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Make It Kustom, HalfAss Kustoms Cab Over Ramp Truck Build! The 1971 GMC Fire Truck Ramp Truck Is Getting A Custom Build DIY Rear Swaybar

In this video from the Fire Truck turned Ramp Truck, where Make It Kustom and HalfAss Kustoms have gotten together to thrash on Karl’s Make It Kustom rig, you’ll see the rear suspension get some...

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MiniTruckin Nationals Photos From Maggie Valley North Carolina – Old School, New School, Mini’s And More!

I didn’t make it out to the 2024 Mini Truckin Nationals in Maggie Valley, but boy I can’t wait for next year. That’s because our friend Damon Steinke from E3Extreme hit the show and...

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Mud And Dirt Racing Photos: The Lee County Darryl Jones Memorial Race Was Epic And We’ve Got The Photos!

(Words and Photos by David Whealon) With the unfortunate passing from a courageous battle with cancer back in 2021 of famed and beloved mud racer Darryl Jones, pilot of the legendary “Scooby Doo”...

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BIG TIRES & BLOWERS – The Hot Rod Hoarder Hits Up The Spring Pigeon Forge Rod Run 2024 And Man There Were Cool Cars On Parade.

Pigeon Forge is a tourist destination, and home to several awesome car and truck events, in the Smokey Mountains of Tennessee. It’s a cool town full of restaurants, shops, hotels, Dollywood,...

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Our Final Gallery Of 2024 PDRA East Coast Nationals Action Photos: Check Them All Out Here, Along With A Link To Any You Might Have Missed!

We’ve got our fifth, and final, photo gallery from the PDRA East Coast Nationals below, but if you missed the previous galleries from the race, you can use the link we’ve included as...

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Newbern Helped His Neighbor Get This SS Chevelle Up And Running For Burnouts After Sitting For 40 Years And A Seized Small Block

There are lots of will it run videos out there of engines being started after sitting for years and years and years. But when an engine is actually stuck, or seized, the success rate goes down...

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Holley LS Fest 2015: More Great Photo Coverage From The Huge Event In Bowling Green

(Photos by Bryan McTaggart) – If there’s one thing that no one can ever call the Holley LS Fest it is boring. The automotive equivalent of a 50 ring circus, at any one time there are...

LS Fest 2015 Gallery: American Powertrain Track-X At NCM Motorsports Park

Not all of the action at the 2015 LS Fest is not happening on the grounds of Beech Bend Raceway. This year is the first year that the National Corvette Museum’s Motorsports Park has been...

Question Of The Day: What Car Project Will You Never, Ever Lend A Helping Hand With?

“It’ll be cool. I’ll get pizza and beer, and we will be done in an hour or so.” Ever get suckered by that line? Sometimes it’s a buddy, you know he’s full of it...

Unknown Parts Counter Guy: An Ode To Every Mechanic Who Ever Uttered, “WTF Were They Thinking?!” (NSFW!)

If you’ve spun a wrench, turned a screw, or tried to swap parts, at some point you might call into question the method in which the engineer got their credentials. The idiot who didn’t...

ACED: AutoCross Every Day! Brad Yonkers C5 Corvette On The USCA Speed Stop And AutoCross

Brad Yonkers had quite the challenging few days leading up to the USCA Optima Search for the Ultimate Street at Road America a couple weeks ago. A broken engine, new one on the way, get it and thrash...

Jack Beckman, Morgan Lucas, Erica Enders & Jerry Savoie Victorious At Indy’s Big Go!

Words by NHRA Communications Photos by Mike Burghardt   “Fast” Jack Beckman completed a sweep of the weekend in Funny Car with his victory on Labor Day Monday at the Chevrolet Performance...

Gasser Gallery: Check Out These Cool Willys (And Other) Gassers!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Willys is about as iconic as it gets when you talk about the gasser-style.  It just ‘fits’ the car so well to go that way on the build.  Certainly...

Holley LS Fest 2015: More Photos From The Huge Show In Bowling Green

(Photos by Bryan Mactaggart) – As we began showing you yesterday, it is Holley LS Fest 2015 weekend here in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The event has grown from very humble beginnings to the...

Follow Along With The Second Half Of Hot Rod Garage’s Cummins Swap

We were surprised to see the response to Hot Rod Garage’s Cummins swap in Tony Angelo’s 1973 Dodge D200, a truck on a new lease on life after being spared the blade of Freiburger’s...

Caption This: “Custom, One Of A Kind, Act Now Before It’s Too Late…”

The poor Chrysler PT Cruiser. It started off so well…a tiny Plymouth Truck (yep, that’s what the PT stood for) to match the Plymouth Prowler in that weird 1930’s renaissance retro...

Craigslist Hilarity: The Ad For This 1977 Mack R Model Manure Truck Could Be The Funniest One Ever

We’ve lost our minds, right? An ad for a 1977 Mack R Model Manure truck?! In this case it isn’t the rolling tank of black that caught our eye but rather the content of the ad that is...

Shelby American Now Offering An EcoBoost Mustang Variant –

In a move that should have been expected, Shelby American is now offering a tuned Mustang based on the four-cylinder EcoBoost. With the Mustang taking over tons of markets and selling as fast as Ford...

Holley LS Fest 2015: Our First Photos From Beech Bend Raceway – If You Are Close And Aren’t Here, You Should Be!

LS Fest 2015 is wide f’ing open right now, with engines screaming at TWO racetracks in Bowling Green. We have Brian calling drag racing, Chad calling autocross, and we all are shooting photos...

Meet Franky: Turn Heads At Every Car Show With This Quirky Paul Franks Painted Hot Rod!

Not only is this 1963 Chevrolet Bel Air wacky and quirky and cool, but it’s also had all the important stuff done that makes it fun to drive. We happen to know this car well and can tell you...

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