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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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This Video Shows The Manufacturing Process At Fragola Performance Systems – MADE IN THE USA Quality, MADE IN THE USA Pride

Gearheads appreciate details that Joe Six Pack at home don’t and the people at Fragola Performance Systems understand that. They know that when you are ordering fittings, hose ends, and other...

Boostin Performance’s Nissan GT-R Is A Launching Missile – 1,800 Horsepower Equals 1.2 60-foot Times And Seven Second Quarters!

When the Nissan GT-R finally came to America in 2008, legions of fans of it’s predecessor, the Nissan Skyline GT-R, were finally able to satisfy their desire for a four-wheel-drive,...

Watch Lights Out 8 HERE – Baddest Small Tire Race On Planet Earth Is ON!

This is it, the big one that people have been gearing up for, Lights Out 8. Starting at about 5:30 pm on Thursday night and then going through the entire weekend our pal Mark Walter will be...

Classic YouTube: Clark Griswold Enters The Tuff Truck Competition

If you’ve never thought about taking a car nobody cares about and beating the stuffing clean out of it, then I’m ready to call you a liar. I’ve done it. It’s fun beyond fun,...

Watch A Trucker Escape Death By Inches When His Unsecured Load Comes Through The Cab Like A Battering Ram

We are not sure where this video was taken but it is obviously an Asian county as noted by the script shown in the upper right hand side of the video. As you watch this, remember that the driver is...

Plain Vanilla: This One-Family-Owned 1976 Mercury Monarch 351 Has Potential!

I pride myself on being able to find the redeeming factor in just about every possible vehicle made, ever. There is usually a point or purpose to every automobile out there that justifies it’s...

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Watch This Ute Wreck Hard After The Driver Loses The Handle During A High Speed Burnout

We’re not sure what the hell was supposed to be going on in the video below but we’re reasonably sure that they did not have “guy wrecking the daylights out of his ‘Ute into a...

Movie Car Chase: A 1971 Aussie Charger Vs. A NASCAR Oldsmobile Square Off In The Movie “Metal Skin”!

Straight off of the bat I have to admit that I know jack-all about the 1994 movie “Metal Skin”. I wasn’t hunting down a car chase scene when I stumbled across this gem…I was...

Ignition Tech With Moroso: Learn About Crank Triggers and How To Set Them Up

If you are building a serious engine for the street, the drags, or many other applications a crank trigger ignition system is pretty much required equipment. They went from pro level exotica to...

Morning Symphony: Tearing Across Nebraska In A Monster Pontiac Grand Prix 2+2

Ever find yourself on an open road somewhere that has absolutely no traffic whatsoever and contemplate the consequences of what would happen if you went ahead and had a little fun? Who would know...

Rough Start: Flat-Faced Van Goodness Can Be Yours With This 1968 Dodge A108!

I don’t quite get the appeal of the flat-faced van. I understand how Ford Falcons, Corvair Greenbriars, Dodge A-100s and the GM twins became popular as work and utility vehicles, but when it...

Watch As Tom Bailey Keeps This Pro Mod Oldsmobile Cutlass In One Piece At Lights Out 8!

Pro Mods might as well be compared to riding bulls in a rodeo: both sports take but a few seconds and one rider, both involve the use of something highly powerful and unpredictable, and for both...

Project Fodder: Two 1967 OSI 20M TS Rollers Are Up For Grabs, From The Guy Who Builds Them Into Jaw-Droppers

No questions asked, the best thing I found perusing eBay last year was a 1967 OSI 20M TS that was built to the nines, sexy as hell, and in the middle of the bidding war that normally ensues when...

FIA Is Looking To Crack Down On WRC Stage Speeds After Rally Sweden Saw A New Record Set

Containing the speed of the cars competing in rally racing has been a focal point of the FIA ever since the Group B days of the 1980s. To be fair, dirt tracks, jumps, trees, and people lining the...