.

the car junkie daily magazine.

.
Steve Magnante’s Daily Junkyard Crawl: This 351, 4-SPEED, 3.50:1 TRACTION LOCK 1971 TORINO GT Is Cool!

It’s time for another Daily Junkyard Crawl with Steve Magnante, and this time it’s another really cool Ford. How about a real deal 1971 Torino GT with a 351, 4-speed, and a 9 inch with...

Read more

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...

Read more

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...

Read more

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...

Read more

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...

Read more

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...

Read more

 

Street Car Super Nationals 14 Gallery: Our Photo Coverage From Las Vegas Begins NOW!

If you thought everybody had bundled up for the winter and headed inside, do we have a bit of good news for you! Las Vegas is still warm enough to race, Las Vegas Motor Speedway is fresh from...

2018 GALOT Motorsports Park Monster Truck Throwdown Action Photos – High Flyin’ Fun With Awesome Trucks

(Photos by David Whealon) – When we look at these great action photos taken by David Whealon at GALOT Motorsports Park during the 2018 Monster Truck Throwdown event we can’t but help...

Donut Media Takes On Richard Petty: Everything You Should Know About The King of NASCAR

Richard Petty. Even if you can’t stomach stock-car racing, you have to tip your hat to the man who made it look damn easy for years on end. 200 races won. Seven NASCAR championships. Seven...

Pro Commuter Perfection? Is This 1987 Oldsmobile Delta 88 On The Right Track?

There are days where I almost wish I had never typed the words “Pro Commuter”. I’m not kidding. It’s one thing for me to want a cool daily driver that gets solid MPG and...

In Memoriam: Katarina “Kat” Moller

It is with sadness that we have to report the passing of 24-year-old Katarina “Kat” Moller, one of the drivers for the jet dragster team of Larsen Motorsports. Moller had been driving the...

Morning Symphony: The New TVR Griffith Sounding Off In Anger!

If TVR are truly on track with their planned production schedule for the reborn Griffith, then customers should start seeing cars in their driveways sometime early next year. Which isn’t...

Rough Start: Where Did All Of The Second-Gen Camaros Like This Go?

Second-generation Chevrolet Camaros have finally eclipsed their reputations as the ultimate redneck hot rod and have started skyrocketing in value. We aren’t talking just the 1970-73 models,...

This 2018 Nurburgring Compilation Of Skids, Crashes, and Near Misses, Is Must Watch Stuff

The best kind of fun to have or be involved in is the kind where it feels like the rods are about to fly out at any second but they never do.This goes for times hanging out with your buddies, times...

Craigslist Find: This Indy Pace Car Edition 1973 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible Could Be Yours!

We often make jokes about how jacked up the American auto companies were in the 1970s and this is yet another awesomely hilarious example. When anyone thinks of an Indy 500 pace car they think of a...

2018 Monster Truck Throwdown At GALOT Motorsports Park – Flying Trucks, Mashed Up Cars!

(Photos by David Whealon – DWPhotos) – GALOT Motorsports Park continues to be one of the true gems of the American racing landscape these days through the diversity of events that they...

2018 NHRA World Finals Pit Thrash Photos – Drag Racing’s Mechanics On Full Display

(Photos by Wes Allison) – There are many things that I love about the sport of drag racing but the tradition that fans and teams still honor regarding open pits is my favorite. It creates an...

Green Hornet: This 1973 AMC Hornet Is Just A Cool Little Cruiser!

I wish I knew what really pulled me towards this 1973 AMC Hornet while I was digging through eBay. Certainly, picking a Hornet isn’t a bad idea…AMC’s final major platform design...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Would You Do If You Became A Caretaker Of An Old Race Car?

The dream garages we build in our heads are epic, and when it comes to the racing machines that captivated our imaginations and held our fantasies, the sky is the limit. Pick your poison and your...

With New Chevrolet Performance Parts, You Can Turn Your Colorado ZR2 Into An Off-Road Beast

When the Chevrolet ZR2 appeared on the new S-10 in 1994, it was a model that required attention. This wasn’t just a callout four-wheel-drive model…sporting a three-inch lift, a track...