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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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Watch This Video And You’ll Know Why We Should All Own M35 Army Trucks

There is nothing fancy about this video, which is why it’s so perfect. This is just great edited footage of some dudes out having fun in their M35 trucks. Over ledges, through crevices, through...

Rough Start: This 1971 Pinto Is A 289-Powered Firebomb That Could Be The Most Fun You’ve Ever Had

Some days shopping for a car with a five-grand max budget sucks. Between the hoards of silver sedans and ragged-out shells of what used to be desirable cars, you have to wonder if it is even worth...

Miller Motorsports Park Saved, Is Now In The Hands Of China-Based MiTime Group

Miller Motorsports Park has been taken off of the chopping block and sold for $20 million to the China-based MiTime Investment Group. MiTime is a subsidiary of Geely Automotive, the largest...

Watch This Malibu Pull A MASSIVE Wheelstand At The Recent Outlaw Armageddon No Prep Race And Win!

The recent Outlaw Armageddon no-prep race at Thunder Valley Dragway in Noble, Oklahoma has garnered a TON of media attention. From the big money that was awarded, to the big wreckage that occurred,...

Question Of The Day: How Far Would You Go To Bring A Totalled Car Back To Life?

The Local Motors Rally Fighter. A car (truck? Baja racer for the street?) that I would sell body parts to science for in order to acquire one. They sell in the neighborhood of $90,000 new, sound like...

Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Go Outside – Team RideTech Hits The Road Again HARD!

You have seen them at the CAM Challenge East, you have seen them at the Optima Search For The Ultimate Street Car events, you have seen them pounding the pavement at the Goodguys autocross series...

Unknown Parts Counter Guy: More Lazy Counter Clerks And One Spooled-Up Idiot

I’ve spent the last hour of my morning muttering “You…lazy…mother…effers” under my breath. Considering that I just stopped in the store for some two-stroke oil,...

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Bonus Gallery: Test And Tune Friday At The Speedway Motors CAM Challenge East

(Words and photos by Dave Nutting) – “What’s this madness, another photo gallery from CAM Challenge East?” Like I warned you earlier in the week, I took A LOT of photos that...

This 1970 Chevelle Concours Wagon Has Factory Big Block Power, Woodgrain, and A Minto Interior!

We know that some of you don’t get our love for station wagons. Your opinion is wrong and we respect that. For those of you that to get our love for all things long-roofed, we think that you...

Day of the Drag Race 2015: Our Last Blast Of Photos From The Great Event

(Photos by Bob Paxton) – We have to give a HUGE thanks for Bob Paxton for all the great photos be shipped us from the 2015 Day of the Drag Race event which was held at Little River Drag Strip...

2015 Syracuse Nationals Coverage: More Cars, More Trucks, And Some Rat Rods Thrown In For Fun

(Photos by Brooks/Ferrer) – We told you that we were not going to relent on the 2015 Syracuse Nationals photos because Mike Brooks, Brian, and Jose, all worked their tails off to shoot...

Short Street Rod Shop Tour: Tons Of Memorabilia, Toys, And More!

For our final look at Short Street Rod Shop’s collection, we’re going to look at both the past and the future of why this place came to be and what has gone on in between those two points...

2015 Rolex Monterey Historics: Corvettes, Shelby Mustangs, And More In Action – Cool Cars!

Yesterday we showed you a bunch of the REALLY old road racing stuff that was competing at the 2015 Rolex Monterey Historic Motorsports Reunion so today we’re moving the slide rule up through...

Video: Header Tech Tips From Dynatech – Is Bigger Always Better?

It seems that as hot rodders and hot rodding has evolved there is a greater understanding of a high performance engine being a matched set of components and systems as opposed to being a big grab bag...