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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...

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SHADYSIDE OUTLAWS APRIL 2026: THIS OUTLAW SMALL TIRE SHOOTOUT SETS THE LIST! SEE WHO MAKES THE CUT!

Shadyside Outlaws is back for 2026 and that means it is time to set the list for Outlaw Small Tire, and that means it is shootout time. Check out the video from our friends at Spoold Media and let us...

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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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Trick Truck: This Dump Truck Is Parts Weird, Cool, and Fun – A Wisconsin Roadside Find

(By Greg Rourke) – I love Wisconsin. Home of the Merrill Ice Drags, Snap On Tools, and the greatest bartenders on planet Earth. It’s said that more brandy is consumed in Wisconsin than...

Hoonitruck: Meet Ken Block’s 914-Horsepower, All-Wheel-Drive, Twin-Turbo V6 1977 Ford F-150 Gymkhana Build!

Meet Ken Block’s latest all-wheel-drive cure and cause for insanity. It’s a 1977 Ford F-150 dubbed “Hoonitruck”, it’s just as mental as the other all-wheel-drive Fords...

Who Failed Harder? Losing A Wheel, Or Forgetting That You Were In Reverse?

We aren’t trying to put the owners of this wicked 1967 Chevelle and super-clean Charger on any kind of negative deal. Things happen, oversights get made, or in much simpler terms, shit happens....

When In Doubt, Blower: This Blown 2005 Chrysler 300C Is Ready To Mess With The Neighborhood

Okay, some actual talk for a second instead of my usual prose. When I first saw the pictures of this Chrysler, I’m not kidding, I studied them thinking that this was some kind of mental...

NHRA MY Journey Video: Jason Line Talks About His Career, His Family, His Kids, And The Allure Of Drag Racing

Jason Line can be a hard guy to know. As someone who sees him in person more weekends a year than perhaps even his own kids I can tell you that the big man from Minnesota is funny, quick witted, and...

Morning Symphony: The Mental Peugeot 205 Of Vincent Foucart – 2.0L V-16?!

In the world of automobiles, sixteen cylinders is pretty much the maximum used in any kind of regularity for one engine block, and even then, they are rare. You have the Cadillac V-16, a 452 or 431ci...

Thump Truck, Russian Style: This BMW-Powered ZiL-130 Might Look Rustic, But She’s A Runner!

On initial appearances, the blue dump truck looks like your typical Russian medium-duty unit. Sure, it’s super-sano clean, but this ZiL-130 could potentially be as old as the late...

The Coolest 1941 Willys Currently For Sale on The Internet is THIS ONE – Radically Awesome

I have to admit something right now. I’m a Willys snob. I have very particular tastes when it comes to these cars like everyone has for the things that they truly love, right? I’m not a...

An Elephant at SEMA 2018? Mopar’s “Something Big Is Coming” Teaser Video Looks Interesting!

Remember back when the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon was being hyped up through numerous teaser clips and dragged-out hints that left nobody wanting for information by the time the cars actually...

2018 October Pomona Swap Meet: Our Last Gathering Of Cool, Weird, and Neat Cars For Sale

(Photos by Wes Allison) – At the end of the day all of us who love cars and trucks have a few things in common. We are attracted to the stuff we like for reasons of emotion, style, horsepower,...

Watch This Austin A35 Go For A Wild Rolling Wreck At Goodwood – Tall, Round Car Does Tall, Round Car Things

An Austin A35 may not be the most common car to the ears and eyes of the American motoring public but they were really popular back in England. Like any old car with this type of popularity, people...

Rough Start: This International Flatbed Is A Work-Truck Dream!

As Angry Grandpa got his bath at the local car wash, I walked over to the Toyota dealership that is butted up right next door to walk through the used car sections to see what was available. Most of...

Back To The Bus Driver: An Autonomous School Bus Service In Florida Is Halted

Oh, the joys of the school bus. Up at five in the morning, to be out to a misting, miserable bus stop to wait for a Gillig bus that could be about forty years old to come lumbering up, where...

Purist Hate, Honda Edition: This RWD Nissan-Powered Civic Is Absolutely Twisted And Awesome!

For years I bashed on Honda products. It was difficult not to when it seemed like every backwards-cap wearing brat had a stickered-up, fart-can equipped Civic that they were convinced would win any...