Hot Rod Hoarder: The Koepke Collection Is Going To Auction – From Early Fords Through Late ’70s Exotics, It’s Here!
Jan 16, 2015Bryan McTaggart3
(All photos courtesy Yvette VanDerBrink) The latest in a recent string of collection auctions isn’t just a random collection of vehicles that were left to fend for themselves. No, instead this...
Ebay Find: This Turbocharged Big-Block Dodge A100 Is The Fine Line Between Sleeper And Insanity
Jan 16, 2015Bryan McTaggart8
Seeing a Dodge A100 isn’t a common event outside of a car show. If you do, you might see a dead stocker puttering along somewhere in the Southwest, or maybe someone held onto their ’70s...
Watch A 94-Year Old Man Drive Through A Car Wash At Full Throttle And Performs The Most Violent Perfect Parking Job Ever
Jan 16, 2015Brian Lohnes8
There’s an on-going discussion about testing older drivers every few years to make sure that they are still OK to be driving. This video will surely add to that debate as it features a 94-year...
Project Whistling Death Update: Cutting, Welding, Fixing, And Using OPGI Parts To Bring The Chevelle Shell Back To Life
Jan 16, 2015Brian Lohnes4
(Since we are going to be cranking up our detailed coverage on the Project Whistling Death again next week, here’s a look at the car as it looked during our last update when sheet metal from...
Would You Rather, The Military Pickup Truck Edition! Will It Be CUCV or M880?
Jan 15, 2015Bryan McTaggart13
When the restrictions were lifted late last year on the sale of ex-military HMMWVs, we were excited for a moment, only to have our excitement dashed at learning that there was absolutely no possible...
Historical Film: The 1969 U.S. Nationals At Indy…Nearly An Hour Of Footage From The Nats!
Jan 15, 2015Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Historical Film: The 1969 U.S. Nationals At Indy…Nearly An Hour Of Footage From The Nats!
Woody Jordan sent us the link to the entire “Tournament of Champions” film on YouTube, and if there ever was anything that made me wish I was doing this gig in 1969, this is it. You have...
BangShift Project Files: TheSilverBuick’s 1969 Pontiac Firebird
Jan 15, 2015Bryan McTaggart12
Randal Burns, better known as TheSilverBuick around here, is an engineer to the core. His 455-powered Buick Skylark is a Drag Week veteran that can easily be pressed into daily-driver duty with no...
eBay Find: Buy The Front End From One Of The Meanest Early Pro Stockers In The Country – The Canned Heat Camaro’s Nose Is For Sale
Jan 15, 2015Brian Lohnes1
In today’s world, NHRA Pro Stock is a category that’s in flux. The racing is incredibly tight, the refinement in the race cars is beyond compare in the rest of the sport, and the costs to...
Chaos: Watch What It Looks Like When Two Dakar Rally Participants Wreck HARD In The Bolivian Desert
Jan 15, 2015Brian Lohnes1
We’ve often talked about the risks and dangers associated with races like Baja, Dakar, and others of their ilk. That being said, we’ve never seen a more stark representation of what...
Rally Video: Chris Harris Takes On An R-GT Prepared Porsche 911 In Wales
Jan 15, 2015Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Rally Video: Chris Harris Takes On An R-GT Prepared Porsche 911 In Wales
Porsche and rally racing actually have a long and successful past, with technological advancements culminating in the creation of the 959, one of the baddest Porsches ever made. If you need any more...
Historical Footage: Go For A Ride In A Ford GT40 Around LeMans In 1969
Jan 15, 2015Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Historical Footage: Go For A Ride In A Ford GT40 Around LeMans In 1969
With the 2017 Ford GT stealing damn near everybody’s thunder at the Detroit Auto Show, we figured it would only be fitting to find some historical footage of the GT40 to explain why everyone...
This 1962 Willys Station Wagon Is Cool, Needs Work, And In Stock Form Would Lose A Drag Race To A Steam Tractor
Jan 15, 2015Brian Lohnes7
So McTaggart and I have essentially agreed to end the station wagon blog war that we have been engaged in over the last couple of weeks. Much like the Korean War, we have not declared a truce or...
BREAKING: John Force Racing To Run Chevy Camaro Funny Car Bodies In 2015 And Beyond
Jan 14, 2015Brian Lohnes41
Respected and well-informed auto racing reporter Louis Brewster of the Inland Daily Bulletin newspaper is reporting that John Force Racing will announce tomorrow that they will be running Chevy...
Watch This ProCharger Equipped Top Dragster Pull A Wheelie At The Eighth Mile – Here’s Why This Class Rules
Jan 14, 2015Brian Lohnes3
Andy Johnson recently went for the ride of his life at Bradenton Motorsports Park in Florida when his ProCharged, big block, top dragster entry went into a power wheelie at the eighth mile mark of...












