Craigslist Find: A Reader Suggestion For A BangShift Command Center
Sep 10, 2014Bryan McTaggart9
Lohnes and I have been going back and forth over a BangShift Command Center Vehicle. I want the overkill coach bus setup so that we can quit staying in crime-scene hotels and can have air...
Epic Craigslist Find: “I Know What This Car Is Worth Restored, Don’t Low-Ball Me”
Sep 10, 2014Bryan McTaggart6
Sometimes the truth is stranger than the fiction. It’s obvious that the only thing left to do to this Duster is to raid it for pieces and let it die a somewhat dignified death. Instead, I give...
This All Aluminum Hemi Small Block Chevy Hemi Uses Some Of The Most Rare Speed Parts Ever – A Never Assembled Freak!
Sep 10, 2014Brian Lohnes8
There’s strange stuff, there’s weird stuff, there’s unobtanium, and then there is this. What you are looking at is a Leo Lyons small block Chevy hemi from the early 1970s....
Drag Week 2014: Photos And Results From Day One In Tulsa! Bailey Leads The Way, Lutz Is Fast, Cline Flies, Larson Runs 6.99
Sep 09, 2014Brian Lohnes1
(Photos by Brad Klaassen) – Few things often live up to the advanced hype before an event but the first day of Hot Rod Drag Week 2014 sure as heck did! Tom Bailey left Tulsa with the lead on...
Project Violent Valiant Update: Safety Equipment, Pre-Assembly, And The Light At The End Of The Tunnel
Sep 09, 2014Brian Lohnes6
Project Violent Valiant sure is coming along. We recently caught up with builder Kevin Tully at his shop, Ho Rod Chassis and Cycle in Illinois and he told us about the recently progress on the car,...
Caption This: Write The Craigslist Ad For This Poor Jeep
Sep 09, 2014Bryan McTaggart10
“It ain’t for sale. I’m gonna fix it up one day.” Ever hear that line? I have. From a ragged-out Camaro to a ’73 ‘Cuda in waist-high grass, it’s always the...
Unknown Parts Counter Guy: Eliminating The Middleman
Sep 09, 2014Bryan McTaggart8
We’ve focused quite a bit on both ends of the counter here, and I’ve taken a shot or two at a store manager before. But have you wondered what else could be affecting the morale and...
More Great Action Photos From The 2014 Yellow Bullet Nationals – Huge Car Counts
Sep 09, 2014Brian LohnesComments Off on More Great Action Photos From The 2014 Yellow Bullet Nationals – Huge Car Counts
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – I knew from the second the moment arrived at the house that the 2014 Yellow Bullet Nationals were going to be the biggest, baddest, and fastest ones yet. From the...
It’s Ba-a-a-a-ack! The Hot Rodded Volvo Tractor Is Back, With A Video To Show Ken Block How It’s Really Done
Sep 09, 2014Bryan McTaggart1
When we first saw footage of this Volvo BM Terrier tractor ripping donuts in the countryside a couple of years ago, we went nuts. Just the fact that someone stuffed a built Volvo turbo motor that, by...
This Brazillian Motorcyclist Is The Luckiest Guy On The Planet This Week
Sep 09, 2014Bryan McTaggart3
After seeing Filippos Papafilippou’s impromptu perfect-10 pole vault onto Steve Woollatt’s wheelie bars at Santa Pod yesterday, it’d be pretty damn difficult to find a luckier...
Carnage Video: This Radical SR8 Goes Airborne Into The Tire Wall At Eau Rouge!
Sep 09, 2014Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Carnage Video: This Radical SR8 Goes Airborne Into The Tire Wall At Eau Rouge!
This one hurts to watch! This happened during a Radical Euromasters race at Spa-Francorchamps on September 6th. The red and black Radical was approaching the Eau Rouge corner at speed when the...
GALLERY: The Baer 3S Challenge At The 2014 Holley LS Fest
Sep 09, 2014Bryan McTaggartComments Off on GALLERY: The Baer 3S Challenge At The 2014 Holley LS Fest
Sunday the autocrossing gave way to the Baer Brakes 3S Challenge. The 3S Challenge (Speed, Steering, and Stop) used a there-and-back format that started with an arm-drop drag race to the corner,...
Unknown Parts Counter Guy: Who Thought This Was A Good Idea?!
Sep 08, 2014Bryan McTaggart12
Feast your eyes, folks! This photo, courtesy of Mechanic Memes on Facebook, showcases one of, if not the, worst impromptu brake repair I’ve ever had the misfortune of laying eyes on. Missing a...
Marchionne Channels His Inner Enzo About Ferrari’s CEO Over Racing Failures
Sep 08, 2014Bryan McTaggart6
Enzo Ferrari was nicknamed Il Commendatore for a reason. He ran Ferrari like a ship, gave the praise only to the cars and winningest drivers, and placed blame directly onto the drivers. If he...