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One has a Flathead, One a Blown Olds, But Somehow These Traditional Hot Rods Share the Same Soul

There is just something about a traditional styled hot rod that just makes people smile. Even folks that wouldn’t describe themselves as traditional hot rod fans somehow find themselves drawn...

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From Dirty Dozen to Unreal Adventure 2026 Invited Subscriber: Pete Meyer and his 1963 Willys Wagon Made The Cut!

A few days ago we shared the Unreal Adventure Dirty Dozen, those 12 rigs that came from more than 100 submissions to be chosen to participate in Unreal Adventure 2026. Out of those 12, 5 will be...

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Retropower’s Austin Allegro Build Is Restomod Greatness. But is it Hiding a Secret? You Bet Your Ass It Is!

This here is something special. It’s not that an Austin Allegro is at the top of my british car list, but it is certainly up there! And when you see what has been done to make this what some...

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Building A 1968 Camaro Drift Car In Autoshop, and Then Taking It To The SEMA Show AND PRI! This is Something Special!

When the Los Angeles Career Center decides to do something, they go all in. Given the fact that Southern California is the epicenter of hot rodding and racing, it makes sense that a project like this...

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Jay Leno Takes a ride in ONE of the TWO 1914 Knox Model 46s still in Existence: This is a 496 CI Overhead-Valve Monster From the Nethercutt Collection!

Sometimes we forget just how bad ass humans were 100-140 years ago. I say this because the amount of invention and ingenuity that was happening in the world was just insane. I mean people came up...

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2020 Grand National Roadster Show Photo Coverage: More Images Of The Coolest, Most BangShifty Stuff At The Show

(Photos by Wes Allison)- Now THIS we can get into! Here’s our second load of photos from the 2020 Grand National Roadster Show in Southern California and boy is it full of cool stuff. This...

Paul Lee Picks Up Global Electronic Technology As Major Sponsor Of NHRA Nitro Funny Car Team

The NHRA news is coming hot and heavy this week as the season opening Winternationals are set to take over the headlines next week. Today it’s Paul Lee dropping some knowledge on a great new...

Drag Racing Cinema: This 2019 US Nationals Video Is An Incredible And Beautiful Look Inside The Race

Now THIS is some drag racing cinema. It is insulting to call this a “video” because it is so much more than that. A wonderful, intense, professional, comprehensive, and unflinching look...

Rallying Cry: The TUF253 Ford Escort At Summernats 33

Just about anywhere else in the world, the Mk1 Ford Escort is a treasure. Or a rally car. Maybe both. Okay, probably both. Small, light, lithe, and in the right hands wickedly potent, the Escort was...

Veteran Rehabilitation: Bringing A Sherman Tank Back To Tip-Top Shape

The only Sherman tanks I ever got to see during my military days were display tanks. The oldest tank I ever saw that wasn’t a pretty statue was an M60 Patton variant that was sitting on a back...

Heavy Duty Junkyard Crawl And Engine Teardown: Watch The DeBoss Garage Guys Get Busy With Some Caterpillar Fun!

I had occasion to meet the guys from DeBoss Garage last week and they were really cool to hang out and have a beer with. They’re the same dudes you see on the screen when you watch their videos...

Rough Start: 1989 Dodge D150 – Cheaper Than A Cummins By A Wide Mile

When it comes to the 1981-93 Dodge pickups, you’ll find them in pretty much three levels of condition:  Decent street truck, cared for but worn.  Decrepit.  It’s a Cummins-powered...

This Ram Air V Topped 455 Pontiac Engine Is An Iron Headed Thumper – Who Needs To Wake Up Their Tin Indian?

When it comes to pinnacle factory performance parts from Pontiac, we all kind of default to the Super Duty engines that were installed in those short number of Trans Ams in the early 1970s and those...

Morning Symphony: Waking Up The Warbirds

I loved walking out onto the flightline at sunrise. It’s quiet in much the same way you would experience camping at a hidden beach, or deep in the mountains. There’s just a little bit of...

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Not Every One Died: The Story Of The Rescue And Revival Of LEE 1, The Very First General Lee Charger!

Dixie horn, big-block soundtrack, and two always happy go lucky Southern boys who never really did anything wrong flinging their bright orange Dodge Charger around the dirt roads of Hazzard County...

Truck Suspension Tech Video: Check Out The Install Of QA1s Complete Single Adjustable Coil-Over Suspension On A 1970 C10!

There’s nothing hotter in the aftermarket these days than classic trucks. After just meeting with dozens of high performance parts manufacturers last week, I came away with a keen understanding...

2020 Grand National Roadster Show Photo Coverage: History, Beauty, and More At This Awesome Show

(Photos by Wes Allison) – While we often talk about the “racing season” there’s no real “car show season” in America because it just doesn’t stop. Like...

This 1940s Midget Racer Has An Empty Flathead Engine And Stories For Days

Midget racing in the 1940s was one of the biggest automotive attractions in the country. Midgets races everywhere you and on every surface you can think of. Indoors, outdoors, on dirt tracks, on road...

Breakout: Antron Brown and Don Schumacher Racing Announce Formation Of AB Motorsports – First Step For Brown As Team Owner

While the NHRA off-season news has been more of a drip than a torrent in 2020, the floodgates have opened over the last couple of days and at the top of the wave was this blockbuster announcement...