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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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Come At Me, Bro: If McTaggart Wants To Throw Down I’ll Bring The House – Here’s Your Dart, Kid!

Things escalate quickly around here. If you saw the item earlier today with the freakish S10 truck, I happened to mention McTaggart’s name in that one. Well he apparently was offended at such a...

Just In Time For Christmas: This….Ahhhh $69,500 Creation!

Brady Basner of XS Power Batteries sent us the link to this absolutely nutty looking S10 truck and because we not cannot forget that we saw it, we’re going to publicly blame him for this blog...

This 1973 Camaro May Look Like It Stepped Out Of The Late 1970s But It Sure Doesn’t Sound Like It!

With the side pipes, raised white letter tires, cowl hood, and chin spoiler, this clean 1973 Camaro has the look of a car that stepped right off the pages of a later 1970s Hot Rod Magazine but...

Mystery: Help Us Find The History Of This Incredible Homebuilt Sports Car/Hot Rod At Gates Salvage (Video)

When BestRide.com’s Craig Fitzgerald and I were romping through Gates Salvage in Hardwick, Vermont looking for cool stuff we found lots but nothing prepared us for what you see above and in the...

Question of the Day: Would You Care If The Automakers United Their Engine Building Divisions Into One Shared Unit?

For quite a large portion of 2015, FCA’s Sergio Marchionne had spent his time trying to court several automotive manufacturers – namely General Motors, who he fawned about a union with so...

The Maine Snow Fighters Is A 1950s Film Full Of Great Cars, Trucks, And Man VS The Elements Footage

So I am on a snow kick, forgive me. This video from the 1950s was made by the state of Maine to promote their highway department and the hard work they put in every winter to keep the roads open and...

Last Minute Christmas Stocking Stuffer! Moroso Pro Series Tire Pressure Gauges

Are you still frantically searching for that perfect holiday gift for yourself or that performance fiend in your neighborhood?  Moroso Performance Products has an answer! When you’re drag racing,...

In-Truck Video: What It Is Like To Race A 900hp Pro-4 Truck On A Mountain In A Blizzard!

We covered the heck out of Red Bull Frozen Rush 2015. From action photos on the mountain at Sunday River, Maine to an awesome tire testing trail ride with the people at BFG, that was one heck of a...

Need To Redecorate The House? How About Decor Made From Repurposed Car Parts!

Picture this: your significant other has been begging you to spruce up the house with some new décor. You’ve gone to countless furniture stores and boutiques, but you can’t come to a mutual...

Watch And Listen To This Whipple Blown 426 Gen III Hemi Stroker Make Over 1,000hp On The Dyno

If we have one piece of advice for late model muscle cars fans that are NOT of the Chrysler variety, when you see a car equipped with an Arrington Performance decal or logo, run the other way and...

Scrapple, The Holiday Roast Edition! Here’s What’s Worth Flame-Broiling For The End Of The Season!

This isn’t a “best of” deal for the festivities…no, no…that would undermine the idea behind Scrapple in the first place: finding the most random and barely-worthy...

Young New Hampshire Man Dead, Maine Man Injured When Tire Explodes – Techs, Please Be Safe Out There

The images you see both above and below depict a heavy duty tire exploding inside an inflation safety cage. The steel bars of that cage are deflecting because of the massive forces involved. Now...

All-Included Racing: The Calder Park Street Drags Event, Where Everything From A Twin-Turbo Shelby Mustang To A Wicked Toyota Starlet Come Out To Play!

Burnout cars, utes, Holdens and Falcons. You would think that encompasses all of Australia’s motoring scene. It does capture a side of it, yes, but only one side. Australia’s location...

NitroArtVideo Released Their “Wild Rides” Of 2015 – Carnage, Great Saves, Legendary Flight

We respect lunatics that hustle like we do during the racing season at Kevin Maurer at NitroArtVideo is one of those guys. This dude is at dozens of racing events a year all across the southern part...