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Derek is Taking A 1,600 Mile Journey To Trade One Of Vice Grip Garages More Popular Trucks For The Ride He Sold And Instantly Regretted It

We’ve all traded or sold a car or truck and then regretted it. Sometimes that regret is as soon as the deal is done and sometimes it takes a week or month or year to realize that you just...

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1972 Chevrolet Crash Test Video: Watch A 1972 Chevrolet Vega Crash Head On Into A 1972 Chevrolet Impala For Science

Everyone thinks of a Vega as being super small, because it was a compact car back in the day, and that an Impala is super huge because at the time they really were and especially when compared to a...

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Build Your Own Vapor Blaster At Home With A Harbor Freight Blast Cabinet, Including a Full Parts List!

Vapor blasting, or wet blasting as many people call it, is a media or sand blasting method that uses water and sometimes an added detergent. The water and abrasives combine to clean and slightly...

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Dirthead Shed Tire Testing: Putting Avix Trailtek R/T Tires To The Test As Butter Jeep Takes On Tough Moab Trails

Dirthead Dave is back at it, with the newly LS Swapped and running Butter Jeep out on the trails in Moab for a bit of tire testing. Dave has been wheeling Jeeps and everything else under the sun for...

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WATCH FREE LIVE Streaming Drag Racing From Santa Pod RIGHT HERE! The Festival Of Power Is ON This Weekend!

This weekend at the famed Santa Pod Raceway in England, there’s a big drag race called the Festival of Power going on, and all the action is LIVE right here! This event is a pre-cursor to the...

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LIVE RACING ACTION | Sepang | GT World Challenge Asia powered by AWS 2026 Race 1 and 2

Here we go again! We’ve got GT World Challenge Racing going on live right here, and we dig road racing and who doesn’t love the World Challenge series? This weekends racing is coming to you live...

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Our WalMart Gen2 Hyper-Tough Tools Ruining The Torque Test Channel’s Entire Rankings? You Must Watch This!

Cordless tool testing never gets old for me because there is no way I’m able to afford to buy the big name brands most of the time and I like seeing what some of the lower cost options do in...

Our 2024 SEMA Show Coverage Is Wrapping Up Soon: We’ve Got A Couple More Galleries Left Though, So Check These Cars And Trucks Out!

Yep, we’ve still got more photos to share, but only a couple of galleries left. If you missed any of our previous photos, use the link below to see them all. You won’t be disappointed. We...

Car Show Photos From The AACA Fall Regional Meet at Hershey Continue! Muscle Cars, Classics, Hot Rods, Customs, And Race Cars!

Here’s our fourth gallery from the car show at Hershey, thanks to Joe Grippo who was there shooting it all. And if you missed any of the other car show, swap meet, or auction photos, use the...

Beards, Burnouts, And Beer Podcast: Is Radial Racing Dying? Are There Too Many Drag & Drive Classes? We’re Putting On A Christmas Cruise Drag And Drive!

If you missed this week’s Beards, Burnouts, and Beer, don’t worry because you can watch the replay right here! We talk about some cool stuff this week, including our first BANGshift Drag...

This Old Hot Rod Traditional Style Drag Car Project Part 4: Check Out This Vintage Dragster Build As The Chassis Work Continues!

The Race of Gentleman has spurred a bunch of renewed excitement for traditional hot rod drags both on the dirt and sand, as well as on the dragstrip. They didn’t invent these events, but they have...

Is The Beater Bomb Mustang SO FAST at his Home Track That it’s Almost Not Fair?! Joey Hykel Knows How To Get Down!

If you aren’t familiar with, or haven’t at least heard of , the Beater Bomb fox body Mustang then you must live under a rock or NEVER pay attention to anything No Prep or Street Racing...

The Holy Grail of Chevrolet Muscle – The SUPERCAR REUNION At Beech Bend Raceway Park In Bowling Green Did Not Disappoint!

Tommy Lee Byrd, aka The Hot Rod Hoarder on YouTube, was at the Supercar Reunion at Beech Bend Raceway Park in Bowling Green and boy does he have some cool video to share! This is a special event with...

JUNKYARD LS CAM WARS! NA VS NITROUS VS BLOWER VS TURBO CAM. SPOILER ALERT-IT’S ALL THE SAME CAM!

Every cam is a nitrous cam! Wait, I mean every cam is a turbo cam! Wait, I mean… well, okay here’s the deal. Richard Holdener is sort of famous for saying that every cam is a turbo cam,...

Cool History With Freiburger: He Visits The WORLD’S OLDEST DRAG STRIP Still In Operation!

Freiburger is about as SoCal as it gets, although folks that aren’t from California would probably think that means he’s a surfer. And while a lot of people in SoCal do surf, it’s...

Our Car Show Photos From The AACA Fall Regional Meet at Hershey Continue! Classics, Muscle Cars, Trucks, Hot Rods, And So Much More!

Here’s our third gallery from the car show at Hershey, thanks to Joe Grippo who was there shooting it all. And if you missed any of the other car show, swap meet, or auction photos, use the...

Our 2024 SEMA Show Coverage Just Keeps Coming: Tell Us Which Of Our SEMA Show Photos From Vegas Is Your Favorite!

Yep, we’ve got even more photos to share! If you missed any of our previous photos, use the link below to see them all. We’re at the 2024 SEMA Show in Las Vegas checking out all  of the...

Unreal Adventure Part 1: The Unreal Adventure Is The Ultimate Off-Road Road Trip, And The 2024 Edition Was Epic!

The Unreal Adventure is the new name for the old trip that used to be called Ultimate Adventure. For decades, Ultimate Adventure has been a killer event that some incredibly lucky off-roaders got to...

Fabrication How-To: #2 – DIY Engine Turning Any Sheet Metal. Dash Inserts, Gauge Panels, And So Much More!

Engine turning is one of the most iconic ways to dress up a piece of sheet metal. Back in the early days of hot rodding, they would engine turn firewall panels, gauge panels, dash inserts, and more....

FINNEGAN LOST MONEY, FOUND COOL CARS AND NOT SO COOL CARS AT SEMA: 2 DAYS IN VEGAS FOR THE SEMA SHOW!

Every year I comment on how I spent a month one week in Vegas for the SEMA Show. It feels like that. Every day feels like three at the minimum, maybe more some days. I mean it’s great, but it...