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How to Prep an All-Original 1932 Ford to Chop – Haters Welcome, Cause This Thing Has Been Untouched For 93 Years!

Here’s a video showing you everything that has to happen to plan and prepare to chop an all original 1932 Ford Tudor Sedan. There is a lot of measuring and taping and measuring and measuring...

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Patina Paint Tech: The Famed FREIBURGER COMET WASH, Plus Testing Other Cleaners With Before And After Tests!

I remember the first time Freiburger said we needed to Comet wash a car. We hadn’t started CarJunkieTV yet, but it wasn’t long beforehand. During the next two years I’d Comet wash...

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Christmas With Vice Grip Garage! – Derek and Jessica Open Gifts From Fans On This Holiday Special!

I know that a lot of YouTubers get gifts and stuff from fans and viewers all the time, and many of them do videos where they are opening mail and packages from them. But when it’s Christmas...

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FREE LIVE Drag Racing From The 11th Annual New Year Nationals At Bradenton Motorsports Park – Saturday

There are only a couple of races happening before the clock strikes midnight on Sunday to ring in the new year and while we’re sure 2026 is going to be awesome, 2025 isn’t done yet! Our last big...

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OLD SCHOOL Dodge 1 TON TOW TRUCK Gets Repairs and Paint Work! A Vice Grip Garage Roadworthy Rescue Christmas Bonus Episode Not To Be Missed.

In honor of the Christmas holiday, Derek has been putting out a few extra Vice Grip Garage videos the past week and we dig them. Some of them are a bit of Behind the Scenes coverage, some combine a...

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Swapping SRT4 TURBO POWER Into A MINT 1985 Dodge Minivan!! Building an EPIC Family Hauler With A Crusty SRT4.

This one here is something special. Sure, there have been plenty of turbo 4 cylinder Dodge Caravans and Plymouth Voyagers over the years, but this van is so mint that it defies description. Just wait...

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Five Years Of Yikes: Drag Racing Close Calls And Carnage From The UK

Racing in the United Kingdom takes a bit longer to kick off than it does down in the states. Here, we just wait until Florida and Texas start getting beautiful weather and spread out from there. Over...

Money No Object: 1965 Dodge Coronet 440 Station Wagon

I never knew that I needed this car until I saw pictures of it. I don’t mind wagons at all. Except Chevy Cavalier station wagons, they can all get smashed flat for what I care. But RWD station...

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Ford IDI Diesel…Good Or Bad? Get Both Answers Courtesy Of Our Friends In The North!

In the early 1980s, Ford decided that they wanted a diesel engine for their F-series lineup. They tapped International Harvester to help create a low-cost diesel that would work in the truck and the...

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Impractical? Fooey! Watch This Pulling Tractor Take Care Of Multiple Jobs On The Farm!

There are times in this world when practicality rules all, right? Certainly aspects of life are just better when approached with that mindset. Racing and motorsport are not parts of this discussion....

Awesome Video: Ride Along In A Camaro SS As It Acts As The Spotter Car For U2 Spy Plane Landings!

Now this is a ride along we never thought we would see! Since the incredible U2 spay plane has been a part of the United States Air Force fleet, there have been spotter cars chasing it down the...

Monaco Memories: This Trailer For A Film About The Monaco GP Has Legendary Drivers, Historic Footage

The Monaco Grand Prix is racing’s grand old lady. The race, which follows the same street circuit that it has since 1929 embodies all the stuff that makes F1 the most glamorous racing series in...

Classic YouTube: AMC Eagle SX/4…Better In The Dirt Than The Pony Cars!

Bless ’em, they were trying their asses off. American Motors knew they were in trouble in the late 1970s and they were trying everything under the sun to come up with a hit. They put four-wheel...

Like A Nitroglycerin Pill: 1989 Geo Tracker With A Blown Small-Block Underhood

Nitroglycerin as an explosive is a horrifying thing. If you shock the product, it explodes. When it does explode, it will fill a void with 1,200 times the original volume of the chemical as a gas,...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s The Worst Repair Job Out There?

I’ve been spinning wrenches on the Rough Start Mustang for exactly three days now. Rather, I’ve been blasting every spot of interior plastic with cleaner and I’ve been busy gutting...

Crazy Power: VMP Makes First Dyno Pulls With Their 5.2L Blown Predator Swap Mustang – 900hp To The Wheels!

Many hardcore Ford fans were kind of bummed when they learned that the 2020 Mustang GT500 was going to be powered by the supercharged 5.2L Predator engine that the company builds. Why? Perhaps they...

The Car Catcher: When You Don’t Want To Run Over The Jaywalker, But Just Scare Them!

Between the holiday season and the return of students to the university, I’m just about sick of pedestrians. I don’t know what it is recently, but a combination of smartphone use,...

Reliability Guaranteed! Mark Williams Warranties Gears Against Breakage For 2 Years With 11″ Rear End!

If we didn’t know Mark Williams or understand the products that the company which bears his name produces we would think that the guy was a complete lunatic for placing a two year warranty on...

Handbuilt, You Say: The Real Story On That Blue Knockout Based On A 1984 Pontiac Firebird!

Last year’s top-pick Craigslist find for me was this…well, thing. All we knew was that it was based on a 1984 Pontiac Firebird and that it looked like something straight from a video game...

In Car Collection: This Video Is Awesome In-Car Runs From All Different Styles Of Drag Racing, Radial, Pro Mod, Eighth and Quarter Mile!

Now this is one of the coolest drag racing videos we have seen in a LOOOONG time. What you are about to watch is a compilation of in-car videos from some of the most awesome, hair-raising, record...