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The Martin Lundqvist Racing Street Week Sweden Drag and Drive 1969 Camaro Project Continues! The 8HP and LS Get Custom Mounts!

I can’t wait to see Project 508 in person in Sweden in a few weeks! This project is in full swing and we are super excited about what is going on with this machine. We’ve got another couple...

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Our Final Gallery of Lost Buckeye Skips Day One Drag and Drive Photos! We’ve Got On Track Action and Checkpoints, and More From Day 2 Coming!

Here’s our third gallery of lost photos from Day 1 of Buckeye Skip’s Drag and Drive, and we’ve got plenty more where that came from! Plus, if you missed the previous photos...

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All The Racing Action From This Weekend’s SCTA El Mirage Flying Mile. 200 MPH Plus On Dirt! Watch Right Here.

While Bonneville gets most of the attention in Land Speed Racing, because it clearly is home to the biggest and baddest land speed racing events of the year, most land speed racers will tell you that...

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Dirt Daily with Fred Williams. His Barn Find 1989 Land Cruiser FJ-62 gets a Dissent Off Road Rear Bumper!

Years and years ago I built a 1987 Toyota FJ-62 for my buddy Sean and I loved it. We painted it, lifted it, improved a bunch of suspension and drivetrain, and then he drove the hell out of it. It was...

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Larry Chen AWD K24 Turbo EG & Drift S13 Feature Video: Indonesia’s Top Tuner Show Produced These Two Amazing Builds!

These things are siiiccckkkkk. Yes, I love the EG hatch a bit more than the S13, but that’s because I have one at home. This one here looks absolutely insane and I love it. But so does the S13...

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Have They Successfully Turned This Old Farm Truck into a Killer Street Machine Using Scrapyard Ford Parts! Bumpside Ford Goodness Part 4!

In Part 3 of the series, this beast went for its first test drive. Now it’s actually being put through its paces! Here’s the Part 4 video in the series, and that means actual testing!...

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Hot Rodder’s Project: Make Your Own Louver Press In Your Garage! Louver The World

Back in the day, you could go to your local hot rod or speed shop and have louvers pressed into parts of all kinds. Local hot rodders would bring in hoods and fenders and more, all in search of...

BangShift Project Files: This V-10 Powered Fairmont Is One Stuffed Fox!

Ford could’ve had so much fun with the 6.8L V-10 if they really wanted to. The 412ci ten-hole unit usually gets relegated to the trucks and vans,  and while it made alright power, it...

It Might Look Like A Fancy Pinto, But It’s Really Micro Luxury And We Love It

This 1979 Mercury Bobcat is amazingly clean, and while it might look like a fancy Pinto, we prefer to call it Micro Luxury. The Bobcat, Mercury’s “upscale” version of the Ford Pinto was...

Period Correct Style And Mag Turbines Too: 1979 Datsun 620 Custom

Mini-trucks are not a late 1980s-early 1990s phenomenon. Mini-trucks have had their fans since they first started rolling on our side of the pond. Toyotas, Datsuns, Mazdas and the American-branded...

Oh Chute: John Zappia’s Parachute-Less Trip Into The Sand At Kiwnana Motorplex!

At the end of World War II, there was a ton of surplus military equipment that could be picked up and be put to good use outside of official military functions. You could buy surplus aircraft...

Watch 24-Year Old Craig Epperly Win Nitro Funny Car In His First Career Start At Columbus 1981

There will be many rookie debuts in the professional ranks of NHRA drag racing this year and it will be fun to watch people both young and old achieving the dream of running a pro level class....

There’s A Buick Straight Eight Redline Rebuild Coming And This Preview Video Sets It Up!

We love the Hagerty Redline Rebuild series that they have been producing for a couple of years now. Almost every engine platform you can think of has been a part of the time lapse fun and they have...

How Many Ways Can You Weld Box Tube Corners? The Answer Is A Lot, And Here Are 4 Cool Ones

Sometimes I see videos of guys making rounded or capped, or other corners in box tubing on videos you’ll see on youtube. Most of the time these videos have little or no instruction, or are in...

Big Block VS LS Supercharged Slugfest! Which One Makes More Power With The ProCharger?!

The LS engine has done a ton for the automotive aftermarket. Period. Love it or hate it, this little engine has spawned so much parts development over the past decade or so that it has spilled over...

Question Of The Day: What’s The Best Hole-In-The-Wall Joint You’ve Found On A Road Trip?

When roaming around the highways, byways, state roads and random paths, sooner or later you are going to need two things. One is a bathroom, and the other is food, and if you are a smart traveler,...

Patina Shine Without Clearcoat: How To Use Linseed Oil To Bring Out Some Gleam!

I love Arizona, and I love cars from Arizona. But one thing I don’t love about Arizona is baked paint. Arizona, Colorado, Texas, eastern Washington…great metal, salvageable interiors,...

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Who Wouldn’t Want To Own Their Own Race Track?! Cleetus Goes And Does It! Welcome To The Freedom Factory

The Freedom Factory. It’s got a nice ring to it don’t you think? Well of course it does! What else would you expect from Cleetus McFarland. I can’t imagine how much fun it was to...

Classic YouTube: Mini 2WD Pulling Trucks From Boston!

Normally, when it comes to truck pulls, I’m front and center for the 2WD pulling trucks. That’s where you get the screaming V8 running at RPMs that only NASCAR drivers and the ultimate...

Engine Location Matters! Tim McAmis Tells Us Why And How To Decide Where It Goes.

Moving an engine forward or backward in a car can make a huge difference in the way it rides and handles. In a drag car that is arguably even more critical and can dramatically effect that way the...