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Grind Hard Rebuilt the Most Extreme ATV From 1970! They Would Never Let These Pay Cats Be Sold New Today!

Growing up in the 1970’s and 1980’s means I’ve seen some products offered for sale that would never be allowed as a new product sold today. Lawn Darts are the ones that everyone...

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One Of The Most Powerful Corvettes Ever Produced Getting Tested! The New 2026 Chevy Corvette ZR1 Is a Track Weapon!

1,000 horsepower Corvettes, from the factory. Man it is good to be an automotive enthusiast in 2026. With more than one offering above 1,000 horsepower, and multiple others not far below that four...

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Evil Little Road Car Feature: This Hand Built SUPERCHARGED RENAULT Is Called “La Brute”, And It’s A Bad Ass!

I’m a fan of the weird body styles and models of cars, especially when they come from somewhere else in the world. When talking about cars from the 1940s through the 1970s, many cars from...

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Junkyard Crawl With Steve Magnante: Steve Is Visiting The Snowy Backyard Auto In New Hampshire, Where He’s Found Barracudas!

Steve Magnante is back at it, at Backyard Auto in New Hampshire to check out another great muscle car project or two. This is a 1966 Plymouth Barracuda, or a pair to be exact, and while they didn’t...

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Save Up To 40% Off During The Holley Winter Overstock Sale! Parts You Want And Need At The Best Prices Of The Year!

Man are there some deals right here! Holley has tons of parts on sale now to make room for new inventory! If you have been waiting for a deal on the right parts, then this just might be the time....

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FREE Bathurst Livestream: The Meguiar’s Bathurst 12 Hour Endurance Race IS ON NOW! All The Weekend’s Action LIVE Right Here!

It’s time for the Bathurst 12 hour, LIVE! If you dig endurance road racing, at one of the most famous race tracks in road racing history to boot, then you are going to want to watch all the...

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Featured Products: G-Body Mafia Rejoice! Upgrade your G-Body with Classic Instrument’s G-Body Gauge Cluster

If you are building a cool G-Body, which we FULLY support, then you need to check out these new gauges from the folks at Classic Instruments. They are as modern as they come, but look right at home...

Casey Currie Takes Us For Another Ride During Easter Jeep Safari, With An Epic View, And A Fairly Sketchy Trail Made For Mountain Bikes

If you are into Jeeps, then the Easter Jeep Safari in Moab Utah is like Mecca and if you haven’t been you’ll be blown away by how many folks head into town for the event. It’s like a whole new...

Screaming Mimis: Check Out The All Rotary Powered Video From Malta’s Hal-Far Raceway

You know, we all have goals. I have been to over 150 drag strips both living and dead around the USA and Canada but there are hundreds more I ma dying to see and one of them is Hal-Far Raceway on the...

Here’s Some Early California Drag Racing Zen For You To Enjoy – Dragsters, Coupes, and More!

There are few cooler things than seeing early drag racing footage from the first full decade of the sport’s existence, the 1950s. This footage from California and it was taken at multiple...

Pucker Up! Watch This Massive and Loaded Mining Haul Truck Spin Out On A Slippery Road

There’s something totally wild about the idea that a vehicle as large as this mining haul truck could be so lacking in traction that it could spin an unintentional donut right in the middle of...

Happy 4/10! No We’re Not Talking Sprint Car Engines, Rather A Pair Of Forgotten Oldies From The MEL and FE Families

We’re here with a pair of blue oval products that were both short-lived and while of the same displacement they were not related at all. Interestingly Ford produced a 410ci of the MEL engine...

Making 500HP with an $800 Dollar Junkyard Truck Engine And Then Throwing It, And A Tremec 5-Speed, In The 1964 Nova To Thrash!

Making 500 horsepower with a junkyard LS takes very little work, and gives huge return on investment when it comes to smiles. When you add an American Powertrain TKX 5-speed swap to the mix,...

Alex Taylor Takes Us On A Tour Of The QA1 Headquarters And Factory In Minnesota. 100,000 Square Feet Of Suspension Goodness.

QA1 has been a player in the high performance muscle car and classic truck suspension market for years, but in the last five years they have made huge strides to increase their offerings not only...

Leno’s Garage Feature: Craig Jackson’s 1970 Hemi ‘Cuda – Mopar Royalty Right Here!

Craig Jackson is the face of Barrett-Jackson auctions and we’ve all seen killer cars at his events for the past few decades, but what lots of folks may not realize is that he also has his own...

Are Flare Nut, Line Wrenches Any Better Than A Regular End Wrench When Loosening Or Tightening Tube Ends? Let’s Settle This!

The right tools can make a huge difference in how well, or how easily, you complete a project. But there are also plenty of tools that are available that are far from necessary. I’m a low buck...

Interior How To: Wrap A Console In Vinyl With These Simple Techniques, Tips, And Tricks.

Paint and Upholstery are two of the things that are the most intimidating when it comes to building your own projects in your home garage. Subsequently, they are also two of the most expensive things...

Retro Road Test: Check Out MotorWeek’s Look At The 1990 BMW M5 – No V8 Here!

Listen, I am a simple guy to please. I like large cars that can handle and make great horsepower. There are more of them available now than there ever has been but back in 1990, the idea of a larger...

Historical Video: This Documentary Shows The Debut Of The Porsche 917 In Can-Am At Mosport In 1972

This is the best thing you will watch today. This documentary shows the debut of the Porsche 917 at Mosport in 1972. The car was far afield of what most fans were used to seeing in the series and it...

4/09 Dyno Videos: Watch A Pair Of Vintage Chevy 409 Mills Make Beautiful Noise On The Pump!

Today is 4/09 and that means it is time to recognize one of the great Chevy mills of high performance lore. Of all the engines that have risen to legendary status long after their production run...