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Will These Replica Classic Car Bodies Reshape The Car Industry? Juncheng Vehicle Co. Is Replicating Icons In China

Several years ago the restoration body parts business went to a whole new place when companies started offering complete bodies for our favorite American classics. 1969 Camaros were one of the first,...

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Use This 3 Step Secret to GLASS FLAT Paint! Kevin Tetz Shares Decades Of Experience That Will Make Your Paint Job A Success

We’ve shared plenty of Kevin Tetz videos over the years around here, and I can tell you that Kevin sure knows what he’s talking about. The number of TV and YouTube personalities that have...

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SUPPORT SURGES FOR LENO’S LAW AS CAR CULTURE DEMANDS COLLECTOR’S RIGHTS: Letters Pour in from California’s Lowrider Community and International Car Rreservationists in support of California SB 1392

We’ve talked about California SB 1392 in the past, and are thrilled that despite not making it to a vote in 2025, the bi-partisan group of California law makers who support it are still pushing...

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How To Fab Headers: Follow Along As The Iron Trap Garage Crew Build Custom Stainless Headers For The Ardun Powered 1933 3 Window!!

Headers are one of those fabrication projects that seem to intimidate a lot of people, and for good reason. If you go at them from the wrong direction, don’t have a game plan in place to start...

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Steve Magnante’s Daily Junkyard Crawl: THIS RARE FIREBIRD FORMULA 350 HAS HAD A HOD ROD LIFE! COME SAVE IT!

It’s time for another Daily Junkyard Crawl with Steve Magnante, and this time it’s another really cool Pontiac. How about a real deal 1987 Pontiac Firebird Formula 350 that has had a few good go...

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Wild Ride at the May 2026 El Mirage California SCTA Meet – The Spirit of AutoPower III Comp Coupe Hits A Bump at 228 MPH!

The Spirit of Autopower Comp Coupe is a pretty radical machine, and a staple in the land speed racing community. This thing is based off a little tiny first generation Honda Civic, but the rest is...

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Rough Start: This 1974 Mercury Montego Badly Wants To Stay A Late 1970s Teenage Dream!

Looking over this 1974 Mercury Montego for a Rough Start candidate is easy enough: it falls under budget at $4,500, looks ready to drive, isn’t too bad to look at and has a kind of mean stance...

Your Day Isn’t Today: Racing Mishaps From All Over The World!

Drivers take all of the risk when they choose to race. It doesn’t matter if you are pro, semi-pro or it’s your first lap or run down the strip…it’s all on you when you suit...

Is It Just Us, Or Does The Fact That This Big Block Truck Has No Bed Mean It Does Better Burnouts And Is Therefore Way More Exciting?

I’d like to think that the fact that someone took the utility bed off of this cab and chassis, big block equipped, 1990 GMC 3500 truck, is a sign from God himself that this truck is meant to do...

Bret And Andy Voelkel’s Garage Built Happy Hot Rod Chevelle Is Done, Driven, And Cool As Hell.

(Words and Photos by Ridetech) I have to admit that when I first went to Palm Desert to look at this 1970 Chevelle with James Crosby I wasn’t that impressed for the money. I’m spoiled of...

Racing Junk Find: This 1965 Chevrolet Biscayne Is Plain Jane Perfection And We Love It!

There is something about a set of dog dish hubcaps on steelies that just says horsepower. Or at least it does for a Chevrolet guy. After all, that’s what came on COPO cars and some of the best...

That Went Well: Watch A Polish Motorcycle Rider Turn A Burnout Into A Ghost Rider Remake

Ok, I’m going to let fly an opinion here that may tweak some people the wrong way. Basically, motorcycle burnouts, unless there is a slick tire involved or some sort of racing about to happen,...

Kansas City Cash Days! Super-Close Racing With A Mix Of Rides On The Plains!

There’s nothing like close, tight racing that leaves everybody wondering just who in the hell took the stripe at the end. Nothing. And when it’s two cars that are fighting and losing the...

Could Be Fun: This 1972 Pontiac Wagon Has The Fun Bits Ready…How Would You Finish It?

Creating a phantom musclecar out of an otherwise ho-hum station wagon variant of the same model is always a popular idea. Satellites into Road Runner wagons, a Vista Cruiser turned 442 W-30, even the...

Would You Rather: 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle Vs. 1972 Ford Gran Torino!

The midsize sedan is a dying breed, according to every rag and blog out there right now. Whatever…they can sing the praises of crossovers and cars that drive themselves until they are blue in...

2018 NHRA New England Nationals: From Stock Eliminator To Top Fuel and Prep Tractors our Last Blast Of Photos Has It All

(Photos by Dave Nutting) – It’s hard to believe that it was basically a week ago when we were up in Epping, New Hampshire sucking snoot full of nitromethane and watching super stockers...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Would You Hand Over Your Driving Data For Gifts?

Most people know that when they reach rock bottom, that they should stop digging. Apparently the minds at Mitsubishi decided that once the shovel quit being useful, that they would ask for a...

Morning Symphony: The 2018 Goodwood Festival Of Speed’s First Day Of Action!

That little green speck you are seeing in the lead photo is an Aston Martin Cygnet. A rebadged Scion iQ that was actually sold to the public, it might be the most off-putting rebadge since a Chevy...

2018 Hot Rod Power Tour Photos – From Lowered Four Doors To Buses, This Event Has Them All!

(Photos by Mike and Jon Brooks) –  We’re back with more Hot Rod Magazine Power Tour photos! This time we have everything from lowered four doors to buses because Mike and Jon Brooks took...

Red Bull Literally Pits A Rugby Team Against An F1 Car – Insane And Awesome

We often marvel at the disposable income a company like Red Bull has. The good thing is that it allows them to do insane things like produce a video called F1 Scrum where they pit the slightly...