This 1976 Cadillac Station Wagon Is The Coolest Thing You’ll See Today – Plus, You Can Buy It!
Oct 30, 2014Brian Lohnes8
We’re going to cut right to the chase. This 1976 Cadillac Castilian station wagon, built by the long gone Traditional Coach Works in Chatsworth, California is one of the neatest things we have...
Is This Fiat Sport Coupe-Ute Concept Really An Upcoming Jeep In Disguise?
Oct 30, 2014Bryan McTaggart2
What you are looking at is the rendering for the Fiat FCC4 (Fiat Concept Car 4) that was unveiled at the Sao Paulo Auto Show in Brazil. The official statement on what this chimera is supposed to be...
How Would You Build This Cummins Powered, 1990 Dodge Aircraft Tractor?
Oct 30, 2014Brian Lohnes13
We’re pretty sure that Fred Williams of 4-Wheel and Off Road Magazine has hit mitts on one of these trucks so when we saw this one sitting on eBay it got us thinking. With an old school...
Watch Frankie Taylor’s Pro Mod Battle Howard Farris’s War Wagon Fuel Altered In A Match Race At North Star Dragway
Oct 30, 2014Brian Lohnes3
We often hear the lament that showmanship is dead in drag racing and that the whole thing has gotten stale. Those cries come from people who keep a very narrow view of the sport and don’t...
SEMA 2014 Teaser: Kia Hints To A K900 That Sounds…Awesome?!
Oct 30, 2014Bryan McTaggart3
You can make all the cracks in the world you want to about past Kias. They were craptacular, had all the power of a baby mouse’s sneeze, interior accommodations that would have compared with...
The Atomic EFI Age: Or What Project Buford T Justice Did On His Summer Vacation – Driveway EFI Install
Oct 29, 2014Brian Lohnes20
Claims of Project Buford T Justice’s demise have been greatly exaggerated, although I have not done a lot of quell them because of a lack of suitable update stories this summer, but the fact is...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Car Would You Take To 24 Hours of LeMons or ChumpCar?
Oct 29, 2014Bryan McTaggart16
I’m not sure if I should be paying more attention to the ChumpCar World Series and 24 Hours of LeMons racing series. I like the basic premise of the racing itself: $500 beaters that are beefed...
The Larson Race Cars ZL1 Camaro – A Twin Turbo Big Block, Back Half, Drag Week Destroyer! All Modern Stuff Still Works!
Oct 29, 2014Brian Lohnes12
Apparently Larry Larson has fully recovered from the post traumatic stress of Drag Week 2015 because he rolled one of the coolest cars in the history of the world out of his shop yesterday. This 2013...
2014 California Hot Rod Reunion: Door Slamma Jamma – A Last Look At Cool Cars With Doors At Bakersfield
Oct 29, 2014Brian Lohnes1
We’re thrashing to get ready for SEMA around here and that means the warmth of Las Vegas for a few days, at least for this east coaster. With snow flurries in the forecast for the weekend, my...
Unknown Parts Counter Guy: Stop Yelling At Me, My Hangover Hurts Enough
Oct 29, 2014Bryan McTaggart3
Friday night was absolutely amazing. Blenders going all night long for margaritas, Greg making Flaming Dr. Peppers in the kitchen, Alan roasting up some barbecue out back, and twenty people hanging...
Holley Releases Three New Throttle Bodies – Lots Of Tuning Features, Street And Full Race Applications
Oct 29, 2014Brian LohnesComments Off on Holley Releases Three New Throttle Bodies – Lots Of Tuning Features, Street And Full Race Applications
There are some people out there who think that a throttle body is a flapper valve with no real impact on the performance of your engine. Those people are dumb for a multitude of reasons and these new...
Another Useful Truck We Won’t Get In The U.S.: The Ram 750
Oct 29, 2014Bryan McTaggart17
I like the concept of a ute. I can honestly think of about maybe three times a year where I would honestly need a traditional pick-up truck for anything. Most of the time what I need is open and...
Swap Meet Coolness – A Look Inside The Louisville Fall Swap Meet
Oct 29, 2014Brian LohnesComments Off on Swap Meet Coolness – A Look Inside The Louisville Fall Swap Meet
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Let me tell you how my batting average has been at over a half-dozen swap meets this year – .000. That all changed here. Sure I’ve found stuff...
What’s Better Than Nurburgring Crashes? Nurburgring AND Rally Crashes In The Same Video!
Oct 29, 2014Bryan McTaggartComments Off on What’s Better Than Nurburgring Crashes? Nurburgring AND Rally Crashes In The Same Video!
The Green Hell that is the Nurburgring Nordschliefe is a dangerous track, as we’ve shown numerous times before. And from the early days of racing up until today, it is a track that even pro...












