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Will These Replica Classic Car Bodies Reshape The Car Industry? Juncheng Vehicle Co. Is Replicating Icons In China

Several years ago the restoration body parts business went to a whole new place when companies started offering complete bodies for our favorite American classics. 1969 Camaros were one of the first,...

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Use This 3 Step Secret to GLASS FLAT Paint! Kevin Tetz Shares Decades Of Experience That Will Make Your Paint Job A Success

We’ve shared plenty of Kevin Tetz videos over the years around here, and I can tell you that Kevin sure knows what he’s talking about. The number of TV and YouTube personalities that have...

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SUPPORT SURGES FOR LENO’S LAW AS CAR CULTURE DEMANDS COLLECTOR’S RIGHTS: Letters Pour in from California’s Lowrider Community and International Car Rreservationists in support of California SB 1392

We’ve talked about California SB 1392 in the past, and are thrilled that despite not making it to a vote in 2025, the bi-partisan group of California law makers who support it are still pushing...

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How To Fab Headers: Follow Along As The Iron Trap Garage Crew Build Custom Stainless Headers For The Ardun Powered 1933 3 Window!!

Headers are one of those fabrication projects that seem to intimidate a lot of people, and for good reason. If you go at them from the wrong direction, don’t have a game plan in place to start...

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Steve Magnante’s Daily Junkyard Crawl: THIS RARE FIREBIRD FORMULA 350 HAS HAD A HOD ROD LIFE! COME SAVE IT!

It’s time for another Daily Junkyard Crawl with Steve Magnante, and this time it’s another really cool Pontiac. How about a real deal 1987 Pontiac Firebird Formula 350 that has had a few good go...

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Wild Ride at the May 2026 El Mirage California SCTA Meet – The Spirit of AutoPower III Comp Coupe Hits A Bump at 228 MPH!

The Spirit of Autopower Comp Coupe is a pretty radical machine, and a staple in the land speed racing community. This thing is based off a little tiny first generation Honda Civic, but the rest is...

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Hydraulic Roller Or Solid Lifter…Which Cam Works Out Better? Engine Masters Flogs The Dyno To Get The Answer!

This is a fun comparison: which camshaft will perform better in a Chevrolet 454 that is wicked up to hang easily in the 600 horsepower range and provide the power you crave? On one hand, you have a...

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Watch The Wild Conor Daly and Josef Newgarden Crash From IndyCar At Texas Motor Speedway

This is one of the gnarliest IndyCar wrecks in some time and amazingly Josef New Garden (who got the worst of it by a ton) was able to get out of his car under his own power. Yes, he suffered a...

Unknown Parts Counter Guy: Get In The Box, The Behavior Box!

Hooray, you got the job. You managed to sell yourself to a parts store manager as a knowledgeable, enthusiastic hard-worker with motivation and a desire to better yourself. We are pretty sure that...

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This Jeepster Is The Perfect Combo Of Cool And Beat, And Will Take You Anywhere You Want To Go.

Jeepsters are awesome. As one of the first SUVs, they paved the way for some iconic rigs over the years. Of course they also paved the way for one of the most overused classifications of vehicles,...

This Peterbilt Pickup Truck Has A Caterpillar Engine, A Chopped Roof, and Super Singles

Normally I am very negative when it comes to “big rig” pickups because they are almost always a big rig cab that has been mounted on a pickup truck frame and they look weird. Conversely...

Hot-Lapping In The Heat: Check Out Our Gallery From Optima’s Search For The Ultimate Street Car 2016 at NCM Motorsports Park!

When Bowling Green, Kentucky, gets hot in the summer, it doesn’t just get hot…it’s that sticky, sweaty, funky kind of hot that makes you sweat in the shade as your sunscreen sweats...

Watch Dirt Racer Austin Williams Become The First Person To Launch A Race Car Out Of Perris Speedway!

It took 21 years but someone finally put a race car over the fence at Perris Speedway. The racer in question here is Austin Williams and thankfully he was OK after his car flipped and literally...

Would You Rather? Take Your Pick Between These Two Late 1980s Grand Touring Wannabes!

There is nothing finer than the road trip. Get in the car with just enough luggage to live comfortably for a few days at a time and enough music to enjoy yourself and go. There is even a type of car...

Add Cylinders And Go: Check Out This LS-Based V-12 Engine On The Dyno!

In 1966 the last General Motors-built twelve cylinder engine, the famous 702ci “Twin Six”. Based upon the GMC V6 family of engines, the Twin Six utilized a good amount of parts from the...

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Morning Symphony: A Fine Collection Of Skids From Gazzanats – How Long Can You Keep The Rubber Burning?

Have you ever just wanted to stop everything that you were doing and just scream as loud as you possibly can, for as long as you possibly can, in the hopes that once you are done you will feel much...

This Duramax-Powered Chevy Mega Truck Cuts Loose On A Motocross Track!

We’ve been featuring Mega Trucks here for a while now, and to be rather honest…there is something about them that has kind of bothered me. It’s not the lift, not the skinny tires,...

Rally driver goes for a wild ride down a 20-foot drop in Italy

Hyundai factory rally driver Hayden Paddon has had a rough month in the FIA World Rally Championship. At Rally Portugal three weeks ago, the New Zealand native careened off a forest road in his...

Take a cool cutaway view of a 10,000 horsepower turbine’s compressor stages

If you’ve ever wondered how a jet engine works, this is a pretty great video by YouTuber AgentJayZ (Likely unrelated to the hip-hop artist) on what an axial compressor looks like. Modern airliner...

It Might Look Cross-Eyed, But This Wicked Twin-Turbo C4 Corvette Is One Mean Mother!

Looking at this C4 Corvette from the front, the brain of someone who doesn’t immediately notice the twins starts to automatically write jokes. Between the twin turbochargers sitting, for the...