Ruh-Roh: Meet The Rotary Burnout Microvan That Cleetus And Crew Built!
In the grand scheme of things, this might be one of the most unsafe things that Cleetus and his friends have ever done. Keep in mind that we are talking about the guy who’s claim to fame...
Livin’ The Dream: 1972 Ford LTD – Big, Brash And Beautiful
I blame you, BangShift. I don’t think that I would’ve given early 1970s full-size Ford products any more than a passing glance had it not been for you introducing me to a movie I never...
Random Car Review: 1984-88 Ford Sierra XR8
So, here’s a bit of a brain tease for you: It’s a four-door 1980s era Ford product, wearing wheels you might see on an all-wheel-drive Tempo, sporting a bit of the Aero look that Ford was...
Your Science Lesson For The Day: Seeing The Inner Workings Of A 9-Cylinder Radial Solenoid Engine
Ever since the advance of jet engines for aircraft, radial engines have declined to being something of a niche powerplant. Classic aircraft, certain stunt aircraft, and model airplanes are pretty...
Video: A Heads Up Drag Race Between A 4-Speed 340 Duster and a 455 LeMans!
This week’s American Powertrain Parting Shift is awesome both for what it is and what it isn’t. What the video is, we love. A heads up drag race between a 4-speed, 340 powered Duster and...
Wintertime Daydreaming: 1961 Chrysler 300G – Springtime’s Siren Song
Days like today are why I detest winter months. I wake up, I look outside and I see beautiful, clear skies, sun forever, birds attacking the feeders in flocks. It’s a reprieve from the wet, the...
There’s A Dick Landy VW Supercharger Kit For Sale On eBay Right Now – It Might Be The Last Brand New One On Earth
It’s sometimes tough to think that there can ever be a “last” or “only” of anything related to cars, right? Someone ALWAYS has something stored, saved, hidden, or...
January 2020 Pomona Swap Meet Photo Coverage: The Fairplex Was Packed With People, Parts, and Cool Stuff!
(Photos by Wes Allison) – At the end of the day all of us who love cars and trucks have a few things in common. We are attracted to the stuff we like for reasons of emotion, style,...
Eating Dirt: Serious Mud-Romper Mangling Footage From All Over The Place!
“The bigger they are, the harder they fall.” That’s the quote, right? The big dude in the corner who usually gets by on sheer intimidation factor alone can get walloped by the...
Because GM Wouldn’t Do It: 1979 Pontiac Grand Am With A 455
If you look back at some of my musings of Pontiac in the late 1970s, you will often see me refer to a civil war kind of mentality within the GM division. On one hand you had those who were all about...
The Speculator: This 1973 Olds Omega Is For Sale, The Asking Price Is Optimistic, The Information Is Hopeful
We actually kind of dig this guy’s angle. If we were in the position to be selling a brown-ish 1973 Olds Omega with a decent number of options we’d be pulling out all the stops as well....
Building A Big Horsepower B58 Inline Six For Your Supra Or BMW? MAHLE Motorsport Has A Piston For You!
With a little less weight and little less compression than the factory piston, this new unit from MAHLE Motorsport is designed specifically for those hot rodders out there who are planning to cram...
Classic YouTube: LeMans 1966 And How Ken Miles Really Lost First Place
Between the Ford v Ferrari film and a general knowledge of the 1966 sweep at the 24 Hours of LeMans for Ford, you probably have a fair understand of what happened to Shelby American driver Ken Miles...
This 1965 Film – The Hot Rod Story Drag Racing – Is Officially The Best 1960s Drag Movie We’ve Seen
We know that we fall into the “this is the best old drag racing film that we’ve ever seen” trap far too often but the problem is that we see an incredible film that we have never...
