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The Automotive Adventage Podcast Brings Us THE AUTOMOTIVE AWARDS NO ONE ASKED FOR! Top Cars, Trends, Winners, Losers of 2025

The Automotive Advantage Podcast, featuring Justin and the Doc are back at it with their own 2025 Awards, which makes us laugh and cringe and want to argue with them as well. But it is entertaining...

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Freiburger Found The Perfect Big Beater Convertible To Road Trip, But Perhaps The Weather Could Be Better For Top down Cruising.

When Freiburger and I were doing Car Junkie TV and then freelance stuff at Hot Rod, he had a big 1967 Impala Convertible that we did minimal work to before wrapping it with flames and the driving the...

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Unreal Adventure 2025: Unreal Adventure Hits The Pacific Northwest! Episode 5 – THEY ALMOST LOST TWO RIGS on Liberty Trail!

Unreal Adventure is back and we’ve got Part 5 of the adventures where the drivers and crew learn what Washington’s hardcore trails like to do to fullsize rigs! We’re super excited to see...

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Abandoned For 32 Years! Will This 1969 Mustang Run! What Will It Look Like After A Budget Transformation?

Mortske is back at it, this time with a 1969 Mustang that has been sitting for 32 years. 32! So will it run and drive and live again? Will it be a cool car or just another failed project? I think...

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Silly Season Is On! John Force Racing Signs Alexis DeJoria To Drive Third Funny Car For 2026 Season

BROWNSBURG, Ind. (Dec. 2, 2025) – John Force Racing will expand to four teams for the 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season and beyond with the signing of 2014 U.S. Nationals Funny...

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Old rivalries Return at the 2025 St. Mary’s Trophy | Franchitti vs Kanaan vs Dixon vs Johnson At Goodwood Revival

Sometimes old racing rivalries die on the vine, but sometimes they just get stronger and more entertaining. A little age and wisdom sometimes calms the hot nerves but results in even better on-track...

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Here’s How To Pick Out The Correct Power Distribution Module For Your Hot Rod, Race Car, or Truck Wiring Project.

A PDM, or Power Distribution Module, is like a smart fuse panel. They can not only control the application of power to certain circuits, but can do so based on user defined parameters. I’m not...

Watch This 1200HP Bain Racing Intake Being Built In 7 Minutes – What’s Taking You So Long?! Get To Work!

Sheet metal intake manifolds are super cool when finished and a huge pain in the butt if you aren’t good at them and don’t have the ability to make the various components quickly and...

Is A Tire Inflator Even Worth Owning? Did You Think a Tire Inflator Could Be This Good! One Hit Wonder or Great Buy?

I’ve owned a lot of air ride equipped rides in my day and that means always having on board air, at least as long as you plumb yourself a fitting for an air hose and chuck. But what if you...

LEFT STRANDED! The 1956 Chevy Truck Is JUNK! But Is The Unique Predator Carburetor To Blame?

If you aren’t familiar with a Predator carburetor, don’t beat yourself up about it. That is unless you were alive during the heyday of Pro Street in which case you should be ashamed. But...

Junkyard Crawl With Steve Magnante: A LUV-LY PICKUP TRUCK – Steve Walks Us Through What Chevrolet’s Isuzu Built Mini Was All About

Chevrolet LUV trucks are awesome little pickups, and they seem to be more popular now than ever, which is saying something. My kid has one, and there are a jillion of them out there at the track,...

ABANDONED Camaro IROC-Z Rescued After 28 Years! Will Dylan McCool Be Able To Make It Run and Drive?

When I was a kid in the mid-80’s, my dad worked at a Chevrolet dealership and had a demo car. His was an IROC-Z with the 305 and a 5-speed. The stick wasn’t offered behind the 350, but...

Can We Use Modern Tools & Tech And Still Build A Traditional Style Hot Rod? Is The Finished Project All That Matters? Or Does The Method Matter Too?

When it comes to road trips we’re always saying that it is the journey, not the destination, that is most important. And when building hot rods or race cars we often say that the process is as...

WILD RIDES 2025! HERE ARE THE WILDEST AND CRAZIEST MOMENTS OF SPOOLD MEDIA’S 2025 RACING SEASON!

We always dig the Best Of videos that come out around the new year and this one here is no different. My god there is some incredibly gnarly carnage in this one. We’re talking engine explosions,...

Building A New Robot To Test Cordless Jump Starters: These Jump Starters are Getting Out of Hand With Their Insane Claims on Amperage.

It seems like more and more products nowadays make absurd exaggerated claims as to how powerful, fast, or bright they are. It doesn’t matter what you are looking for online, there always seems...

HOT ROD HOARDER HIGHLIGHT VIDEO! 1 Hour of Nostalgia Drag Racing Action From The 2025 Season.

Tommy Lee Byrd, The Hot Road Hoarder, has had a VERY busy 2025 racing and show season and now he’s sharing his favorite highlights in this 1 hour special video. Tommy makes some awesome videos,...

Unreal Adventure 2025: Unreal Adventure Hits The Pacific Northwest! Episode 4 – Running the Rough 4×4 Trails of Washington State!

Unreal Adventure is back and we’ve got Part 4 of the adventures where the drivers and crew learn what Washington state has to offer in the world of hardcore trails! We’re super excited to see how...

Randy Pobst’s Randit Trans Am Suspension Gets An Overhaul: Here’s Part 1 Of This 5 Part Series Where This Pontiac Will Get Transformed

Randy Pobst is a long time road racing and autocross champion who has competed in many different series, and won many championships. He’s driven an amazing variety or cars, from all kinds of...

Steve Magnante Junkyard Video Feature: Everything You Want To Know About This Retro Metro Delivery Van

Metro vans are awesome. There are a long line of Metro, Divco, Chevrolet, Ford, and more who built milk trucks, bread trucks, and local delivery vehicles of all kinds during the 1950s and...

Mounting a V10 Twin Turbo Diesel into a F355 Ferrari: Who Would Even Do This To An Italian Sports Car?

Generically speaking, I’m not a huge fan of diesel swaps into cars just to make a splash. I mean guys like Rick Fletes, who’s Duramax powered Chevelle does giant wheelstands and runs...