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Lost Buckeye Skips Day THREE Drag and Drive Photos! Our Second Gallery of Day Three On Track Action and Checkpoints!

Here’s our second gallery of lost photos from Day 3 of Buckeye Skip’s Drag and Drive, and we’ve got plenty more where that came from! Plus, if you missed the previous photos we’ve got a link...

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A Train Wreck! How DO THEY CLEAN ONE UP?! Watch Them Move These Locomotives On Site! Insane Lifting.

While we were on Rocky Mountain Race Week a couple of weeks ago, we passed a train derailment that had happened in the not too distant past. The tracks were repaired, and some of the train wreckage...

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The Dash COMES OUT! Vintage Air Installation – Installing Air Conditioning on this 1985 Mustang GT Build!

Vintage Air has been cooling hot rods, customs, and race cars for decades now and is continually reimagining and developing new systems. But that doesn’t mean they have forgotten their tried...

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The CHEAPEST Hemi Swap EVER Hits the Road! Will This Body Swapped Dodge Actually Survive The Drive?

He’s back at it, and because I’ve done a similar type of chassis swap myself, I can’t fault him for the idea or the execution. Would I do some stuff different, sure. But I guarantee...

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More NHRA New England Nationals Photo Coverage: Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock, Sportsman, and Pit Photos From This Sold Out NHRA National Event!

(Photos by Richard Pasley) – When the NHRA brought National Event Drag Racing back to the northeast a few years ago, the crowds at the New England Nationals in Epping were off the hook. More...

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Brand New TREMEC TKX Stuck In Gear? Let’s Fix It. How To Align Shift Rail Lugs For Smooth Shifting.

When you’ve installed a brand new TREMEC TKX transmission, only to find that the thing doesn’t want to shift, you are naturally going to be disappointed and mad. But IF this happens to...

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Caption This: “Mr. Lohnes, Please Pull Over To The Side Of The Road NOW.”

The word “tractor” does not conjure up images of speed. Rural work, farming, trucking, sure. Hay bales, neatly rowed fields, and bales of hay? Yes. In fact, the only thing that you can...

1320Video Releases Their Top 10 Wheelies Of All Time! If You Like Wheelstands Watch This!

Wheelstands, wheelies, whatever you want to call them, are a riot to watch. There are power wheelstands, bumper dragging at the hit wheelstands, all four wheels off the ground wheelstands and much...

Houston Autorama 2015 Coverage: The Awesome Automotive Hits Just Keep On Coming

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – When will it end you ask? When we say it’s over, that’s when! We still have some Wickam produced photos to share from the 2015 Houston Autorama and...

Hellfire! Watch Dave Vantine Run 5.77/239mph On A Top Fuel Motorcycle – One Of Three 5.70 Riders Ever

Ok, so who’s ready for the NHRA pro mod VS top fuel motorcycle match race? C’amon you think it is a bad idea but these things are running neck and neck now. Ok, well it is a bit unfair on...

Watch The Petersen Automotive Museum Building Get Transformed In Time Lapse

The Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles is really flipping awesome. The place is packed with amazing cars, it has the legacy of a man who can rightfully be considered one of the most...

AFCO Is Bringing Great New Drag Racing Products To PRI 2015 – Here’s a Preview

Every year at PRI there are a few companies who set themselves apart from the pack and really come all out with the new products. It seems like every year that happens AFCO’s name is at the top...

This 1968 Ford Pickup Has A Cobra Independent Rear, Crown Vic Front Suspension, And Is LS Ready!

For only $2200 this seems like a pretty nice deal for someone wanting to build one of these trucks. According to the ad, which has crappy photos I’m sorry to say, the truck is rust free and...

Watch Stacey David Install Giant Custom Bumpers On Sgt. Rock: Fabrication Is Fun!

Whenever I get the chance to weld on something, which unfortunately is no where near as often as it used to be, it’s like therapy. It’s one of the ways a car guy can find his Zen space....

It’s Sand Season And That Means This Small Block, Paddle Tired, Willys Jeep Is What You Need In The Dunes!

Flat fender Jeeps are cool. And almost everything with paddle tires is cool. So if you take a flat fender Willys Jeep and throw a small block and paddle tires at it there is virtually no way that it...

Bruce Larson Open House Coverage: More Photos From The Rarely Seen Private Larson Workspace

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – As we told you the other day when we showed you the first load of Joe Grippo photos from the Bruce Larson open house drag racing extravaganza, 2015 was rare because...

This Datsun 1200 Station Wagon Uses Turbo SR20 Power To Stand On The Bumper

Anything that stands on the bumper is cool, but there is something extra cool about really big and really small cars doing it. This 1200 Datsun station wagon falls into the latter category....

Gene Winfield Shows Us Metal Shaping Techniques: English Wheel, Shrinker/Stretcher, Mallet And Bag, And More

Gene Winfield is a certifiable bad ass. He’s an icon in the world of hot rodding, one hell of a nice man, and older than hell. I bring the last one up because he’s in way better shape...

Rare Barn Find 1963 FC Jeep Cabover! These Suckers Are Bitchin And Hard To Find.

Everyone knows what a Jeep is, but not everyone knows all the models that they made. And one of those that you see the least is the FC. It’s a Cabover design truck that has the unmistakeable...

This 1984 Stutz Victoria Is One Of Seven Ever Made – For Perhaps Obvious Reasons

We’re not sure it was actually possible to spend more money on a car than you had to spend in order to own the thing you see in the photos above and below. This is a 1984 Stutz Victoria and...