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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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Dare To Be Different: One Mean Nissan 300ZX Running The Strip At The APSA Grand Final!

We have more interesting race cars from the Australian Pro Street Association coming down the pipeline to show you! One of the neat things about Aussie racing is that there really isn’t a big...

Street Car Super Nationals 2015: More Photos From The Pits – Up Close And Personal

In any form of racing, all the work of value goes on in the pits. That’s where the majority of races are won and lost. You can have a great driver but if you miss the setup when you are at your...

Watch The Replay Of Our LIVE Video From The Street Car Super Nationals 2015 From Vegas!

CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE REPLAY!!! The Street Car Super Nationals have become a race like none other, and the best of the best are coming to The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Nov. 19-22 for the...

Sleeper Alert: This Jeep Cherokee Project Is Hiding A Turbocharged Secret!

(Photos courtesy of Dustin Foust and Ryan Hogan) –A few days ago, I was having a conversation with one of my buddies, and he told me about a crazy Turbo Jeep Cherokee 4.7 stroker I6 project he...

2015 Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals Coverage: The Coolest Show Gets Cooler

(Words and photos by Bob Chiluk) – The epicenter of muscle car mania, the Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals blew into Chicago for a weekend gathering of Detroit iron that has not been...

Restrained Anger: Watch As The “Rum Runner” Rock Bouncer Does A Chained-Down Four-Wheeled Burnout – This Thing Is Pissed!

The concoction for a successful rock bouncer is pretty much the same: a stout suspension setup hooked up to a roll cage that can take punishment by the ton, with the appropriate large rubber bolted...

Sliding Sideways Is Only The Start To This 3000 Horsepower Corvette’s Bad Day – This Thing Really Can Fly!

3000 horsepower. That isn’t a number meant for a car, it’s meant more for a healthy-sized vessel. Yet here we have a C6 Corvette packing that insane figure running the airstrip at the...

A Crate Motor, A Dyno Cell, And Three Men At The Control Panel: Can One Bolt-On Mod Net 50 Horsepower? Engine Masters Will Find Out!

As part of the ever-growing footprint of The Enthusiast Network, a new YouTube show has appeared, and it is aimed squarely at the guy who is buried under the hood. Engine Masters, named after Hot...

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Wind Noise, Water Leaks, And Horrifying Electrical Issues: This Review Of The 1979 Chrysler New Yorker Fifth Avenue Perfectly Explains The Malaise Era!

Due to my age, I don’t see the issues with cars made between about 1974 and 1985 like some older readers do. “Malaise Era”…sure, I know all about the emissions restrictions,...

Ever Wonder Why Californians Say “The 101” or “The 405” When They Refer To Their Interstates And Highways? Here’s The Reason Why!

Roaming the country, as we do, we become accustomed to the vernacular used by people across the land for certain things. We are able to map the difference between “you guys”,...

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It’s Big, Green And Can Clip The Nines In The Quarter – This Holden One Tonner Rules!

Have you ever looked at a Chevy El Camino and thought, “That is still too car-like?” No? Of course not…the selection of trucks available in America pretty much ruled that out,...

Jay Leno Gets To Roll Around In A Lamborghini LM002 – Italy’s Rambo Lambo That Catered To The Stars Instead Of The Military

Lamborghini’s LM002 was born out of several failed attempts to bring a vehicle to the military to replace the venerable Jeep-based vehicles. Think about that for a moment: Not GM. Not Ford....

eBay Find: This Weird Little 1942 Crosley Liberty Is One Of The Most Rare American Cars Ever

We have often beaten the drum around here that rarity does not necessarily convert into desirability or value. In the case of the otherwise embarrassingly under powered 1942 Crosley Liberty, the...

Top Fuel Horsepower: This Video Provides A Definitive Power Number – Have The Guesses Been Right?

The number has almost always been a guess. Back in the 1970s the number was 1,500hp…then it became 2,500hp, and then 5,000, 7,000, up to today’s commonly thrown out 10,000hp estimate for...