Pro Street Cool or Pro Street Weird? This 1978 Olds 442 Has Real Olds Power!
This one sure falls under the Dare to be Different banner, right? When’s the last time you saw a 1978 Olds 442 let alone one that’s been built into a ground pounding pro street car with a...
Cleetus McFarland Gets A Shot At A LS-Swapped Nissan 350Z At Beech Bend! Check Out The Shenanigans Here!
The Street Car Takeover at Beech Bend earlier this year was a wild event to cover…roll racing, drag racing, car shows, a burnout contest, all while I was near heat exhaustion. In short, it was...
Morning Symphony: Get Your Good Earphones Out For This 3D Binaural Recording From Monza!
The title says everything you need to know: You will have to have earphones in to get the full effect of what you are about to hear, otherwise the purpose will be lost on you. YouTuber...
The Ultimate Chimera: A Wagoneer-Framed, Buick Powered Plymouth Valiant Wagon With Pinto Taillights!
It is very difficult to know where to start with what you are looking at right here, but this is as good a point as any: that lead photo is only the tip of the iceberg, folks. I was looking for an...
AutoMeter’s New Direct Fit Dash For Jeep JKs Is A Perfect Solution To Your Mounting Needs
The whole point of upgrading to nice AutoMeter gauges is to get accurate information on all the systems of your car and as a side bonus, really dress up the cockpit as well. You’ve likely seen...
Watch Doorslammer Legend Tommy Mauney Get A Facefull Of Fire At Shady Side Dragway
Tommy Mauney (pronounced Mooney) is one of the great door slammer chassis builders and racers of all time. He was there for the beginning of pro mod, developed lots of the stuff that has been refined...
Cruise Coverage: Rumbling Into the Lexington Hardee’s For A Night Of Summer Hot Rod Fun
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – We’d heard there was a regular cruise-in at a Hardee’s location in Lexington for a while and a few folks said it had a decent turnout with some...
Stirrings At FCA: AWD Challenger And A Special Edition Hellcat (There Is Such A Thing?)
In an earthquake, usually there is a strong tremor or two felt before all hell breaks loose. Consider this bit of news coming out of FCA that tremor: two new Challenger models are coming. One is long...
Day of The Drags 2016: One Of The Coolest Drag Racing Events In The Country Rolls On
(Photos by Robert Paxton) – There are few events in the country with the cool factor that the Kontinentals Day of the Drags event has. This race is a gathering of cool, weird, old timey, and...
How Do You Make The Jump From A Late 1950s Mercury To An Acura NSX? Petrolicious Showcases A Unique Collection Of Cars!
Normally, Petrolicious picks a car for one of their features…something stunningly gorgeous, with a story that needs to be told, some of the best cinematic shooting out there, and that’s...
BangShift Project Files: Meet The Man Who Can’t Stop Frame-Swapping!
An automobile project doesn’t get much more involved than a frame swap, does it? Undoing that marriage of chassis and body that was made at the factory takes commitment, a near encyclopedic...
A Brief History of the Short-Lived Chicago Motor Speedway
The American open-wheel split still has a number of unhealed scars among fans who felt slighted, but the upshot was a number of weird little nuggets of recent racing history. Among those is that of...
Rough Start: This 1973 Datsun 620 Can Be Your Starter Shop Truck!
I have a strange fascination with 1972-79 Datsun 620 trucks. Actually, I actually kind of like all Nissan/Datsun trucks made after 1972 for one reason or another, but if I’ve gotta pick just...
