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Tool Testing: Who Builds The Best Cordless Heat Gun? Testing All Of Them Will Answer That Question And More!

It’s time for more tool testing, and this time it’s cordless heat guns that are being put through their paces. Everyone needs a heat gun in the shop, and I remember very well when I got...

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Newbern’s Ramp Truck Project Begins Now! Saving A Ramp Truck And A C50 Means This Is Going To Be Awesome!

If you don’t pay attention, or haven’t watched Newbern’s channel much, you might not know that he’s gotten a few important projects in recent years that are now going to come...

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FREE Bathurst Livestream: The Meguiar’s Bathurst 12 Hour Endurance Race IS ON NOW! All The Weekend’s Action LIVE Right Here!

It’s time for the Bathurst 12 hour, LIVE! If you dig endurance road racing, at one of the most famous race tracks in road racing history to boot, then you are going to want to watch all the...

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Grind Hard Rebuilt the Most Extreme ATV From 1970! They Would Never Let These Pay Cats Be Sold New Today!

Growing up in the 1970’s and 1980’s means I’ve seen some products offered for sale that would never be allowed as a new product sold today. Lawn Darts are the ones that everyone...

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One Of The Most Powerful Corvettes Ever Produced Getting Tested! The New 2026 Chevy Corvette ZR1 Is a Track Weapon!

1,000 horsepower Corvettes, from the factory. Man it is good to be an automotive enthusiast in 2026. With more than one offering above 1,000 horsepower, and multiple others not far below that four...

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Evil Little Road Car Feature: This Hand Built SUPERCHARGED RENAULT Is Called “La Brute”, And It’s A Bad Ass!

I’m a fan of the weird body styles and models of cars, especially when they come from somewhere else in the world. When talking about cars from the 1940s through the 1970s, many cars from...

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SEMA 2015: OPGI Announces RestoParts, Has Cool Cars, New Parts, Launches Sale

Our pals over at OPGI really pulled out all the stops for this year’s SEMA show. The company always does it right with a big display and cool cars to draw people into their area but in 2015,...

Caption This Photo: One Of These Things Is Going On A Pro Stock Car – The Other Moves Air

Chad and I were hustling on last Monday night in Las Vegas as we had been invited to a Chevrolet Performance gathering and we were running late. As we rounded the corner at the location of the event...

Optima Film Festival Winner: Afternoon Donuts — This Is A Brilliant Short Film

We had the chance to attend some really cool events at SEMA this year and the Optima Film Festival was certainly one o them. Optima had invited filmmakers to submit their best work in one of two...

Bob Perkins Collection: We Visit The Greatest Assemblage Of Low Milage Classic Mustangs In The World

(Words and photos by Bob Chiluk) – So you think you hit the Holy Grail when you find a fifty year old car with ten thousand miles or less on the clock. So what do you call it when you have a...

The South Shall Sink Again! Over A Dozen Cars Fall Into Sinkhole At A Brand New Mississippi IHOP’s Parking Lot!

It hasn’t been long since the last sinkhole to grace our presence, the Corvette Museum sinkhole, was filled to the brim and sealed off, but apparently there is something about the South that...

Trends From SEMA 2015: We Play “Good Idea, Bad Idea” With What We Saw At The Show!

As huge as SEMA is, we’re bound to be able to make a “good-bad-Oh My God” list in short order. It’s one thing to have our favorite cars or to have a list of must-see stuff,...

Want The Ultimate 2016 SEMA Show Cruiser? This 1960 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz Is Your Ticket!

We need to upgrade our program. See, when guys like us do the SEMA show we spend the majority of our lives cooped up in the Las Vegas Convention Center during the day. We’re writing stories,...

SEMA 2015 Debut: Ringbrothers’ 1965 Ford Mustang, “Espionage” – Carbon Fiber Body, 959 Horsepower And Over Three Years’ Worth Of Work

Jim and Mike Ring’s creations are well known for their high-end, high quality creations that start life as standard muscle cars such as the “Recoil” 1966 Chevelle and the...

This Skyline-Nosed Nissan Sunny Truck Was An Eye-Catcher At SEMA 2015 – Here’s The Scoop On It!

Throughout the entirety of this year’s SEMA show, I was stunned at how many Japanese imports were catching my eye…that isn’t something that is easy to do, but cars such as the BRE...

SEMA 2015 Gallery: Chevrolet’s Camaro Is Alive And Well, And Thriving!

“A small, vicious animal that eats Mustangs”. Hmm…while the sales executive might have been feeling a touch creative when he blurted out that gem at a press conference, the...

This First-Year Pontiac Grand Am Has Been Put Up For Adoption By It’s Loving Owner – Would You Give It A Good Home?

Colonnade GM cars are a weakness, especially when they are in excellent condition, and this 1973 Pontiac Grand Am is hitting that weak spot like seeing a sad puppy. The 400ci Pontiac, a luxury...

This Ford-Powered Holden Became The Fastest Barra Six-Cylinder In Australia On It’s First Pass Out!

If you want to start some serious conflict while you are in the land down under, cross-breed a Holden and a Ford. You aren’t going to win on either side of the coin, and unlike Mustang faithful...

SEMA 2015: Cars Of All Shapes And Sizes From Late Model To Rat Rod – Fun Stuff!

After performing a pretty informal poll of people who had displays at the 2015 SEMA show, I got a couple of near universal positive answers. People believed that this SEMA is likely the largest one...

900+ Ford Falcon XR8 Ute! This Purple People Eater Rips Off Nines All Day Long

Any Ford engine known as a “Boss” is worth paying attention to, end of story. While the intake of this Falcon XR8 ute says “Boss 260”, ignore the number. It references the...