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One has a Flathead, One a Blown Olds, But Somehow These Traditional Hot Rods Share the Same Soul

There is just something about a traditional styled hot rod that just makes people smile. Even folks that wouldn’t describe themselves as traditional hot rod fans somehow find themselves drawn...

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From Dirty Dozen to Unreal Adventure 2026 Invited Subscriber: Pete Meyer and his 1963 Willys Wagon Made The Cut!

A few days ago we shared the Unreal Adventure Dirty Dozen, those 12 rigs that came from more than 100 submissions to be chosen to participate in Unreal Adventure 2026. Out of those 12, 5 will be...

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Retropower’s Austin Allegro Build Is Restomod Greatness. But is it Hiding a Secret? You Bet Your Ass It Is!

This here is something special. It’s not that an Austin Allegro is at the top of my british car list, but it is certainly up there! And when you see what has been done to make this what some...

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Building A 1968 Camaro Drift Car In Autoshop, and Then Taking It To The SEMA Show AND PRI! This is Something Special!

When the Los Angeles Career Center decides to do something, they go all in. Given the fact that Southern California is the epicenter of hot rodding and racing, it makes sense that a project like this...

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Jay Leno Takes a ride in ONE of the TWO 1914 Knox Model 46s still in Existence: This is a 496 CI Overhead-Valve Monster From the Nethercutt Collection!

Sometimes we forget just how bad ass humans were 100-140 years ago. I say this because the amount of invention and ingenuity that was happening in the world was just insane. I mean people came up...

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The Truth About Dash Cams: What Do You Need To Spend, Do They Work, And Which Ones Offer The Best Value?

I know people who have had dash cams in their cars for years and years, but I’ve always wondered if they are something smart to have. On too many occasions to count I’ve said to myself...

Highlight Video From Last Year’s Goodwood Member’s Race! Highlights From Every Class Including The Gordon Spice and Surtees Trophies

Camaros, sideways, at Goodwood just makes me smile. I really don’t think most people expect to see American V8 cars hauling ass around the track in England, but they are and the video shows...

FREE DRAG RACING LIVESTREAM: Southeast Gassers Association Spring Nationals Drag Racing at South Georgia Motorsports Park

The Southeast Gassers put on an amazing show and feature some awesome cars and drivers. This is a series like none other and they not only require the cars to look period correct from the...

TX2K25 Day 3 From The Texas Motorplex: This 3500hp Lamborghini STO goes 246 MPH… Is He The New TX2K King!

With the sale of Houston Raceway Park two years ago, TX2K was in need of a new home and with only one really big world class drag racing facility left, that meant that TX2K had to move to the Texas...

NHRA NEWS: KALITTA, TASCA AND HARTFORD PICK UP PROVISIONAL NO. 1 SPOTS AT NHRA ARIZONA NATIONALS

PHOENIX (March 21, 2025) – Top Fuel’s Doug Kalitta powered to the provisional No. 1 position on Friday at Firebird Motorsports Park, making the only run in the 3.60s at the 40th annual NHRA...

More Toronto Motorama Car Show Photos From Mike Brooks: We’ve Got Hot Rods, Customs, Muscle Cars, Race Cars, And More Right Here!

Here’s our second gallery of photos from the Toronto Motorama, and if you missed our previous gallery we’ve got a link to that one too. There were tons of great cars on display, and Mike...

2025 March Meet Photos: Nitro Funny Cars, Dragsters, Altereds, And So Much More From The March Meet At Famoso

(Photos by Kim Fuller, Darr Hawthorne, Rick Bain) The 2025 March Meet is in the books and boy was it rad! The crowd was huge, and why wouldn’t it be considering all the bitchin hot rods, race cars,...

PowerShift Podcast: TX2K Crashes, Car Show Boomer Boards, And Has Pro Touring Gone Too Far?

On Wednesdays we do a couple of different live podcasts. Powershift, where we talk about hot rods, trucks, trends, shows and whatever else distracts Chad, Crosby, Wickman, and McTaggart is held every...

Tool Testing And Tech: How to Buy Cheap Cordless Tools that Don’t Suck. There Are More Options Than You Might Think!

We show tool reviews around here all the time, and are all about comparing high end tools vs low cost alternatives, but how do you know when a cheap tool is actually worth owning? Cheap doesn’t...

Snow Drags Video: THRILLING Keyes Peak Uphill SNOW Drags – ULTIMATE Winter Racing SHOWDOWN!!

We’ve seen a lot of ice drag and ice racing in general, but this is the first time we’ve seen snow drags! It’s like sand drags but colder! This is some cool stuff right here because...

FOUND: This 1962 Chevrolet Corvette Has Been Stuck Behind A Fence In A Yard In Florida For Over 14 Years!

Dennis Collins is back at it, going after collectible cars and trucks all over the country. This time he’s got a lead on a Corvette that has been sitting in Florida for well over a decade....

TX2K25 Day 2 From The Texas Motorplex: The World’s FASTEST R35 GT-R Catches FIRE after the Record Run and LOTS More!

With the sale of Houston Raceway Park two years ago, TX2K was in need of a new home and with only one really big world class drag racing facility left, that meant that TX2K had to move to the Texas...

The UTV that WON The 2025 Race of Kings At King of the Hammers In Johnson Valley. The Race of Kings 2025 Documentary

King of the Hammers in Johnson Valley is one of the toughest off-road races in the world and most certainly the toughest in the United States. With gnarly rock crawls, hill climbs, high speed desert...

The Southeast Gassers Season Opens This Weekend At South Georgia Motorsports Park! Real Drag Racing With Style!

If you are a fan of stick shift, gear banging, wheels up, head to head drag racing then the Southeast Gassers are a must attend series. This is some of the coolest OG drag racing in the country, with...