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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: Big Money Bracket Racing From The 2026 Spring Fling at Galot – $40,000 Thursday!

The Spring Fling at GALOT is LIVE right now with big money bracket racing going on through the weekend! If you want to see great drag racing action from one of the nicest dragstrips in the country,...

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New Junkyard Inventory: Dent Side Ford Pickup Trucks from the 1970’s! Including an XLT 4X4!

Chad Ehrlich is back at it with more new rides coming into the wrecking yard this week. Just when you think there can’t possibly be anymore old Ford trucks sitting around, he shows up with some...

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What Makes the East Coast Gear Supply KP 540 Axle Housing So Good? Ian Johnson Walks Us Through Them.

Heavy duty axles for off-road rigs have come a long way over the years and putting “tons” under a Jeep, or anything else for that matter, is the norm anymore. And you can buy all kinds of...

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Factory Hemi Superbird Feature Video: This 1,500-Mile HEMI Superbird Has SERIOUS Drag Racing History!

Tommy Lee Byrd, the Hot Rod Hoarder, is back at it and in this video below you are going to get a look at an awesome 1970 Plymouth Superbird that came from the factory with the famed 426 Hemi under...

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This 700HP, LS7 Powered 3rd Gen Camaro Restomod Is Something Special! What A Beast!

I’m a Camaro guy. I know people know me for wagons and mini trucks and whatever but I grew up in a Camaro family, my first car was a Camaro, and I love them. My favorites are first Gens like my...

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Street Car Takeover Atlanta: They Turned a NASCAR Speedway into a NO PREP Track And The Action Was Awesome!

Street Car Takeover in Atlanta was a huge event and the racing action on pit lane of the Super Speedway was hot and heavy. We’ve been doing the same thing at LSFest Texas for the last few...

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Would You Buy This Partially Complete 1969 Corvette Wagon For $5,000?

BangShifter Victor Allen zipped us the link to this wild Craigslist find and after looking through all the photos we were surely more intrigued than we were at the start of looking this car over....

The Mind-Blowing, AWD, Jet Hot “Double Down” Is Heading To Auction – What Do You Think It’ll Sell For?

Call me names if you want but I think that this is one of the coolest hot rods built in the last two decades. The Jet Hot high performance coatings Double Down by Bryan Fuller Hot Rods is the 1932...

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...