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Cool Movie Car History: Here Are 10 Cool Facts About Kenny’s 1973 Custom Vette From The Movie Corvette Summer

There was a time when I couldn’t stand the Corvette from Corvette Summer. I don’t know why, but back when flares were a thing, I couldn’t stand them. Now I kinda dig them actually....

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Classic Truck Drag Feature: “Uncle Jessie” This 1969 Ford Pickup is equipped with a MASSIVE Twin Turbo Big Block setup and it HAULS ASS!

Classic trucks are cool, and no stranger to the dragstrip, but something like this isn’t what you normally see at a No Prep race. They are either nice and clean S10 trucks, the occasional late...

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1,800 Miles Home! Will This Classic Ford Mustang RUN AND DRIVE From Arizona To Tennessee? Vice Grip Garage Part 2

We shared Part 1 of this whole Mustang II adventure last week and now it’s time for Part 2. Will it actually run and drive and make it all the way from Arizona to Tennessee? Watch to find out....

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Gassers At Shadyside! Southeast Gassers Association 2024 | A/Gas Eliminations | Shadyside Dragway

The Southeast Gassers Association puts on some of the most fun drag racing in the world. It’s an awesome series with old school gassers being driven like God intended and they certainly know how to...

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Vintage Drag Car Feature: This TIME CAPSULE 1963 Corvette Drag Car with De-Stroked Lingenfelter Small Block Is AWESOME!

Tommy Lee Byrd, the Hot Rod Hoarder, is always finding super rad rides to highlight and feature in his videos and this one here is no exception. With a destroked Lingenfelter built small-block under...

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The Stanceworks Honda-Swapped Ferrari RE-BUILD Begins Now! He Blew It Up And Now It’s Time For Improvements

The K24 Ferrari… This evil bastard launched the rods out of it on the back stretch at Buttonwillow not long ago, and in the previous video we learned why. In this video there is a rebuild about...

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The Nicest Surviving 1978 Gremlin GT In The World Is For Sale On eBay – This Kind Of Rules

Yes, yes we know. 90hp, 20-second quarter mile times, and plastic everywhere means that we’re talking about a car from the late 1970s but when you remember that the horsepower problem can be...

Check Out Our Video Profile On The BBF Powered Nitemare II Ice Drag Mustang

(Video by Jacob Marshall) – The Nitemare II Ice Drag Mustang is fielded by Perry Redeker and it is one of the if not the single meanest ice drag racing door slammer ever built. Our man Jacob...

This Look Back At The Hot Rod Dirt Drags In Colorado Is Awesome – Vintage Hot Rod Fun

There has been a marked return to simplicity in the hot rodding world over the last few years. Events like the Race of Gentlemen and others have really gotten people into looking at hot rods as...

American Powertrain Introduces ProFit Magnum 6-speed Kit for Mopar A-body

It has been a great week for Mopar fans here in the world of high performance parts, right? First we had the Aeromotive release featuring their new expansion of the Stealth tank line to include...

PDRA Tulsa 2016 Action Photos: The Ultimate All Doorslammer Series Kicked Off In Oklahoma

(Photos by Bad Brad’s Speed Shots) – After a year away from the facility, the PDRA returned to Tulsa Raceway Park with a rocking season opener that was pushed back a week by rain. Once...

eBay Find: This 1974 Dodge Big Horn Semi Truck Is A Very Rare And Very Cool Find!

If there’s such a thing as a rare beast in the world of classic big rig trucks, the Dodge Big Horn semi is one of them. Produced only for a couple of years in the 1970s and built in exceedingly...

Muscle Cars At The Strip In Las Vegas Is WAY More Than A Drag Race, And We’ve Got Photos Of It All!

Muscle Cars at the Strip, formerly known at Mopars at the Strip, is one of the most diverse events we’ve ever seen. With a few hundred cars drag racing, dozens autocrossing, hundreds in the car...

Cleetus’ Garage? Yes, Sir, And Today He’s Here To Show Off “His” LSX-Powered Willys Jeep!

If you follow drag racing or the slightly more illicit version, you should be familiar with the LSX Willys Jeep. The 1952 Willys has become the stuff of legends, and we’ve seen this monster...

Hellcat On Ice! Watch As Exclusive Cars Takes Mopar’s Mental Patient To 170 Miles An Hour On Ice In Sweden!

When Brian Lohnes, a man who tends to keep his comparisons realistic, willfully correlated his time in a Dodge Challenger Hellcat to the perfect drug, that should have said it all. When every car rag...

I-X Piston Powered Autorama 2016 – One Last Big Blast Of Photos From The Show

(Photos by Mike Brooks – Gasoline Images) – Well we have reached the end of Mike Brooks’ awesome photos from the I-X Piston Powered Aurorama 2016  but the good news is that...

Lincoln Mark VII Motor Home? Yup! Meet The Eldorado Starfire!

As you probably know, the 1980’s were a time of great excess, especially when it comes to road going vehicles. American luxury cars of the time were big, cushy, and broughamtastic. While you...

Watch The Hurst Hemi Under Glass Make It’s Final Pass Ever!

While broadcasting live from the Muscle Cars at the Strip event this past weekend we were treated to what is one of the coolest cars in drag racing history, making it’s final pass with 80 year...

Rental Car Heaven: Ford, Shelby American And Hertz Team Are Bringing Back The Shelby GT-H!

(Lead Photo: Shelby American) “Rent-a-Racer”. The first one was the 1966 Shelby G.T. 350H, a package group of 1,001 Shelby Mustangs allotted to the Hertz rental agency for their Sports...

1,100 Horsepower Out Of 1.8 Liters And Through The Front Tires? That Makes A Honda Del Sol Worthy!

Everything about this Honda Del Sol is mind-blowing. 1,100 horsepower coming 1.8 liters of Honda B18C wouldn’t be possible without a Precision 76mm turbo jamming 53psi of boost through the...