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Derek is Taking A 1,600 Mile Journey To Trade One Of Vice Grip Garages More Popular Trucks For The Ride He Sold And Instantly Regretted It

We’ve all traded or sold a car or truck and then regretted it. Sometimes that regret is as soon as the deal is done and sometimes it takes a week or month or year to realize that you just...

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1972 Chevrolet Crash Test Video: Watch A 1972 Chevrolet Vega Crash Head On Into A 1972 Chevrolet Impala For Science

Everyone thinks of a Vega as being super small, because it was a compact car back in the day, and that an Impala is super huge because at the time they really were and especially when compared to a...

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Build Your Own Vapor Blaster At Home With A Harbor Freight Blast Cabinet, Including a Full Parts List!

Vapor blasting, or wet blasting as many people call it, is a media or sand blasting method that uses water and sometimes an added detergent. The water and abrasives combine to clean and slightly...

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Dirthead Shed Tire Testing: Putting Avix Trailtek R/T Tires To The Test As Butter Jeep Takes On Tough Moab Trails

Dirthead Dave is back at it, with the newly LS Swapped and running Butter Jeep out on the trails in Moab for a bit of tire testing. Dave has been wheeling Jeeps and everything else under the sun for...

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WATCH FREE LIVE Streaming Drag Racing From Santa Pod RIGHT HERE! The Festival Of Power Is ON This Weekend!

This weekend at the famed Santa Pod Raceway in England, there’s a big drag race called the Festival of Power going on, and all the action is LIVE right here! This event is a pre-cursor to the...

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LIVE RACING ACTION | Sepang | GT World Challenge Asia powered by AWS 2026 Race 1 and 2

Here we go again! We’ve got GT World Challenge Racing going on live right here, and we dig road racing and who doesn’t love the World Challenge series? This weekends racing is coming to you live...

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Southeast Gassers Action Coverage: The Old School, Gear-Banging Heroes Invaded Mooresville Dragway!

(Photos by David Whealon) – There’s a common thread happening with the Southeast Gassers these days. What it is? None of us can get enough of the series. None of us meaning the media who...

1989 NHRA US Nationals Video: The Race Coverage Continues With Nitro Funny Cars!

Last week we showed you part one of the 1989 NHRA US Nationals coverage and now we’re going to accelerate the pace as the greatest drag race in the world (2019 edition) starts in just a couple...

BangShift Power Laggin’ Project Truck Update: Let’s Fix Some Really Questionable Stuff!

Welcome back to our coverage of Project Power Laggin’! Follow along as we take a tired 1979 Dodge W150 Power Wagon we found in Central Maine and transform it from a derelict roadside attraction to...

Just Add Driver: This 1989 Pontiac Trans Am GTA Is Sorted Out Properly!

A second Pontiac in a row? Yes, and for good reason. Yesterday’s Formula Turbo was a neat look into the dark days at Pontiac and was a beautifully restored example that looked museum-quality....

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Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: Right Three To The Charging Station

It’s been a fun weekend on the road…the Somernites Cruise was fantastic and Gravelrama 49 offered up the same awesome views that I first saw last year. As you’re reading this...

Old-School Cammers: If You Thought It Was Just Ford And Mopar, Check This Out!

Do you remember all of the hype in the 1990s regarding dual overhead cam V8s and how they were vastly superior to the standard pushrod unit? Think back to the Corvette ZR-1, the Lincoln Mark VIII...

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The Rtech Fabrications Built Ponderosa 1966 Chevrolet Crew Cab 4×4 Dually Truck Is One Awesome Beast

If you aren’t familiar with the crew over at Rtech Fabrications, you certainly need to be. They build trucks that never came from the factory and build them in a way that makes you question...

August 2019 Somernites Cruise: One Of The Biggest Cruises Recorded!

The 2019 Somernites Super Cruise broke a participation record: 2,022 cars were on display throughout the downtown area or were involved in one fashion or another with the weekend’s activities....

Our Bonneville Photo Coverage Continues Right Here! Check Out More Bitchin Rides From The Salt

Bonneville is a very special place to us. I’ve raced there, I’ve been fast there, and it is a place that inspires, draws, and challenges you. It is historic, it is beautiful, it is a...

The Gap Between Two Generations: This 1981 Pontiac Firebird Turbo Formula Is Gorgeous!

Throughout the 1970s, it was easy to see that there was a civil war going on within the confines of Pontiac. On one hand you had people who advocated for cars like the Bonneville, the Catalina, and...

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Unhinged: No Filming At The Nurburgring Without Pre-Approval – Bad For The Community?

I genuinely thought this was a clickbait video when I first watched it. Auto Addiction is a YouTube channel that has consistently provided great footage from the Nurburgring in Germany. We’ve...

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Heaven For A Hot Rodder: Take A Tour Of A Goldmine Yard With Vice Grip Garage!

It’s a sad fact: the old yards are going away. The classic metal, the cars of years gone past, are vanishing…either the collector has passed on and the kids want nothing to do with it, or...

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Stroker Heap: This Jeep Stroker Six Budget Build Is A Bad Little Piece!

Is a V8 always the right answer? Okay, put your middle fingers down, it’s always a good answer, but sometimes it might not be a right answer. Case in point: I’ve been plotting out a...

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Do The Modified Quarter Windows On This 1973 454 SS Chevelle Make You Not Want To Buy It?

Sometimes people do the strangest things to cars. I’ll give you that they usually don’t realize that a car might someday be worth something, but still. This 1973 Chevelle SS 454 is one...