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NORRA Baja Livestream: The National Off-Road Racing Association Takes On The Mexican Desert May 1-7!

The National Off-Road Racing Association has been putting on races since 1967 and is known for their Baja race that is a little less hardcore than SCORE’s BAJA 1000. Not that the racing...

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RebelDryver Got A New Project Car! This 1977 Chevy Monza Is Going To Become A Drag And Drive Machine!

Our boy Scott Liggett is back with a new drag and drive project! After buying a 1950 Chevy coupe a year or two ago, and realizing it would be more work than he was really wanting to tackle, he sold...

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Better Than Rain-X?! Is This The Best Windshield Water Repellent Windshield Coating Ever? 10 Brands Tested!

I am a big fan of Rain-X. I own, and have owned, a few vehicles that don’t have windshield wipers at all and have found that if you apply it right and often enough it works wonders. I’ve...

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Our Final Gallery of 2026 PDRA East Coast Nationals Photos! Pro Mods, Dragsters, Door Cars, And So Much More!

Here’s gallery #4, our final gallery of PDRA East Coast Nationals action, and if you missed the photos we already posted, use the link below to check them out too. (Photos by David Whealon) The...

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This Awesome Dent Side Ford F100 Pre-Runner RIPS The STREETS, The Dirt, And More!

There is something awesome about vintage bodied pre-runner trucks, and this dentside F100 is a great example. My uncle had a SuperCab back then, and even though I was never a Ford fan growing up I...

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The Wild 1981-1985 Era Of Formula One Cars Race At Monaco Again! 1980s F1 Gold at the 2026 Monaco Historic Grand Prix!

Here we go with more awesome vintage F1 action from the streets of Monaco! The Monaco Historic Grand Prix is one hell of an event, and it’s back after a few years off! If you dig old race cars, you...

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2014 Rodders Journal Revival: A Last Looks At Cool Customs, Cruisers, and Street Machines

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – As I told you yesterday, Grippo had a great time and shot like half a million photos at the 2014 Rodders Journalirevival at Pimlico a month or three ago. We have been...

2014 California Hot Rod Reunion – More Great Action Featuring Altereds And ONLY Altereds

We’re continuing to work through our massive pile of 2014 California Hot Rod Runion photos and that’ll roll on over the next few days because we have that much stuff left to go and our...

Ebay Find: This 1973 Pontiac Grand Am Has A 400ci V8 And The Lightning Rods Shifter…We Want It!

Let’s get the bad out of the way right off the bat: The price is higher than I’d pay, the paint is rough, there’s rust around the vinyl top, and there’s signs of past bodywork...

Blog War: A Cheap Shot On The Steel Jaw Of BangShift By A Former Friend Earns A Response

Yesterday, while most of America slept and prepared themselves for another day of work as productive members of society, Craig Fitzgerald had been up for hours scheming and plotting to take a blatant...

Question Of The Day: If You Could Name One Product Accurately, What Would It Be?

It cranks and cranks, but just won’t kick over. And you can hear the battery winding down and you curse and pray simultaneously for the damn thing to just start. Soon, you get the clicking of...

Unknown Parts Counter Guy: Don’t Believe Everything You Read On The Internet

The Internet: The hallowed electronic grounds filled with cat .gifs, Rage Faces, porn, and some of the worst “greatest advice ever”. I love hearing some of the stuff that comes out of...

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In 1964 Ford Built A Shorty Two Seater Mustang Show Car – The Story Of How It Avoided The Crusher And Who Owns It Now Is Greatness

Ford has done a really good job in 2014 telling all kinds of great Mustang stories. The 50th anniversary of the car has been handled with amazing prowess by the company from the way they interacted...

Bartone and Horan Jr. Dominate – Taking The California Hot Rod Reunion Nitro Titles & Championships!

  Over a year ago, loyal fans began checking their favorite hotel rooms for the October weekend of the California Hot Rod Reunion in Bakersfield, California like a modern-day Woodstock for the...

Craigslist Find: The Owner Of This Lumina Is Either A Comedic Genius Or In Need Of Help (On Several Levels)

There’s a part of me which fears this whole thing to be a setup. See, I have this buddy who no one really thought would amount to anything. He was just one of those people everyone looked at...

Check Out This Video Of The Jeep Renegade Playing In The Sandbox And Splashing In The Puddles

I can’t even mask the contempt I have for the Jeep Renegade anymore. It’s obnoxiously focused on being a cute Jeep-y looking little thing and every time someone tries to make me think...

Rodders Journal Revival 2014: Street Machines, Cruisers, And Customs – Neat Cars Galore

I’ve got to admit to being buried with awesome submissions from our contributors all over the globe this fall. In fact, I am finally getting my act together and catching up on some stuff from...

The Goodguys G/RS Camaro Is One Bad Hombre, And We Have The Pictures To Prove It

(Words and Photos by Kaleb Kelley)  At the recent Goodguys Lone Star Nationals, I had the opportunity to see some of the best builds in the country. I’m not normally a big first generation Camaro...

2014 California Hot Rod Reunion: Awful, Awful Altereds – Fuel, Alky, and Gas Burners All Here

Altereds are drag racing’s worst and most entertaining idea ever. No wheelbase, no weight, a horsepower to weight ratio that’s better than the space shuttle, and typically a blower...

Water Pump 101: What’s Really Going On With The Water Inside Your Engine

When Larson and I were deciding on parts for the World’s Quickest Street Car, the S10 pickup we took on Drag Week, we had to put some serious thought not only into making it fast, but more...