Beaked Badass: Can You Overlook This 1971 Ford Thunderbird’s Face For The Good Stuff It’s Got?
It’s called a Bunkie Beak. It was supposed to project the image of the beak of a bird of prey, but instead it looked like the fifth-generation Ford Thunderbird had undergone a rhinoplasty so...
Soviet Scrambler: These Ladas Get After It At Rally Legend! Who Knew A Repurposed Fiat Could Be This Wicked?
The design traces back to the 1966 Fiat 124, and somehow the shape was in production until 2012. The group of vehicles best collectively known as the Lada Riva were a staple of Russian auto...
Cool Video: A Look Behind The Scenes At Fragola Performance Systems
When we talk about the products that Fragola Performance Systems create at their Connecticut headquarters we’re not just throwing hollow words out there. We have used the components on our own...
Lights out 9 Action Photos – More Great Photos From The Radial Tire Throwdown In Georgia
(Photos by Randy McCuddy) – As promised, we’re back with more killer photos from Lights Out 9 No Escape! This is the baddest radial tire drag race on Earth and we were front and center...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Do You Have An Automotive Addiction Problem?
A while back, a bunch of people I know were having a discussion on where the line between multiple cars and hoarding was drawn. At what point do you step back, size up the fleet and mutter,...
Red Sled: This 1967 Ford Ranch Wagon Is A Big-Block, Four-Speed Family Truckster!
The long-roof itch is one that will never be fully scratched around here. We love our wagons! We love them to have power, to have personality, and if it’s got three pedals, then all the better....
Calder Park Drag Racing – V8s From Old And New Schools Making Noise!
We are about a month away from starting some test and tune days at Beech Bend with the Angry Grandpa Chrysler and honestly, the weather can’t clear up soon enough for us to start getting the...
Morning Symphony: The Highest-Revving Detroit Diesel-Powered Kenworth We’ve Seen Yet!
Diesels don’t rev. That’s just the truth of it. A couple of thousand RPMs and you’re in the upper limits for most oil-burners that have been produced. Four thousand RPM and...
Classic YouTube: Autocrossing A Corvair With A Screaming Flat-Six In Florida
I’m not in love with the first-generation of Corvairs…they look upright and plain, like the typical Aunt Bessie car. The second-gen cars, though…they are sexy. And when they are...
Rough Start: This 1988 Toyota Celica Turbo All-Trac Is The Rally Rocket Daily Driver For Those Who Don’t Want A Subaru
190 horsepower, 190 ft/lbs of torque, a five-speed manual, a central differential, and unlike most other cars from the last twenty or so years whose lineage came back to rally racing, the spoilers...
Jegs Gets Hit With A $1.7 Million Fine From CARB For Selling “Illegal Auto Parts In California”
Earlier this month, the California Air Resources Board, better known as CARB, got JEGS Automotive to pay $1.7 million dollars in fines for violations of CARB policies pertaining to “illegal...
This Cummins Powered Nova Was The Freakiest Car At Lights Out 9 And It Worked! Totally Awesome
In drag racing, freaky and different usually mean fun but they also usually mean slow. Well, this Cummins powered Nova was the freakiest car at Lights Out 9 and it was anything but slow. In fact this...
Lights Out 9 Action Photo Coverage: From The Top End To The Starting Line, SGMP Was Rocking
(Photos by Randy McCuddy) – Now THIS is what we were talking about the other day when we mentioned that there were real photos from Lights Out 9 on the way to supplement our lame pit and...
