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Steve Magnante’s Daily Junkyard Crawl: This 351, 4-SPEED, 3.50:1 TRACTION LOCK 1971 TORINO GT Is Cool!

It’s time for another Daily Junkyard Crawl with Steve Magnante, and this time it’s another really cool Ford. How about a real deal 1971 Torino GT with a 351, 4-speed, and a 9 inch with...

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SHADYSIDE OUTLAWS APRIL 2026: THIS OUTLAW SMALL TIRE SHOOTOUT SETS THE LIST! SEE WHO MAKES THE CUT!

Shadyside Outlaws is back for 2026 and that means it is time to set the list for Outlaw Small Tire, and that means it is shootout time. Check out the video from our friends at Spoold Media and let us...

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Derek is Taking A 1,600 Mile Journey To Trade One Of Vice Grip Garages More Popular Trucks For The Ride He Sold And Instantly Regretted It

We’ve all traded or sold a car or truck and then regretted it. Sometimes that regret is as soon as the deal is done and sometimes it takes a week or month or year to realize that you just...

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1972 Chevrolet Crash Test Video: Watch A 1972 Chevrolet Vega Crash Head On Into A 1972 Chevrolet Impala For Science

Everyone thinks of a Vega as being super small, because it was a compact car back in the day, and that an Impala is super huge because at the time they really were and especially when compared to a...

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Build Your Own Vapor Blaster At Home With A Harbor Freight Blast Cabinet, Including a Full Parts List!

Vapor blasting, or wet blasting as many people call it, is a media or sand blasting method that uses water and sometimes an added detergent. The water and abrasives combine to clean and slightly...

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Dirthead Shed Tire Testing: Putting Avix Trailtek R/T Tires To The Test As Butter Jeep Takes On Tough Moab Trails

Dirthead Dave is back at it, with the newly LS Swapped and running Butter Jeep out on the trails in Moab for a bit of tire testing. Dave has been wheeling Jeeps and everything else under the sun for...

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This Caterpillar Challenger Tractor And Special Trailer Designed For Beach Launching Life Boats Are Totally Awesome

Right now I am doing a slow, dramatic clap for the guys and girls that work for the Habbeke Shipyard in the Netherlands. Why? Basically because they have developed one of the coolest specialized...

Kyle And The 1320 Video Crew Do Some MEMPHIS Street Racing, Plus A Fast & Furious Meet Up And Barbecue!

The opening of this video is straight out of Fast and Furious and we love it. So does Kyle as he does the intro for this cool video they shot in Memphis recently. We’re talking street racing,...

Make It Kustom And HalfAss Kustoms Cab Over Ramp Truck: Building A Fuel Tank From Scratch For The 1971 GMC Cabover Ramp Truck!

It’s time for even more welding, but this time it’s on the new fuel tank for this beast. This thing needs a big tank and it has to fit in just the right spot, which makes it a bit of a...

ALL-MOTOR, JUNKYARD LS MEGA POWER. HOW TO ADD 200 HP TO YOUR SBE 5.3L WITH NO BOOST AND NO NOS

200 horsepower without boost or nitrous?! Is that really possible? Of course it is! With the right parts you can make real power gains on any engine and we all know that LS engines are just begging...

Beards, Burnouts, And Beers: Chad And Ryan Are Joined By Dane Thompson Who Talks About Crashing The Maliboom, Safety, & Drag & Drives

We’re back with another episode of Beards, Burnouts, and Beers where Ryan and I talk about whatever strikes us as important in the racing and hot rodding world. We’re talking to our...

The Secrets Of The SD-455 Revealed: A Look Into The Guts and Glory Of Pontiac’s Greatest Muscle Car Engine

As we all know, the Pontiac SD-455 Firebirds were the last mighty gasp of the muscle car era before it was smothered by government regulations, fuel crises, and a public that was far more obsessed...

The Right Combo: Watch This Supercharged Rolls Royce Meteor Powered Tractor Make A Full Pull

Once again we’re leering at a European pulling tractor with a freaking awesome engine combo and admiring the noise and the fury that it creates. In this case the tractor we are talking about is...

The Roar Of Power: This 1970s Allis-Chalmers Dealer Film Is All In On Killer Tractor Pulling Footage

This is some gold right here. Between the cool tractors, the basic and awesome old sleds, and the footage of them both working together, this is about 10-minutes of gearhead heaven. The name of this...

Nitro Dyno Failure: Watch This Turbocharged Drag-Bike Self Destruct On The Rollers

If there is one thing I have learned in nearly 20 years around professional drag racing it is that nitromethane is both the angel on your shoulder and the devil at the same time. It’s the fuel...

We Drive It: The Volvo V60 Cross Country B5 AWD – Better Than Bigger, Cooler Than A Crossover

The wagon is a very sadly endangered species in the automotive landscape anymore. We’ve watched over the years as the venerable wagon has been dislodged from its place as a practical family...

Simpson And Racequip Headline Safety Deals During Holley’s Supercharged Summer Clearance Sale! Buy Stuff, Save Money!

Holley is adding to their latest sale, and with this one celebrating summer, what better way to do that than with deals on Holley’s safety brands? That’s right, save big on Racequip and...

John Force Crash News: NHRA’s Alan Reinhart Explains Why John Force’s Parachutes Failed To Deploy In Richmond.

Words are important, and sometimes hard. I say this because the verbiage being used on the thumbnail in this video isn’t correct. This matters, and I’ll explain why. In this video, Alan...

Midwest Drags Part 1: FINNEGAN AND JOE DRIVE AN INSANE 800 MILE ROAD TRIP IN BLASPHEMI!

It’s Drag and Drive Season and that means hot rods and race cars of all kinds are doing road trips and making passes, all in an effort to be the best of the best and not only survive the road...

Street Freak – Part 8: This Mid-Engine Drag And Drive Lambo Powered All-Wheel Drive Volvo Is Getting The Engine And Trans Installed!

Here’s the eighth video in the series, and the engine is going in! With just a few weeks to go before Street Week starts, it is time to make big stuff happen and this sure counts. There is still...