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Cool Movie Car History: Here Are 10 Cool Facts About Kenny’s 1973 Custom Vette From The Movie Corvette Summer

There was a time when I couldn’t stand the Corvette from Corvette Summer. I don’t know why, but back when flares were a thing, I couldn’t stand them. Now I kinda dig them actually....

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Classic Truck Drag Feature: “Uncle Jessie” This 1969 Ford Pickup is equipped with a MASSIVE Twin Turbo Big Block setup and it HAULS ASS!

Classic trucks are cool, and no stranger to the dragstrip, but something like this isn’t what you normally see at a No Prep race. They are either nice and clean S10 trucks, the occasional late...

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1,800 Miles Home! Will This Classic Ford Mustang RUN AND DRIVE From Arizona To Tennessee? Vice Grip Garage Part 2

We shared Part 1 of this whole Mustang II adventure last week and now it’s time for Part 2. Will it actually run and drive and make it all the way from Arizona to Tennessee? Watch to find out....

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Gassers At Shadyside! Southeast Gassers Association 2024 | A/Gas Eliminations | Shadyside Dragway

The Southeast Gassers Association puts on some of the most fun drag racing in the world. It’s an awesome series with old school gassers being driven like God intended and they certainly know how to...

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Vintage Drag Car Feature: This TIME CAPSULE 1963 Corvette Drag Car with De-Stroked Lingenfelter Small Block Is AWESOME!

Tommy Lee Byrd, the Hot Rod Hoarder, is always finding super rad rides to highlight and feature in his videos and this one here is no exception. With a destroked Lingenfelter built small-block under...

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The Stanceworks Honda-Swapped Ferrari RE-BUILD Begins Now! He Blew It Up And Now It’s Time For Improvements

The K24 Ferrari… This evil bastard launched the rods out of it on the back stretch at Buttonwillow not long ago, and in the previous video we learned why. In this video there is a rebuild about...

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YIKES! Massachusetts Motorist Nearly Killed By Flying Ax That Fell Off Truck

There’s no telling what will happen to you out on the highways and byways of America on any given day. That’s the truth as two Massachusetts motorists learned yesterday when an ax tumbled...

Ebay Find: The (formerly) Twin-Turbo 440-Powered Plymouth Belvedere Is Up For Sale!

I’m looking for every possible loose quarter in couches. I’m emptying the coin holders out of the cars. I’m checking my jeans for spare change. This is easily the most exciting find...

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11 Years Ago Today VW Beetle Production Ended In Mexico

The VW Beetle is an enduring icon of automotive history and will be until the end of time. With more than 21-million of the suckers produced, the car had a run like few others in history have had....

2014 Syracuse Nationals Photo Coverage: Hot Rods, Customs, And Traditionals Right Here!

(Words and Photos by Mike Brooks) The 15th annual Syracuse Nationals was recently held at the New York State fairgrounds in Syracuse NY, where it has become not just a local, but also a national...

Sure, This Method Of Moving And Off-Loading A Huge Bulldozer LOOKS Terrifying, But It Works Seamlessly

We have showed you several videos highlighting some of the awesome equipment and methods employed to move said stuff in the mining business this year and we’re going to say that this is the...

Drag Week 2014: Meet Capone, A Turbocharged, LS Powered Sleeper 1953 Chevy With Daily Driver Domination On Its Mind

(Words by Scott Brown) – I found this car about two years ago in a storage unit in Austin. The old girl had been sitting for 10 plus years. After getting it to my shop, we looked the whole...

Pro Mod Action Gallery: PDRA Racing At Virginia Motorsports Park A Heap Load Of Pro Mods Showed Up

(Words and photos by Benoit Pigeon) – This past week end was the fifth event for the PDRA and to say the least, it was a major one. In the subdivided pro mod family, an astonishing 77 cars...

Major Theodore Van Kirk, Navigator Of The Enola Gay And The Last Remaining Crewmember, Has Passed On

As the automotive world gears up for the racing out at the salt flats near Wendover, Utah, a reflection needs to be made. Among the scrub, mountains and salt, seventy years ago, men started training...

Bonneville Speed Week 2014: Target 550 Streamliner To Miss Speed Week, Shooting For Late Season Meet

The Treit and Devenport Target 550 streamliner will not compete at Bonneville Speed Week 2014 after suffering mechanical problems at the USFRA test and tune meet a couple of weeks back and suffering...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Which One Of These Rides Would You Import To The U.S. If You Could?

The 25-year-old import rule sucks out loud. Period. Anyone who played Gran Turismo then went straight to a Nissan dealership looking for a Skyline learned quickly that America tends to get screwed...

Top 11: McTaggart’s To-Do Automotive List

  Y’know, for a guy who is seriously in-depth with automotive culture, it is amazing how little I’ve actually done. That’s not to say I haven’t done anything, mind you,...

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Australian Photographer Simon Davidson Makes Aussie Burnouts Look Like Art-Check These Pictures Out!

(Photos by Simon Davidson Photography) If you are at all familiar with Aussie burnouts, you know that they are loud, raucous, violent and utterly satisfying. One thing they are not, however, are...

Chryslers At Carlisle Coverage: Another Blast Of Nothing But B&E Bodies! Racers, Street Machines, Restored Perfection

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Yesterday we ran a collection of nothing but Chrysler B&E body cars on display at the 2014 Chryslers at Carlisle Show that was held at the famed show grounds in...

Tired Looking, Haggard, But Totally Savable Denimachine Van Surfaces For Sale In Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

As much as many people want to forget it, vans were a huge part of the scene in the 1970s and they’re coming back with a vengeance now as people who were kids in that era want to recapture...