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STREET WEEK SWEDEN LIVE in the United States For The First Time! Get Your All Access Pass To Drag And Drive Greatness Right Here!

That’s right folks, we’ve been talking about it for a few weeks but now is the time to sign up for your livestream from Street Week Sweden! I’ll be there, announcing, interviewing,...

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Cataclean Diesel: Restore DPF Performance & Reduce Emissions On Your Late Model Diesel Truck!

Everyone I know that buys a newer diesel tow rig has a love and hate relationship with their truck because the love they have for the diesel power and efficiency is sometimes matched by the hate they...

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We Tour The Pomona Swap Meet With Our Friend Dane from The Burndown Channel! Check it out!

There are many things that I miss from living in Southern California, and one of them is the Pomona Swap Meet. Unless I was out of town at a race, I was there with Crosby and Jay and the crew, window...

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Turning a Survivor 1950 Pontiac into the Perfect Cruiser. It’s Easier Than You Think and the Results are Awesome!

1950’s American cars have historically been the basis of the majority of true customs, and for good reason. The lines flow, the shapes lend themselves to chopping, sectioning, and frenching,...

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THE VAULT: Exploring Hot Rod & Racing HISTORY Underneath the Petersen Museum. You Gotta See This!

Our friend Tommy Lee Byrd recently got the chance to visit the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, and the very special section, underneath this HUGE space that is called The Vault. It’s...

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4th of July SALE! Visit Ridetech.com Between Now And July 7th for 10% Off Late Model Suspension During July 4th Weekend Sale!

That’s right gang, if you are looking for some real savings this 4th of July weekend, to celebrate 250 years of American pride, then now is your chance to save 10% off your late model...

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Open Up: Uncle Tony Explains How To Hog Out A Slant Six Head!

So, among the other projects that are ongoing in his work space, Uncle Tony is busy building up a new Slant Six for his super-lightweight Dodge Dart. He’s intent on making a buzzin’...

Here’s How You Do A One-Of-One: The 1961 Chevrolet “Corphibian” – Ralph Nader’s Guaranteed Heart Attack!

Recently, the book Unsafe At Any Speed, Ralph Nader’s ode to automotive safety, pedestrian safety, environmental damage and his seemingly bona-fide hatred of the Chevrolet Corvair, reached the...

She Screams: Caca Daud’s [email protected] Blast At Haltech World Cup Finals!

So, a couple of days ago I decided to see if there would be any chance that you readers would be able to justify the reasoning behind a V8 engine selection. I’m not shocked in the least that...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s The Boss Car Audio System From The Good Old Days?

Today’s Question of the Day is a little bit more interactive than normal. Here’s the deal…the other night I was chatting with Kevin (Junkyard Digs on YouTube) about his project 1968...

Hilarity: Once Upon A Time in Monterey – The Car Bros Actually Enter Monterey Car Week Events – This Rules

We have long loved the Car Bros YouTube channel around here. These guys come up with weird ideas and concepts, riff on the more annoying parts of automotive culture, and love to do stuff that gets...

Redline Rebuild! Watch These Guys Perform The Rebuild Of An Iconic VW Flat Four

Hagerty has really been killing it with their series of time lapse engine rebuild videos. They have done a bunch of classic engines so far but this time they are doing something a little different...

Watch This Wild Video Of A Train Cruising The Streets Of Chicago

(By Greg Rourke) – Chicago has always been a railroad town. Lots of railroads congregated here, and many still do. Railroads often had branch lines and industrial spurs to service businesses...

Strange Flex, But Ok: 1998 Chevrolet Tahoe 2-Door, With Manual Transmission, Duals, And LS Swap

I swear, readers, I was not trying to find the weird stuff when I found this thing. I promise. What I was looking for, honestly, was a 1992-1998 Chevrolet Blazer or Tahoe that had two doors and three...

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Buy It: The 1965 Koch Special Is An Incredible Window Into The Era Of Homebuilt American Sports Race Cars

When most people bemoan the loss of the “good ol’ days” of racing they are talking about drag racing and how much stuff has changed over the years in terms of technology, rules, and...

Unveiled: Tesla Cybertruck – Who Ordered The DeLorean Crossover?

On one hand, it’s easy to count how many times Tesla was underrated, expected to fail, seen as a hopeless money pit and wound up delivering. The first Roadster, the Model S, Model 3, Model...

Random Car Review: The Chrysler Kit Car Program – The Original Saturday Night Special

It is strange to picture just how incompetent management inside of Chrysler actually was during the 1970s. Lynn Townsend, who had been a strong benefit to Chrysler after the disastrous 1957 model...

The “WTF?!” Files: 1JZ-Swapped Ford Taurus – Um…What?!

The Ford Taurus has a fantastic reputation from the moment it was introduced as Ford’s eye to the future of the family car for 1986 through 1995. After that, things went…well, okay, they...

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BangShift Question Of The Day: Is There Really A Justification For The V8?

I hear the buzzing, I see the nest perfectly fine, and yet I’m still picking up the stick and preparing to swing. It seems like the perfect time to smack the hornet’s nest with this...

Smoking Hot: Five Corvettes At Fire Sale Prices!

I don’t need to know the person who wrote this ad to understand what is going through their mind. The listing and the pictures say it all: five Corvettes – a 1961, a 1964, a 1970, a 1972,...