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The Martin Lundqvist Racing Street Week Sweden Drag and Drive 1969 Camaro Project Continues! The 8HP and LS Get Custom Mounts!

I can’t wait to see Project 508 in person in Sweden in a few weeks! This project is in full swing and we are super excited about what is going on with this machine. We’ve got another couple...

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Our Final Gallery of Lost Buckeye Skips Day One Drag and Drive Photos! We’ve Got On Track Action and Checkpoints, and More From Day 2 Coming!

Here’s our third gallery of lost photos from Day 1 of Buckeye Skip’s Drag and Drive, and we’ve got plenty more where that came from! Plus, if you missed the previous photos...

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All The Racing Action From This Weekend’s SCTA El Mirage Flying Mile. 200 MPH Plus On Dirt! Watch Right Here.

While Bonneville gets most of the attention in Land Speed Racing, because it clearly is home to the biggest and baddest land speed racing events of the year, most land speed racers will tell you that...

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Dirt Daily with Fred Williams. His Barn Find 1989 Land Cruiser FJ-62 gets a Dissent Off Road Rear Bumper!

Years and years ago I built a 1987 Toyota FJ-62 for my buddy Sean and I loved it. We painted it, lifted it, improved a bunch of suspension and drivetrain, and then he drove the hell out of it. It was...

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Larry Chen AWD K24 Turbo EG & Drift S13 Feature Video: Indonesia’s Top Tuner Show Produced These Two Amazing Builds!

These things are siiiccckkkkk. Yes, I love the EG hatch a bit more than the S13, but that’s because I have one at home. This one here looks absolutely insane and I love it. But so does the S13...

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Have They Successfully Turned This Old Farm Truck into a Killer Street Machine Using Scrapyard Ford Parts! Bumpside Ford Goodness Part 4!

In Part 3 of the series, this beast went for its first test drive. Now it’s actually being put through its paces! Here’s the Part 4 video in the series, and that means actual testing!...

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Pardon Me, Do You Have Any Opposite Lock? Check Out This Rolls-Royce Drift Car!

What are the fundamentals for a proper drift car? Rear wheel drive, a controllable transmission, the ability to lock the rear brakes on command, easy weight transfer, and handling dynamics that...

Ford Announces That It Is Leaving Japan And Indonesia Markets – Factories/Dealers To Close

One of the things that nearly doomed the entire US auto industry was bullheadedness over the years. There were prevailing opinions at the major American manufacturers that they were essentially above...

Jay Leno Gets A Closer Look At The Datsun Sunny 1200 Truck From SEMA! This Is A Neat Rig!

Last year’s SEMA show had plenty to see, from full-on race cars to the absolutely psychotic all-tube…erm, “thing” that was sitting out front to race cars, muscle cars, and the...

BangShift Project Files: When Grand National Meets Riviera, Only Good Can Result!

If you dig in the vault of project cars that have graced the forums at BangShift, you will find many unique and interesting cars. You will see short-term projects, mild builds, full-on race cars,...

Take A Quarter Mile Rip In A Four Speed, Steel Bodied, Blown 392 Hemi Powered, 1941 Willys

(Video and photos by Christian Rowell) – When is comes to icons and hot rodding, nothing can really touch the late 1930s/early 1940s Willys coupe. They have been built in every possible form...

Prolong 5W-30 Oil Formulation Is New, Delivers On Performance AND Economy

Never before in the history of the car have we had better quality lubricants and such a selection of them to choose from. It can be dizzying to try and sort out what would work best for your...

The Petersen Automotive Museum: Photos From Our Visit Yesterday!

The Petersen Automotive Museum, founded by Robert E. “Pete” Petersen and his wife Margie has been a gathering point for gearheads, a home for amazing iron, and a place that every car...

Snow Got You Down? Watch This Snowboarder Get Towed Behind A Jeep And Cheer Right Up!

Snow and ice can kiss the fattest part of my backside. Seriously…I’d rather sweat all year long than to deal with snow and ice. I don’t care how pretty it is, I don’t care...

Donut Derelicts Coverage: We Munch Donuts And Check Out The Coolest Hot Rods In SoCal

Escaping the clutches of a major league blizzard that crushed the East Coast, I made my way to southern California at the end of last week. The purpose of the trip was two fold. First I came out to...

Craigslist Find: This LS-Swapped 2002 Jeep Liberty Has An Exemption From The Crusher It Deserved To Meet!

We’ve heard you, the lot of you, who automatically go into full-on rage mode each and every time the phrase “LS Swap” is published by us. “It’s unoriginal! It’s...

Classic YouTube: A Dodge Shadow That Isn’t A Rear-Drive Conversion, Isn’t Subtle And Should Be Feared!

The Ford Tempo that Brian ran yesterday got me thinking: most of the cars that were around when I was in my single-digit ages are all but gone. Just between the ages of 5-10, let’s see how many...

How Would You Build This 1983 AMC Concord? It Is For Sale In The Ancestral Home Of AMC, Kenosha

(By Eric Rood) – Few remember American Motors’ Concord–although the two-door hatch served as the basis for the final AMX–but along with the compact Spirit and the proto-CUV...

Unhinged: Thinking About Buying A Cheap Classic Beater To Fix Up For A Driver? Here’s What You Might Be Getting Into!

“They don’t make cars like they used to.” Yeah, ain’t that the truth. Growing up, I heard that crap every time I went to brag about my 1979 Cutlass, or my 1987 Monte Carlo,...

eBay Find: This 1957 Plymouth Suburban Wagon Has Been Customized But Not Hacked

As we have said many tines, custom cars are an interesting thing because when someone has a car built or builds a wacky car to their personal taste, it does not always translate into cool for...