Video: Thirty One Years Ago This Weekend, Don Garlits Invented the Top Fuel Blow-Over
This was new. This was weird. This was SCARY. We’re of course talking about the phenomenon that came to be known as a top fuel “blow over” in the 1980s and 1990s. There...
BangShift Tune-Up: “Replaceable” By CKY (2017)
Here’s the story behind this one: normally, I blast a wide array of rock music wherever I go that generally spans the mid-1970s to current. I’ve got a pretty broad taste in music,...
Rough Start: Run, Cash In Hand, And Buy This 1976 Chevy Malibu Right Now!
Hey, you. Yeah, you. The one who has been surfing Craigslist, eBay, AutoTempest and whatever other sites you peruse. The one who is tracking down something older to drive, that will be solid. The one...
Our Goodguys Summer Get-Together Photo Coverage From Pleasanton Continues
(Photos by Robin Flanagan) We’ve already told you that the Goodguys shows are some of our favorites in the country, and that the hometown shows in Pleasanton California hold a special place in...
This Turbocharged Plymouth Reliant K May Not Be The Hottest Sleeper But It IS The Cleanest K-Car
What is a sleeper? We’d argue that this car a turbocharged Plymouth Reliant K, with double the factory horsepower qualifies for that designation even though it is not capable of running 9s or...
Rough Start: This 1970 Impala Crew Cab Is Too Easy – Get In And Drive!
Some days, hunting Craigslist for a project car that will fit within the $5,000 Rough Start budget is like pulling teeth with the pliers from a child’s tool set. Other days, they come out of...
How Good Can A $1,000 Craigslist Mustang Really Be? The Smoking Tire Takes On This Well-Used SN-95!
The Rough Start posts we do, where I go digging through Craigslist while sticking to a five thousand dollar overall budget, is a reasonable approach to low-buck hot-rodding at it’s finest....
American Powertrain Now Offers Full Line Of BluePrint Crate Engines – One Stop Shop!
Let’s say you are building a project and you are at the stage of figuring out your driveline. There are options galore out there for crate engines, transmissions, clutches, mounts, and the hard...
RCR Reviews: Lee Iacocca, From Ford To Chrysler, The Entire Story
It’s quite fitting that Lohnes would find a K-car wagon today, of all days, to feature, because The Roman, the worker bee behind Regular Car Reviews, has dropped his research work on the man...
1974 NHRA Le Grand National at Sanair – More Never Before Published Photos!
(Photos by Bob Boudreau) – So we’re officially like old school drag racing drug dealers. We just keep handing out the freebie small doses to keep you hooked. Our “doses” are...
Morning Symphony: Thrashing Jeeps At Dennis Anderson’s Muddy Motorsports Park
A Tough Truck race might be viewed as an alternate form of a demolition derby race, and to be fair, you aren’t far off in that guess. But we tend to see the more positive aspect of the race: if...
Battle Of The Big Boys: Two Impalas Face Off – Twin Turbocharged Or Blown?
Two 1960s Chevrolet Impalas, facing off against each other at San Antonio Raceway. In one lane, painted bright red, with two sewer-pipe sized turbochargers feeding a 515ci Brodix mill a potential 45...
Unhinged: A Couple Of Random Finds From The Junkyard Run
One thing that I do not appreciate about the state of Kentucky is that every last scrapyard is hell-bent on making sure that you, the customer, are not allowed in the yard. As someone who will...
This Plymouth Sport Fury Is 70’s Perfection: Look At This Interior!
The other day we posted a 1977 Plymouth Fury and commented about how it may be the only one that wasn’t made into a fake cop car, crashed in a movie or tv show being a cop car, or didn’t...
