Roadtrippin’ Part 2: Visiting Pioneer Village in Minden Nebraska Means Cool Mechanical History
(Words and Photos by Scott Liggett) If you have ever driven across Nebraska anytime in the last 65 years you probably seen the billboards advertising Pioneer Village. They are literally everywhere....
This Used To Scare Me! Don’t Let Rust Repair Scare You. C10 Rocker Replacement Made Easy.
Growing up in California, I’ve been spoiled by rust free projects for my entire life. Even when I moved to Texas 20 plus years ago there was an abundance of mostly rust free cars and trucks....
Belts Are Burning: The NHTSA Is Investigating 2015-current Ford F-150s For Seat Belt Pretensioners That Self-Ignite
If there is one safety item that doesn’t deserve any pushback against, it’s the seat belt. Forget air bags that turn the interior of a car into a marshmallow, the basic seatbelt has done...
The Hoonigans Try Dropping A Truck, That Has The Wheels Spinning Top Speed, To See If It Accelerates Quicker
We can’t make this stuff up. Seriously. We laughed when we saw the title, just like you. So the thought is this… Measure the acceleration of a truck, launching it from a standstill, to...
Bonneville Speed Week 2018: Scenes From The Salt On A Friday Full Of Anticipation
(Photos by the author) – It’s here! SCTA Bonneville Speed Week 2018 has begun. We were on the salt yesterday to check out the pits and see what we could see as racers were setting up,...
Roadtrippin’ Part 1: Visiting Pioneer Village in Minden Nebraska Is Mechanical Nirvana
(Words and Photos by Scott Liggett) If you have ever driven across Nebraska anytime in the last 65 years you probably seen the billboards advertising Pioneer Village. They are literally everywhere....
NSRA Eastern Nationals Photos From York Just Keep Coming
Here’s another batch of photos from the NSRA Eastern Nationals in York PA. Technically a Street Rod is a pre-1949 modified or custom vehicle, while 1949 and newer fall under the category of...
This 9-Second Bench Seat Equipped 1966 Impala Is Just One Of The Cool Things From Street Car Takeover Spokane
When I saw this amazingly clean and sexy 1966 Impala, that runs 9s, has a bench seat, and weighs close to 4300 lbs, it made my heart skip a beat. After all, our own 1966 Chevy is one bigun as well...
Finnegan’s Ramp Truck Is Now A Coal Roller! Wiring, Exhaust, And Smokey Burnouts!
It’s been a minute since Mike Finnegan’s ramp truck Chevy has been seen. Last time we had heard much about it, the 5.9L Cummins and transmission had been liberated from a surplus military...
Friend Of The Year: Who Would Let Their Buddy Drive Their Hellcat Charger Around The Nurburgring For Them?
How likely are you to toss over the keys of your baby to a buddy? Barring circumstances where it’s for the best, like using a designated driver because you’re three sheets to the wind or...
This 1979 Ford Is Personal Monster Truck Perfection
Every red blooded American male has, at one point or another, wanted to own and drive a Monster Truck. It just is. But we all know that driving one around is difficult to say the least, and...
This 9 Year Old Kid Jumps The Double Stack Ramp At The Hoonigan Shop In A Bad Ass UTV!
Kids that are incredibly confident and do extreme stuff are cool as hell. But kids that do extreme stuff and still show a bit of fear and excitement are even cooler. They’re kids after all....
Morning Symphony: Working Out A 410ci Ford On The Skidpad In An XC Falcon!
Simply put, happiness is valve float. You’ve reached the max point of the engine’s capability to ingest and expel air. You’ve found the limit. Very few people will ever see the...
45 Hours, Coast to Coast, In A Custom Dodge Van? This Is The Four Ball Rally
(Words and Photos by Jim Smoot) Boston, Massachusetts – June 2, 1984… In the early morning hours, in the pouring rain, more than a million dollars worth of exotic automotive machinery &...
