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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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Here’s Our Last Gallery Of Photos From Mecum In Harrisburg – Hot Rods, Trucks, Memorabilia And Lots Of Cool Stuff We Wish We Owned!

(Photos by Joe Grippo) Mecum Auctions have been growing by leaps and bounds the past few years. In a time when automotive auction houses find themselves battling for the biggest and best collections,...

Barge Party: This Is A 1990 Lincoln Town Car That Rips The Strip!

The Lincoln Town Car is not a performance car. It just isn’t. It’s a big thing, thanks to it’s Panther-platform roots. It’s a stout thing, since the Crown Victoria gained...

Rough Start: The Twilight Of The 440 Plymouth Police Specials

1978 was the last year for the 440 cubic inch V8 in any Chrysler Corporation police vehicle. After years of being the ultimate option, with little challenge in the way from Ford, sporadic challenges...

The Summernats City Cruise! Muscle Cars And Hot Rods That Aren’t Street Legal Get To Do This Just Once Per Year!

We take a lot of stuff for granted her in the States. We can drive a big tire car down the road anytime we want and blowers are okay on lots of stuff, etc. But in the land of Oz that is not always...

Get A Look At How Things Work Via A See-Through Catalytic Converter!

As the interior was being ripped out of the Catalina, the sawzall was broken out and two cuts were made, then a large lump that looked kind of like a muffler was chucked out to the side. A much...

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Snowmaro: Adding Tracks And Skis To A Hot-Rodded Power Wheels Is Too Much!

You almost wonder if the guys behind Grind Hard Plumbing Co. just sit around dreaming up wilder and wilder ideas. You have to…look at what they’ve come up with in a short amount of time:...

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Holley Releases New Accessory Drive Upgrades for LT Gen V Engines! LT Swaps Just Got Easier Thanks To Alternator And Power Steering Mods.

Swapping late model LS and LT engines into hot rods and muscle cars is easier now than ever, but sometimes factory components just can’t fit where we need them to in some of the older...

BangShift’s Question Of The Day: What’s The Weirdest Option You’ve Ever Heard Of?

While options were around well before it’s arrival, the 1965 Ford Mustang was the car that really clued in manufacturers to what options could do for their bottom line. Car customization was a...

Programmed To Slide: Stanford University’s Autonomous DeLorean Gets Sideways

A few years ago, a 1981 DeLorean DMC-12 known as MARTY made headlines when it showcased autonomous drifting. “Big deal”, you mutter, “they got a remote-controlled car to drift....

Q-Ship: This 1978 Lincoln Is A Cream Puff With A 532ci, Dual Quad Equipped Big Block Ford

We have covered this subject matter before but Q-ships were a cool but relatively ineffective Naval weapon dating back more than 80 years. Basically they were merchant ships that were bristling with...

Flowmaster Releases New Delta Force Air Intakes for Late Model Ford and Nissan Trucks

Flowmaster’s Delta Force air intakes have become one of the most trusted and highest volume names in the industry in just a couple of years since the products were launched. Why? They fit...

Listen Up Suckers: Stevie Fast Calls Out Every Pro Mod In the Country…And John Force?!

And we’re off! That’s exactly what I thought when I watched this video of Stevie Fast Jackson effectively calling out every pro mod racer in the country and the going the extra mile and...

Vintage Billet: These BAC MAN RAT Heads Are Complete, Cool, And A Look Back At Billet Head Evolution

We live in a world today where billet heads are so commonplace that they barely get people’s attention anymore. Seriously. The PRI show was filled with so many companies making billet cylinder...

Unhinged: Take Some Time And Get Your Mind Right

Hey, readers. I hope you had a good holiday season, whatever you celebrate, and I hope the hangover from New Year’s has finally subsided. Mercifully, the holiday season treated me lovely this...

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