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Category Archive: MOPAR, Videos

Just Drive It! Nothing Is Better Than Putting A Dodge Viper GTS To Work!

The Dodge Viper GTS…when the original RT/10 roadster showed it’s face in production form, it was simply a great nod to the AC/Shelby Cobra and Carroll Shelby’s legacy. It was also a...

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Morning Symphony: The 1987 Volkswagen Golf II – Double The Engines, Double The Fun!

Picture this: it’s 1987, and Pikes Peak is coming up quickly. Everybody and their mother is running recently orphaned Group B rally cars. The mountain still has dirt stages, drivers have more...

Amateur Hour Done Right: Spectator Drags From Beech Ridge, Doorhandle To Doorhandle!

Normally, the idea of spectator drag racing in our heads involves a small asphalt circle track, a motley crew of machines, and an announcer that sounds like Lohnes after a few beers in his system,...

Hot Doggin’: Ride Along As An Oscar Meyer Weinermobile Takes On Circuit Of The Americas!

I know that seeing an Oscar Meyer Weinermobile is supposed to be a throwback to innocent times, where toy Weenie Whistles and tasty hot dogs meant good times for all. Which is why every time I write...

Classic YouTube: Meeting The 1984 Dodge Daytona Turbo…It Was A Solid Effort!

The Dodge Daytona of the 1980s was proof of a couple of things. One was that Chrysler had zero trouble recycling names…”Daytona” had last been seen on a late-B body Charger as a...

Shelby Meets Crown Vic: Cleetus’s “Project Neighbor” Crown Victoria Is A Monster!

Cleetus has been working on “Project Neighbor”, a hybrid of a Ford Police Interceptor and what was left of a Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 that had been balled up pretty badly....

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Another One Returns To The Road: This Bullnose Ford Gets A Second Lease On Life!

Heritage vehicles don’t exist in my family. They don’t stick around long enough. Looking back over thirty-plus years of vehicles, and not one lasted longer than ten years. The ’82...

The Pie In The Sky Idea: Take A Look Back At The Evolution Of The Flying Car

Some ideas are way too ambitious, and ever since the automobile appeared and two brothers figured out that whole flying thing in North Carolina, the idea of a flying car has been ingrained in the...

The Smell Of Defeat…And Expensive Parts: Clutch Burnouts For Days In Ohio!

(Words: Kevin Brown) Every year tens of thousands of people gather in Columbus, Ohio, to partake in one of the largest car shows in the county, and every year that show has an event dedicated purely...

Look Out Below: This Mitsubishi 380 Is The Celebration Centerpiece…And Anvils Are Involved!

YouTube is a weird beast. You make videos, you hope that people will follow your work, you hope that you can monetize those videos via ad revenue, and when you reach milestones, you do something...

Morning Symphony: Old-School Blown Cadillac Burnouts At Hoonigan!

You don’t know the name Houston Hooker. You probably don’t know the name Kanan Hooker…he’s one of the producers for Hoonigan and part of the reason you’re seeing this...

Level Up: Drifting The Wee Out Of A Charity-Auction Mustang!

Ever since I dragged home a red 1994 Mustang that will ultimately be blown apart for many different reasons, I’ve had visions of what an SN-95 ‘Stang could be. They are new enough to be...

Morning Symphony: Doing Things The Natural Way In A Cutlass

Are we really about to say that power adders aren’t necessary? Hell no. I’ve got a supercharger kick that has stuck with me since I first found out what an Eaton M90 can do to a Buick V6...

Why Safety Matters: Watch As Ken Block And Alex Gelsomino Extract From A Burning Escort Cosworth RS

We constantly harp on being safe and being prepared if you are wanting to get behind the wheel and go do anything. From just something simple like putting on a seatbelt to making sure your race car...