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Vice Grip Garage Christmas Extras: DETROIT DIESEL Dually Squarebody! Will It Make It 600 Miles Home or Leave Him Stranded?

This thing is cool! Well it looks cool anyway, even though I’m not a big fan of the 6.2 liter diesel under the hood. And before all you 6.2 and 6.5 fans start bitching, know that I grew up with...

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Stop Telling Me How To Drive! They Might Be Good At Instructions, But What Happens When a Rally Co-Driver Takes the Wheel?

Have you ever been driving down the road and had a backseat or passenger seat driver telling you how you should be doing it better? Or telling you straight up that you are doing it wrong? Worse yet...

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Is This Even Savable? THE FRAME REPAIR MASTER TACKLES THIS INCREDIBLY COMPLEX MERCEDES TRUCK FRAME REPAIR

I don’t know that most frame shops would even want to repair this thing, or that the condition of the wrecked truck would be worth saving. But that’s what is happening in this video here...

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Does A Battery That’s Better Than Energizer And Duracell Actually Exist? Putting Batteries To The Test To Find Out What’s Best!

You can buy AAA batteries for pennies each, or you can spend dollars each, and I always wonder if the cheap ones are actually worth buying or not. And then the cheap ones you get included in...

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Featured Products: KBS RustSeal Easily Stops Rust, Delivers a Beautiful Finish, and Stands Out with 11 Color Options

For Immediate Release: RustSeal Easily Stops Rust, Delivers a Beautiful Finish, and Stands Out with 11 Color Options RustSeal makes it easy for DIYers and professionals alike to permanently stop and...

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Racing With Heavy Hearts…..The KSR Crew Heads To Bradenton Motorsports Park’s Christmas Tree Drags 2025!

Kevin and the KSR Performance and Fab crew headed out to Bradenton for Cleetus McFarland’s Christmas Tree Drags, but like most folks in the motorsports world it was with a heavy heart after the...

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Vintage Race Car Photos Continue: Romo Motor Festival In Denmark Is Like The Race of Gentleman, Only Bigger!

Man this event looks awesome! I’m already trying to figure out how to get there for next year! Thanks to our friend Tony Thacker, we’ve got great photos from this cool show. I love that...

The Charger, Part 10: Power Tour Killed The 360. But Fate Stepped In…

June 11th, 2024. That’s the day that the 360 in the ’76 Charger failed. You could’ve boiled an egg on my head, I was so pissed off. I had been thrashing on the car for half a year...

Bagged BIG BLOCK Square Body! – Will It RUN AND DRIVE 700 Miles Home To Vice Grip Garage While Pulling A Popup Camper?

I can’t even imagine how many cars and trucks Derek at Vice Grip Garage has bought over the past year, but it has to be a lot. I mean a lot a lot. After all, he’s trying to drive a truck...

Vice Grip Garage Garbage Camaro Build: Kevin Tetz Is Giving It A Nose Job, And Fixing LOTS Of Damage

The Garbage Camaro is back. It’s fixable, but man is it going to take some work. In this episode Kevin is doing a nose job on it and starting in on lots of other repairs. Not long ago, Kevin...

New Product: American Powertrain™ Introduces ProFit HD 4WD Kits for Dodge Ram 1500 5-Speed – Features TREMEC® TR-4050

4×4 Dodge Ram owners rejoice! You guys have a new option when it comes to manual transmissions for your Dodge Ram trucks. While the famed NV-4500 is a great transmission, capable of handling...

The 2024 Arette Hill Climb Was As Crazy As Ever, Earning The Name The Impossible French Hill Climb! Runs, Fails, And Crashes!

I think motorcycle hill climbs are a different kind of crazy and the riders are a different kind of nuts. But that doesn’t mean it isn’t a whole lot of fun to watch! We’ve got two...

SACRILEGE! FINNEGAN IS RIPPING OUT THE STRAIGHT AXLE AND SWITCHING BLASPHEMI TO A-ARMS!

Holy Crap! What the hell is he thinking? Finnegan has decided that the solid front axle in Blasphemi, while great for the gasser looks he’s after, are not doing it from a handling perspective....

Event Coverage: Romo Motor Festival In Denmark Is Like The Race of Gentleman, Only Bigger! Check Out Our Photos!

(Words and Photos by Tony Thacker) When McLaren F1 designer Peter Stevens invites you to the annual Rømø Motor Festival in Denmark you get on a plane—pronto. I was expecting a smallish, back-door...

You Can Win Motion Raceworks’ 1000 Horsepower ZZ632 OBS Shop Truck! Check Out How Right Here!

That’s right folks, Motion Raceworks is giving away  their OBS Shop Truck! You’ve seen this thing going together over the last year or so, you’ve seen multiple influencers add...

Cruising Cornfields – 1959 Impala in Bare Metal by BBT Fabrications – Magazine Cover Shoot

Bare metal cars are awesome. I mean they must suck to own, because keeping one from being a nasty mess would probably be a lot of work, but man they are cool to look at. A car with no filler, that...

Shirley: The Life and Career Of Shirley Muldowney. How This Woman Broke The Stereotypes, Records, And Hearts On The Track And Off.

I grew up at the race track when Shirly Muldowney was turning heads, making waves, and turning into one of the stars of NHRA drag racing. I remember NHRA Drag Racing in the 1980s, and 1990’s,...

Blower Explosion Update: Optimus Prime’s Big Blower Explosion On The Hub Dyno Is Explained And Crazy.

If you missed it, this Fox Body Mustang blew the blower clean off of it, in grand fashion, with a huge fireball, while making a full pull on the hub dyno at FuelTech recently. This thing was nuts...

DESERT RACE VIDEO: CASEY CURRIE RACING THE TROPHY JEEP AT THE 2024 VEGAS 2 RENO. High Speed Desert Racing Action.

The Trophy Jeep is back at it! We recently shared the 2024 Vegas 2 Reno livestream and here is Casey Currie’s video from that same race. This Jeep is something special. It runs in the Ultra 4...

BANG FOR THE BUCK SHOOTOUT! NITROUS VS TURBO-WHICH ONE MAKES MORE POWER AND WHICH ONE COSTS LESS?

I’m a bang for your buck guy, and always have been, because I’ve never had real money to spend on projects. I’ve had to do it myself, learn from those I can, and ultimately run as...