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California Man Reunited with Stolen 1969 Camaro Bought Brand New By His Vietnam Veteran Father!

We hear about car thefts all the time, and have been victims ourselves, so when we saw this story on the national news this morning we knew we had to share it. In 1969, after returning home from the...

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Drag Racing Photos: The PDRA Carolina Nationals 2026 At Darlington Dragway Featured Great Cars And Action!

Here’s the 2nd gallery of photos from the PDRA Carolina Nationals at Darlington. Check the out below and if you missed the previous photos we’ve got a link for that too! (Photos by David...

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Newbern’s Ramp Truck Project Continues: Tearing Into Two Builds! C50 Cab Off Plus A Fox Body Engine Gets Pulled!

Newbern is back at it with another installment on the C50 ramp truck build. He’s taking a couple of donor vehicles and putting them together to make his dream ramp truck and we can’t wait...

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Big Power, Small Engine: Double Or TRIPLE The Power Of Your Predator Engine For Go Kart And Mini Bike Fun!

I don’t know any car guys and gals who don’t like mini bikes and go karts, and in recent years there is no better engine than a Predator from Harbor Freight. Freiburger and I built mini...

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This Crew Cab Dually Trade Road Trip Goes South For Mortske! Did He Get TAKEN Or Is This Just Lowered Dually Life?

When you make enough trades, there is no doubt that occasionally you won’t end up making out exactly as planned. Doesn’t mean the car or truck you trade for sucks, but maybe it just...

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Southeast Gassers Association 2026: First Drag Race of The Year from Shadyside Dragway

Here’s a livestream replay from the Southeast Gassers Association’s First Race of 2026 at Shadyside Dragway in North Carolina. If you like traditional nose high gassers that still row the gears,...

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NHRA Announces Three LIVE Television Broadcasts For 2014 Season – Epping, Chicago, Denver Tapped

A couple days ago, the National Hot Rod Association announced that they would have elimination rounds broadcast LIVE on ESPN 2 from three different races during the 2014 season. Those races are the...

Craigslist Find: This 1971 Maverick Is What We Call A New Psuedo-Sleeper Style Of Car

What the hell is a psuedo-sleeper you ask? Well, we think it is a car that has been modified to be faster than stock but isn’t ever really going to be “fast” in the traditional...

The Parting Shift: Two Tasks With One Hand (And The Guy Performs Them Both Better Then Us!)

I’m always inspired by guys who don’t let stuff get in the way of their love of cars, hot rods, trucks, or things of that sort. Be it physical impairments or other stuff, people find a...

Video: The Boys From Aeromotive Demonstrate The Phantom Fuel Pump And Cruise A Sweet Old Caddy Convertible

(Edtor’s note: We ran this video last year and were reminded of it the other day. It cracked us up again so we’re re-running it…make sure you stick around for the blooper reel at...

Dyno Video: Just How Good Were Those 428 Super Cobra Jet Engines From The Factory, Anyway?

We tend to believe that the Ford 428 was probably the most under-appreciated engine of the muscle car era. We were thinking about the 428 powered Cobra Jet Mustangs that showed up and cleaned house...

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Test Your Gearhead Knowledge: Yesterday’s Answer and Today’s Challenge Revealed!

Yesterday’s gearhead challenge was a good one! We showed you a picture of a unique engine block and asked you to identify it and tell us what kind of racer it belonged in. While no one got the...

Deep in the bowels of the New York International Auto Show is the coolest display of former cop cars you’ll ever see

As Lohnes mentioned yesterday, I was stationed at the New York International Auto Show, which opens to the public this morning. There’s always lots of new stuff to look at, but my favorite...

This Roll Out Video For The 2014 Ram Power Wagon May Force Us To Rob A Bank So We Can Buy One

While the Ford Raptor certainly gets lots of headlines for being a high speed, muscle bound off roading machine that can jump (kinda) and soak up everything the desert has to throw at it, we have to...

Race Track Resurrection: Work Continues At Galot Motorsports Park – All New Temp Controlled Concrete Track Poured!

There are few things we like reporting on more than race tracks being fixed up, reopened, and improved and that is why we are keeping you updated on places like Dragway 42 and Galot Motorsports Park...

This Video Of Stadium Super Trucks On The Long Beach Grand Prix Road Course Is Truckin’ Awesome

For those of your unfamiliar with the Stadium Super Truck series that Robbie Gordon championed, it is pretty awesome. The trucks are basically built to spec but that spec is basically a trophy truck...

Street Legal, Four-Seater Delta Wing Currently Being Designed – Most Of The Weirdness Intact

Here’s something interesting that they’re not talking about at the New York Auto Show. The people behind the Delta Wing race car are deep into the design and engineering phase of a two...

More Sweet Photos From The Lonestar Round Up 2014 – Race Cars, Hot Rods, Fat Fenders, More!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – We’re not going to rest until we have showed you every last car at the 2014 Lonestar Round Up. You know that, right? Now that we are on the same page,...

Ford Racing Shows Us What Your Mustang Does When You Aren’t Home In This Fun Video

If this video from Ford Racing is an expose of what really happens to die-cast toys when their owners leave the house, my little abode here in Massachusetts must be the coolest place in town when no...

Cool Fenderless Hot Rods At Goodguys Del Mar – Less Fenders Means More Coolness

It is one of the few looks that has never gone out of style for hot rods and probably never will. Back at the dawn of hot rodding, guys figured out that they could pull the fenders off of their cars...