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The Martin Lundqvist Racing Street Week Sweden Drag and Drive 1969 Camaro Project Continues! The 8HP and LS Get Custom Mounts!

I can’t wait to see Project 508 in person in Sweden in a few weeks! This project is in full swing and we are super excited about what is going on with this machine. We’ve got another couple...

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Our Final Gallery of Lost Buckeye Skips Day One Drag and Drive Photos! We’ve Got On Track Action and Checkpoints, and More From Day 2 Coming!

Here’s our third gallery of lost photos from Day 1 of Buckeye Skip’s Drag and Drive, and we’ve got plenty more where that came from! Plus, if you missed the previous photos...

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All The Racing Action From This Weekend’s SCTA El Mirage Flying Mile. 200 MPH Plus On Dirt! Watch Right Here.

While Bonneville gets most of the attention in Land Speed Racing, because it clearly is home to the biggest and baddest land speed racing events of the year, most land speed racers will tell you that...

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Dirt Daily with Fred Williams. His Barn Find 1989 Land Cruiser FJ-62 gets a Dissent Off Road Rear Bumper!

Years and years ago I built a 1987 Toyota FJ-62 for my buddy Sean and I loved it. We painted it, lifted it, improved a bunch of suspension and drivetrain, and then he drove the hell out of it. It was...

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Larry Chen AWD K24 Turbo EG & Drift S13 Feature Video: Indonesia’s Top Tuner Show Produced These Two Amazing Builds!

These things are siiiccckkkkk. Yes, I love the EG hatch a bit more than the S13, but that’s because I have one at home. This one here looks absolutely insane and I love it. But so does the S13...

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Have They Successfully Turned This Old Farm Truck into a Killer Street Machine Using Scrapyard Ford Parts! Bumpside Ford Goodness Part 4!

In Part 3 of the series, this beast went for its first test drive. Now it’s actually being put through its paces! Here’s the Part 4 video in the series, and that means actual testing!...

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Gearhead Story Time! My First Engine Removal… From A Van… With A Sawzall!

Recently, my buddy Greg Stewart got married (congrats dude!), and before he did that, we had a bachelor party in his honor. At the end of the evening after a night full of old-school fun, a bunch of...

Ride Along In A Literal Crapbox As Matt Farah Tests Out A Beater-riffic Nissan Crossover From The 1990s You’ve Forgotten

Do you remember the Adam Sandler spoof song “Ode To My Car”? The story of the pinnacle of beaters (the unloved type) just resonates with the latest vehicle that Matt Farah decided to slip...

That’s What It Is All About: Gearheads Cruise Past The Home Of A Dying Car Fan After He Couldn’t Attend A Car Show

If you knew that your time alive on Earth was winding down to days and hours, what would your last request be? For sixty year old Dennis Hake of Niles, Ohio, the answer was simple: he wanted to...

2015 Olcott Beach Car Show: Cool Cars, A Great Location, Lots Of Photos!

(Words and photos by Mike Brooks) – Every Labor Day weekend, hundreds of hot rods and cool cars flock to Krull park in Olcott Beach, NY and gather along the scenic shores of Lake Ontario. This...

For Sale In Sweden: The Most Customized 1972 Ford Ranchero We’ve Ever Laid Eyes On

There are some things that you do not do to someone who is just waking up. You do not douse them in cold water and start screaming. You do not lob a twenty-pound cat onto their stomach and hope for...

NSRA 2015 Coverage: We’re Back With Another Truckload Of Images!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – More muscle in here and more tips on attending the Street Rod Nationals.  The nameplate ‘muscle car’ has many interpretations depending on who you are...

Edelbrock’s “Top It Off” Promotion Announced: Buy Top End Kit, Get Free Carb

Edelbrock is announcing the “Top It Off” promotion! If you purchase an Edelbrock Power Package between October 1 and December 31 you’ll get a free Performer or Thunder Series AVS...

Rough Start: The Classic Wood-Paneled Station Wagon In The Form Of A Big-Blocked Ford LTD!

Growing up a car freak invites you to other people’s opinions, whether you wanted them or not. As a kid, we had a 1969 Chevrolet Kingswood Estate station wagon wind up in our yard. Nothing...

Old Soul Rod Shop Hardcore Happening Coverage: Burnouts Galore!

(Photos by Mike Brooks) – We teased you yesterday with some images of cars doing burnouts at the 2015 Old Soul Rod Shop Hardcore Happening and today we’re giving you the payoff of all...

An American In Japan: A 1970 Plymouth Barracuda That Is An Exercise In “Less Is More”

One of the more interesting auto web sites out there is Speedhunters. They have insight to many different facets of the automotive world, but their specialty is Australasian car culture, with visits...

Lancaster Dragway Pro Mod-a-palooza: Pro Mods and Small Tire Cars With Bonus Images

(Photos by Mike Brooks) – From a photographer’s point of view, Lancaster Dragway in New York is not the easiest place to operate. You are limited on the areas of access because of the...

Drag Coverage: Southeastern Radial Wars Action From Brainerd Optimist Drag Strip

(Words and photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – If you rewind the clock about 20 years, the whole “outlaw” street car thing was really starting to take off. It was packing the stands, and carving...

Rumor Mill: The Dodge Viper Will Be No More After Model-Year 2017

About this time last year, we wondered just how much longer the Dodge Viper would last. Arguably, the Viper has lasted a lot longer than anyone on the hybrid AMC/Chrysler Corporation team in the late...

eBay Find: The Historic Johnson and Shipley Bonneville Belly Tank –

Few things are more iconic in the world of American racing than the belly tank lakesters built and campaigned on the dry lakes and salt flats after the close of WWII. Today there are companies...