eBay Find: The Deuce And A Half Of My Dreams – Not Only A Fire Truck, A Forest Fire Truck!
Aug 13, 2014Brian Lohnes4
One of my first clear vehicular memories was visiting the fire station in town as a little kid. Being that I grew up and currently live in the same small town, may of the faces have changed but the...
Edgewater Raceway Hot Rod Drags Coverage: Nostalgia Drags At One Of The Oldest Strips In The Country
Aug 12, 2014Brian Lohnes1
(Words and photos by Doug Gregoryt) – Our car hadn’t been on the North side of the Ohio river since we bought it early last year. That changed this weekend. Though it was raining when...
The Ultimate Pro Touring Car Is A 1932 Ford Bodied Formula One Racer – Meet The F132
Aug 12, 2014Brian Lohnes14
I appreciate evolution, especially when it comes to cars and racing so I don’t like to skip to the end of stuff before we get there, but guys like Aaron Beck make that awfully hard to do. See,...
ARCA Chooses Holley EFI To Fuel Its New Ilmor 396 Engine Package For 2015 And Beyond
Aug 12, 2014Brian LohnesComments Off on ARCA Chooses Holley EFI To Fuel Its New Ilmor 396 Engine Package For 2015 And Beyond
Here’s some big news from our pals at Holley in the form of an announcement that they’ve been chosen as the EFI supplier for the ARCA series’ new Ilmore 396 engine package which...
Virginia Man’s Car Skewered By Guardrail In Wreck And He Emerges Completely Unscathed
Aug 12, 2014Brian Lohnes8
(Photos by VA State Police) – We’ve all had an automotive close call in our driving lives. Maybe it was when you were horsing around with buddies and you lost the handle on the car,...
Nissan’s NISMO Juke/Xterra Is The Stuff Nightmares Are Made Of
Aug 12, 2014Bryan McTaggart6
(Photos courtesy of Twitter/Nissan) The Nissan Xterra is a cool little SUV that has a strong off-roading pedigree. It doesn’t try to be soft and cuddly, but instead was built from the start to...
Rough Start: ‘Bird Spotting In Baton Rouge
Aug 12, 2014Bryan McTaggart11
Good food and views of the Gulf of Mexico. Enough swampland to hide bodies and the light hint of crude when you get close to the beach. Baton Rouge is many things to many people, but to me,...
Again?! Another Massive Nebraska Auction With Hundreds Of Cool Old Cars At Bullock Motors – How Many More Are There?
Aug 12, 2014Brian Lohnes3
I was in transit either coming or going to the salt when I received an email from a BangShifter named Barney which tipped me off to the latest incredible find of old cars that are coming to auction...
Quick Shots: A Few Pictures From The Fontanel Cruise-In
Aug 12, 2014Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Quick Shots: A Few Pictures From The Fontanel Cruise-In
Every Thursday night in 2014 between now and September 25th, the Fontanel Concert Cruise-In is held on the grounds of the Fontanel Mansion. Our friend Jeff Lee has shot this show for us before in the...
New Jersey State Assemblyman Submits Bill To Make “Coal Rolling” Illegal After Someone Blasted His Nissan Leaf
Aug 12, 2014Bryan McTaggart15
If you misbehave in front of the wrong person, they will see to it that your form of fun is forever banished. In New Jersey, State Assemblyman Tim Eustance was driving his Nissan Leaf on the New...
2014 NSRA Street Rod Nationals Coverage: Incredible Diversity Of Killer Cars In Kentucky
Aug 12, 2014Brian LohnesComments Off on 2014 NSRA Street Rod Nationals Coverage: Incredible Diversity Of Killer Cars In Kentucky
(Words and Photos by Doug Gregory) – Featured here are some real treats. There is the Chrysler cross-ram inducted, sectioned Deuce coupe for starters. Then we have a flattie in the bed...
Unknown Parts Counter Guy: “I Told You So” Is My Favorite Sentence.
Aug 12, 2014Bryan McTaggart5
Sometimes, you just can’t help someone. They are so damn headstrong about what they are doing that it doesn’t matter what you say or do, they are gonna do it anyways and only after they...
This Rollout Video For The Craftsman Tools Made To Race Comet Project Is Flipping Awesome (And Stars Our Pals)
Aug 12, 2014Brian Lohnes3
As if Kevin, Chad and the crew at Hot Rod Chassis and Cycle weren’t already cranking hard enough on cars like the Whistling Death Chevelle and the Violent Valiant, they have now been tapped by...
London Builds New Skyscraper, Learns That It Can Melt Cars
Aug 11, 2014Bryan McTaggart9
From the “Oh, that sucks!” book comes this story. A businessman in London parked his Jaguar near 20 Fenchurch Street one day, and went about his his daily. When he returned to his car, a...












