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Rough Start: Get Over Your Anti-Sedan Stance And Pick Up This 1981 Pontiac LeMans!

I want to point something out to those who openly bash anything with more than two doors on it: the Chevrolet Impala SS, the big LT-1 powered B-body variety, is twenty-two years old at the newest....

Coker Tire Cruise-In 2018: Between The Bricks And The Boulevard

Walking through the Coker Tire Cruise-In area is a weird feeling. There are a lot of old brown brick buildings that date back to when “industrial” really meant industrial, when things...

Rough Start: This 1982 Pontiac Trans Am GT-1 Is A Legit Kelly American Challenge Car!

One of my latest fascinations is the Kelly American Challenge series of racing. The Challenge ran from 1977 to 1989 and was close in nature to Trans Am racing: American cars, V6 or V8 powered with...

Coker Tire Cruise-In 2018: Our First Gallery From One Of The Best-Kept Secrets Out There!

Chad wasn’t happy that he wasn’t able to make it to the Coker Tire Cruise-In, and to be honest, he had every right to be. That there were tons of cool iron was pouring into the area...

In Memoriam: Gunnery Sergeant R. Lee Ermey – The Friend To The Armed Forces And Vets

Late at night, before he would take me to the recruiting station where I would board the van that would take me to the St. Louis MEPS station, my father Robert and I were both coming to terms with...

Unhinged: The Strangest Lawn And Garden Tool Ever Invented, The Hover-Mower

For the last couple of days, I’ve been working on the lawn and garden aspect of BangShift Mid-West. Lucky for me, that involves sitting down and turning a steering wheel, because that’s...

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Guys, There’s a Jet Powered Cheese Wedge For Sale On The Internet

For $35,000 you can own the world’s only jet powered wedge of cheese. We know…we know. That’s way cheaper than you thought it would be. We were thinking the same thing. I mean when...

VSTOL Bronco: Watch This Monster Ford Go Vertical In The Parking Lot!

You have to hand it to the team at Hoonigan: there isn’t such a thing as a boring day. One minute, you’re scraping up the remnants of a car and making it into an internet meme…the...

Rough Start: Who Likes Their 1981 Chevrolet Malibu Chilled And Cheap?

“Spare vehicles”. If there was ever music to the ears of the budget-concious car shopper, it’s “spare vehicles”. When a vehicle is useful or desired, there’s...

Raven Imperial: Cleanup And Early Wiring Work, Because Masochism Is Easy

With the 360 sitting at a machine shop waiting in line to get it’s camshaft bearings installed, there was absolutely no reason to not get to work on the other sections of the 1983 Imperial...

Old School Cool: What Would You Do With This Straight-Axle ’57 Chevy?

There are classics, there are desirables, and then there are automotive icons. Only a very, very elite few vehicles have made it to iconic status. The Jeep, the 1965 Ford Mustang, the 1932 Ford hot...

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Unhinged: There’s Always A First Time For Everything, And You’re About To See A Lot Of “Firsts”…

The tone of voice that came through the phone was absolutely incredulous. “You’re telling me you’ve never rebuilt a carb before?!” Chad couldn’t believe his ears, but...

Survivor Alley: More Photo Coverage Of The 2018 Cincinnati Cavalcade of Customs!

(Word and photos by Doug Gregory) – We are creatures of habit.  Proof:  when we enter a venue for any gearhead event we tend to begin our rounds from the same point and generally follow the...

Can We All Just Agree That 1973 Is The Best Looking Model Year of Trans-Am Ever? Let’s Use This One As An Example

Sure the first gen cars are OK looking and the third generation cars have their place with the fourth gen Trans Ams landing at the tail end of the discussion but let’s be honest you are looking...