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Will These Replica Classic Car Bodies Reshape The Car Industry? Juncheng Vehicle Co. Is Replicating Icons In China

Several years ago the restoration body parts business went to a whole new place when companies started offering complete bodies for our favorite American classics. 1969 Camaros were one of the first,...

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Use This 3 Step Secret to GLASS FLAT Paint! Kevin Tetz Shares Decades Of Experience That Will Make Your Paint Job A Success

We’ve shared plenty of Kevin Tetz videos over the years around here, and I can tell you that Kevin sure knows what he’s talking about. The number of TV and YouTube personalities that have...

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SUPPORT SURGES FOR LENO’S LAW AS CAR CULTURE DEMANDS COLLECTOR’S RIGHTS: Letters Pour in from California’s Lowrider Community and International Car Rreservationists in support of California SB 1392

We’ve talked about California SB 1392 in the past, and are thrilled that despite not making it to a vote in 2025, the bi-partisan group of California law makers who support it are still pushing...

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How To Fab Headers: Follow Along As The Iron Trap Garage Crew Build Custom Stainless Headers For The Ardun Powered 1933 3 Window!!

Headers are one of those fabrication projects that seem to intimidate a lot of people, and for good reason. If you go at them from the wrong direction, don’t have a game plan in place to start...

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Steve Magnante’s Daily Junkyard Crawl: THIS RARE FIREBIRD FORMULA 350 HAS HAD A HOD ROD LIFE! COME SAVE IT!

It’s time for another Daily Junkyard Crawl with Steve Magnante, and this time it’s another really cool Pontiac. How about a real deal 1987 Pontiac Firebird Formula 350 that has had a few good go...

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Wild Ride at the May 2026 El Mirage California SCTA Meet – The Spirit of AutoPower III Comp Coupe Hits A Bump at 228 MPH!

The Spirit of Autopower Comp Coupe is a pretty radical machine, and a staple in the land speed racing community. This thing is based off a little tiny first generation Honda Civic, but the rest is...

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Hotchkis Sport Suspension East To Hold Power Tour Kick Off Open House And Barbeque! Win Stuff, See Cool Cars, Eat BBQ!

Friday June 6th is just around the corner and that means that the Power Tour is right there as well. Does anyone else feel like May was about three days long? Actually we know that some of you who...

NMCA West Street Car Nationals: More Fresh Photos From The Packed Pits In Pomona – Here’s The Fast Stuff

For the last couple days we have been touring the pits at the NMCA West Street Car Nationals in Pomona with you. Each time we have been highlighting a slightly different section of the the cars that...

Video: Jeff Lutz Testing “The Evil Twin” 1957 Chevy In Oklahoma – This Is One Bad Fast Hombre

Jeff Lutz did the seemingly impossible over the off season. He secretly built what (on the surface) looked to be a replica of his beloved and previously raced on Drag Week 1957 Chevy. In fact, he...

Watch Kurt Busch Suffer A Major Crash At Indy 500 Practice – He Walked Away

Kurt Busch is having a busy month of May. He’s been racing in the NASCAR series and testing heavily at Indy because this year he is going to run both the Indy 500 and the Coca Cola 600 next...

Watch Racer Jeff Paulin Pull A Bumper Dragging Wheelie At the NMCA West Street Car Nationals!

The term “bumper dragging wheelie” gets overused across the automotive enthusiast media. When it actually happens, seeing a car drag the rear bumper on pavement for any amount of time is...

NMCA West Street Car Nationals: More Photos From The Pits Cool Cars Galore!

Yesterday we dropped our first gallery from the pits at the NMCA West Street Car Nationals all up on your business so you could get a sense of the cool stuff that was hammering the famous strip in...

Ride Along With Jim Pace As He Thunders Around Sebring In A V8 Powered Daytona Prototype – The Sound Is FANTASTIC

Of all the road racing iron out there in the world today, the cars that compete in the Daytona Prototype class of the Tudor Road Racing Series are among our favorites. They look cool, they...

The Complete Collection Of Insanity From The 2014 Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals

I am writing this while sitting in the Atlanta airport on my way home from the 2014 Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals. The race has not been completed as of yet because of a truly...

Monday Shopper: 1968 Chevy Impala Wagon

For the price of a used Corolla with 100,000 miles, you can buy a super-cool car from one of the country’s most well-attended vintage car auctions. You don’t have to be rich or famous....

Here’s To You, Mr. Persistence – Now Go Buy A Real Car

(Words and photo by Bryan McTaggart) – The determination of the owner of this Geo Metro should be applauded. Nothing should stand in the way of finishing up your home improvement project. Not...

SCTA El Mirage May 2014 – More Land Speed Photos From The Dry Lake

We’re back with more photos from the El Mirage dry lakebed as the SCTA held their first meet of the 2014 season just a couple of days ago. We were there on Saturday, which was a lucky break...

Watch This 1955 Chevy Suffer A Bad Top End Crash At Pacific Raceway – What Happened?

So it appears that those of us in Atlanta last weekend weren’t the only ones to see some craziness on the drag strip. Bob Fedyk caught this intense video of racer Guy Johnson suffering a big...

Three Time F1 World Champion Sir Jack Brabham Dead At 88 – Decades Long Career Of Innovation And Success

The famous image of Sir Jack Brabham pushing his Cooper Climax race car across the finish line at Sebring in 1959 to seal the deal on his first Formula One title may tell more about the legendary...

Would You Rather…The BangShift Version: Third-Gen Pony Cars Edition

Remember that game called “Would You Rather?” It can be played multiple ways, including making you choose between two unbelievably good, or unbelievably horrible, choices. It’s all...