Mission Impossible: Nutting Picks Eleven Of The Best And Worst General Motors G-bodies
Last night Brian called me up and we had the following conversation: Brian: “Nutting, it’s the middle of the week and your last two blog items have been weak sauce, so I’ve got a challenge...
Gearhead Magazine: The Best Thing About the 1990s
I was digging through my record shelf the other day and was kind of surprised to find that I had a relatively complete collection of split singles that all came from the same place: Gearhead...
Effing Awesome Fail Video: A Massive Truck Tug of War Goes Very Very Wrong
Forgive us as we try to reconstruct the events leading up to this momentous video. There were cans, nay, gallons of Keystone beer chugged. There were minutes of angry Ford versus Chevy rumblings and...
Done: Toyota To Cease Manufacturing In Australia Come 2017 – Will Officially End Australia’s Auto Industry
For a country as obsessed with cars and hot rods as Australia is, it seems unfathomable that no new ones will be made there when 2017 rolls around, but that is the reality the country faces now...
Watch This Front Wheel Drive Drag Car Suffer A Catastrophic Tire Failure On The Dyno!
We love chassis dynos but we also fear them to some degree. Obviously we have run our projects on the dyno with varying levels of success, some destruction, and the constant thought in the back of...
Barnstormin’: The Culture Of “Everything Sucks”
I try to be a positive guy. Whether it is people, cars, sports, politics, or whatever, I tend not to go straight to the negative angle of stuff. Yes, I enjoy breaking the chops of weird or ugly cars...
V8 Symphony: The Sounds Of Thundering Power At A Swiss Hill Climb Will Make Your Day
This video was literal music to our ears so we wanted to share it with you. The video was shot at a hill climb event in Switzerland and it concentrates on some of the sweet V8 powered cars that...
Epic Hacks: Reddit’s “Just Rolled in the Shop” Subreddit Will Give you Nightmares
Reddit has a million “subreddits” on everything from trees to male fashion advice. Our favorite is “Just Rolled in the Shop,” a collection of photos from mechanics all over...
Project Violent Valiant Update: The Valiant’s Face Gets Chopped Off And Cage Building Continues
Project Violent Valiant is soldiering along at Hot Rod Chassis and Cycle these days despite the crushing forces of winter trying to freeze half of the country to death. Kevin Tully is keeping warm by...
eBay Find: The Most Second Gen, 2nd Gen Camaro In The World
There was a time when this Camaro ruled the streets of whatever city or town it was built in. Ok, maybe that’s not true because it doesn’t appear that the car was ever driven all that...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Music Do You Listen To When Wrenching On Your Vehicles?
Driving home today, I realized that the majority of my day’s activities involves listening to music, whether it’s on the commute to and from work, slogging through some debugging and...
2014 NHRA Winternationals – Photos From The Explosive Opening Weekend Of The 2014 NHRA Season
(Words by Darr Hawthorne – Photos by Mike and Jeff Burghardt) – Love him or hate him, 16-time nitro funny car Champion John Force isn’t going anywhere, except down the dragstrip, 1,000...
Unknown Parts Counter Guy: The Winter Car Crash – Mystery, Intrigue, and Public Urination
(Unknown Parts Counter Guy is our new series written by an actual parts counter guy at a large chain auto parts store. He’s writing anonymously so his ass doesn’t get fired. If you missed...
Drag Week 2014: All The Dates, All The Tracks, All The Info You Want And Need – Photos From The Original 2005 Event HERE!
So the news broke on Saturday about what race tracks and what dates that Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week 2014 would be happening at and on. I happened to be in the car when that news came out traveling...
