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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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This Weiand-blown Mexican Monte Carlo On Ebay Is Calling Nutting’s Name

We love a good sleeper around here, and at least Nutting and myself are seriously into GM G-bodies. So when this all-brown 1983 Chevrolet Monte Carlo popped up in my eBay suggestion feed, I took a...

Aussie National Burnout Championship 2015 Video! Tire Smoke Rules!

We know that Australian Burnout contests are an event unlike any other on earth, and we dig them. We might go so far as to say that if you DON’T enjoy watching them, you might be a candidate...

Ford Factory Dyno Video Of The 1967 Lemans 427 Being Tested And More!

Our pal Barry Rabotnick is one of 4 or 5 guys in the country who you can refer to as FE Ford gurus. He also happens to be a freak for Ford historical race and engine data. So when someone in the know...

Would You Rather: The $500 Disposable Car Edition. Carnage Required.

If we gave you $500 and told you that you were only allowed to spend it on a car or truck on Craigslist. that you would then be expected to “abuse” for a weekend, what would you choose?...

Australian Hot Rods Invade Leepoofest 2015, And Backwards Or Not, We Dig Them!

(Photos by Darryl Daniels) Australians may drive on the wrong side of the car, but around here we think they are definitely on the right side of hot rodding. The Australian hot rod scene is alive and...

Video Hilarity: Tiny Tractor Owns Mitsubishi Truck On The Dragstrip! Real Diggers!

Apparently in Thailand they use tractors that look to be a walk behind unit similar to some kind of Roto-Tiller. Of course you can’t expect farmers or their equipment to work EVERY hour of the...

This Father And Son Team Stick Their Twin-Engined Go-Kart On The Chassis Dyno In The Backyard!

A twin-engined go kart that has snap oversteer, a chassis dyno in the backyard and a dad who has a good eye for mechanical work…how lucky is this kid? Kevin Carter is the father and the builder...

Question Of The Day: What Is The Most Common Automotive Cockroach Where You Live?

After they have been on the road for about twenty years, most cars tend to wind up in that great big used car lot in the sky. It’s a sad truth, but it’s a truth nonetheless. Yet, it...

Unhinged: The Advertisements For The Jeep Renegade Are Out, And They Suck As Much As We Hoped They Wouldn’t

I have been actively forcing myself to find something, anything, about the Jeep Renegade to like. No, seriously, I have…it’s a challenge for me. Very few cars are on my list of vehicles...

Duck And Cover! This Sprint Car Wreck Results In A New World Height Record For Chucking A Wing!

(By Jason Mazzotta) – Everyone involved in racing knows that is can be very dangerous for the drivers and crew but a lot of the time people sitting in the stands forget that they are part of...

Check Out Some Of The More Unconventional Vehicles To Fly Around The Nurburgring!

The beauty of the Nurburgring Nordschliefe is that anybody can pay to drive on the track during certain days of the year. This means that as long as you’re a legal driver and your car...

The Coolest Travel Trailer On Craigslist? This 1963 Shasta Vintage Trailer Is Bitchin Personified

With the increasing popularity of vintage RVs and Trailers, along with TV Shows like Flipping RVs on GAC, more and more awesome vintage examples are showing up on eBay and Craigslist. The cool thing...

PDRA Rockingham: Action, Pit Photos, The Most Powerful Door Cars In The World!

(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – The second event of the 2015 PDRA season took place at the historic Rockingham Dragway in Rockingham, North Carolina last weekend and it brought out some mammoth...

This Might Be The Most Expensive Bumper Tap In Automotive History

Ever bumper-tapped a car in a parking lot? I’ve done it once. I accidentally backed my Chevy Blazer into the nose of a Nissan Maxima in a gym parking lot. The second my truck stopped suddenly...