 16 Years!

Making old cars run, particularly cars that have been sitting for years or decades, is often looked at like an impossible task. But the truth is it really depends on why the car or truck was parked...

This RC General Lee Is A High Flying Machine Worthy Of The Name

If you don’t know who the General Lee is, then I am not sure you can call yourself a car guy or gal. I mean it is one of the more iconic television and movie cars of the 20th century after all....

Here’s How You Turn A Jaguar XJS Turd Into Something Worth Driving.

When Kevin Tetz started his new Hands On Cars series on YouTube I knew we were in for treat when the first thing he did was insult all the proper English gentleman by calling their beloved Jaguar a...

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The American Powertrain Parting Shift: This Compilation of Screaming Downshifts Is Radical!

This week’s American Powertrain Parting Shift is different from all the rest we have showed you over the years. For starters we are outside of the cars that we’ll see and most importantly...

Vintage Drag Video: Altered Wheelbase Cars And The Greatest Wheelstander Show Of All Time

This is spectacular video! You are about to see footage from Virginia’s Eastside Speedway. This track is still in operation and in many ways it is a lot like the place you’ll see getting...

Go-Go-Gadget Bad Ass Golf Cart! Hoonigan Builds A Romping Bag Hauler!

I’m guilty of killing at least three golf carts so far in life. One got swamped when the puddle that it was being driven through proved to be about three feet deep at it’s worst at top...

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The Mighty Car Mods RB-swapped Z-Car Is Alive! Check Out The Final Additions Here!

We’ve been watching the work that Mighty Car Mods have been putting into an imported-from-Japan Nissan Fairlady Z (Datsun 240Z to the Americans) and we’ve been impressed with the overall...

Ow, My Spine: Watch These XJ Jeeps Go For Height In The Woods!

AMC might be most fondly remembered for the AMX, but credit really needs to be given to the XJ Cherokee. Conceived as one of American Motors’ last major projects before being purchased by...

Morning Symphony: A Giant Mix From The Ultimate Burnout Challenge In Perth!

Ten straight hours of Australian burnouts. Someone at Greenpeace must’ve been downing their meds like candy, and once they see that someone named McTaggart posted up a video celebrating the...

Ride On Board Various Cars At The Monaco Historic Grand Prix – THIS Is Cool!

Going vintage sports car racing is not really a budget proposition. Compared to say, running a modern F1 team it is cheap but when you factor in the cost of the car, the cost of a crew, all the...

Morning Symphony: A Safe, Secure And Violent Volvo

When the Volvo 740-series wagon was being sold, Volvo was keen to tout just how badass their station wagon really was. They had a picture of a Lamborghini Countach towing a trailer. They suggested it...

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Going For Broken: Mega Trucks Taking Flight At The Spring Sling!

The bigger, the louder, the brasher, the better. Mega trucks rock simply because they are the truly demented spawns of the off-road world. They aren’t the truly overkill monster trucks, and...

Morning Symphony: A Classic Ford That Can Go Nuclear At Will Is Tear-Inducing

I’ve said it numerous times: cars older than about 1955 tend to drop off of my radar. It’s not that I don’t understand their historical significance or the styling trends that each...

MORE: FORD, Videos

Oooh, Pretty Clouds: Watch At Michele Kato’s Licensing Run Turns Into The Big Show At Throwdown in T-Town!

From the second the RPMs came up, so did the nose of the SN-95 Mustang in the left lane. Up, up, and dragging it’s ass end while carrying down the track like this was normal, and then with a...