The Coolest Pontiac In America And Trucks We Love – A Last Blast Of Photos From The Hot Rod Riot In Texas
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – This last collection of images from the Victoria, Texas Hot Rod Riot car show has some of our favorite stuff in it, including one of the coolest Pontiacs in the...
Toledo, Ohio Isn’t Losing Jeep Production Without A Fight
Jeeps have been produced in Toledo, Ohio since the inception of the original Willys-Overland MB series, and you can bet anything you have that Toledo is extremely proud of that heritage. So when the...
Craigslist Find: Think a Viper Weighs Too Much? We Have A Solution!
Do you remember the Corvette that Hot Rod hacked up a couple of years ago for the sake of proving that any weight removed from a vehicle can improve performance? Did you look at the finished result...
Powermaster Teams Up With A Bunch Of Manufacturers To Celebrate The 75th Anniversary Of The 1940 Ford In Style – Freshen Your Forty
It is always cool when automotive historical milestones come up. The 1940 Ford is set to turn 75 years old soon and a bunch of companies have teamed up to put together a prize pack that any 1940 Ford...
Unknown Parts Counter Guy: If You Wanted Easy And Cheap, You Should’ve Found A Different Hobby
You’d honestly be amazed at how many people think that working on cars is first-grade simple. It isn’t, and anyone that is stupid enough to ignore that thought is stupid enough to keep...
This Behind The Scenes Look At The Hot Rodding Film “This Is Long Beach” Is Pretty Awesome
The history of hot rodding needs to be preserved and films like This is Long Beach by Brian Darwas are just the ticket to making that happen. The film tells the story of the Cavilers car club,...
This Crummy Looking Ford Pickup Has A Fun Surprise Under The Hood – A Drag Week Veteran’s Project That We Love
(Photos by Keith Lopez) – Without people who can’t leave well enough alone, Bangshift would not exist. See, guys like Drag Week veteran Keith Lopez get something and they just have to...
Thief Steals Camaro Z/28 From Seattle-Area Dealership In A “Gone In 60 Seconds” Copycat Move
The opening scene of the 2000 remake of Gone in 60 Seconds: Kip Raines has to steal a Porsche. When he finds that the machine is the dealership’s floor eye-candy, he breaks into the...
More Big Photos From The 2014 Shakedown At The Summit – Awesome Cars, Wild Action
(Photos by Dom Damato/DRD Photos) – We’re back with another flipping awesome set of images from Shakedown At The Summit 2014 at Norwalk. As we told you yesterday, the weather for the...
VIDEO: Seven Things You Probably Didn’t Know about Smokey and the Bandit
In the history of film, there are probably five movies we can all agree had more influence on our love of cars, and 1977’s Smokey and the Bandit has to be in the top three. Our buddy Craig...
Watch And Hear This 510ci Big Block Spin To 9,500 RPM – Pay Attention To The Distributor, It Has A Mind Of Its Own Up There
The people who populate the NHRA’s Competition Eliminator class are among the craziest and braniest in the sport. They have not problem looking convention in the eye and spitting. They have no...
Edelbrock Releases Super Victor II Intake Manifold For Serious Big Block Engines – Huge Flow For Huge Power
We love this time of the year because it is all about new parts, parts announcements, parts rumors, and the ramp up to the 2014 SEMA show in Las Vegas. Edelbrock has been barraging the world with new...
“Cow….” Subaru Rally Team Canada Find An Obstruction Not In The Pace Notes
The pace notes of a rally are significant to the success or failure of a rally team. When followed properly, they are a coded explanation of the stage that will tell the driver exactly what to do....
