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One has a Flathead, One a Blown Olds, But Somehow These Traditional Hot Rods Share the Same Soul

There is just something about a traditional styled hot rod that just makes people smile. Even folks that wouldn’t describe themselves as traditional hot rod fans somehow find themselves drawn...

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From Dirty Dozen to Unreal Adventure 2026 Invited Subscriber: Pete Meyer and his 1963 Willys Wagon Made The Cut!

A few days ago we shared the Unreal Adventure Dirty Dozen, those 12 rigs that came from more than 100 submissions to be chosen to participate in Unreal Adventure 2026. Out of those 12, 5 will be...

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Retropower’s Austin Allegro Build Is Restomod Greatness. But is it Hiding a Secret? You Bet Your Ass It Is!

This here is something special. It’s not that an Austin Allegro is at the top of my british car list, but it is certainly up there! And when you see what has been done to make this what some...

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Building A 1968 Camaro Drift Car In Autoshop, and Then Taking It To The SEMA Show AND PRI! This is Something Special!

When the Los Angeles Career Center decides to do something, they go all in. Given the fact that Southern California is the epicenter of hot rodding and racing, it makes sense that a project like this...

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Jay Leno Takes a ride in ONE of the TWO 1914 Knox Model 46s still in Existence: This is a 496 CI Overhead-Valve Monster From the Nethercutt Collection!

Sometimes we forget just how bad ass humans were 100-140 years ago. I say this because the amount of invention and ingenuity that was happening in the world was just insane. I mean people came up...

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Monster Truckin’ Photos: Monster Jam Action From Manchester, New Hampshire

Good ol’ Santa Claus dropped the Lohnes boys tickets for the Manchester, New Hampshire Monster Jam show so we loaded up and headed north to enjoy a day of supercharged automotive destruction...

Take A Look At The Punishment A Trophy Truck Takes During Baja 1000 Testing

We were just out in the desert testing a cool new truck we’ll be able to tell you about in the coming weeks, but what we can tell you is that it’s a riot driving across the desert at...

Chevrolet Releases Pricing For 2014 Camaro Z/28 , World Freaks Out – $75K To Buy The Best Handling Camaro Ever

Yesterday, Chevrolet released the pricing for the 2014 Camaro Z/28 and shortly after doing so, people all over the globe freaked out. What? It is $75k and there is no air conditioning? Yes, it is...

Craigslist Find: These “Street Zoomies” Are Totally Perfect And Totally 1970s

Well this is neat! We got tipped off to a Craigslist ad for a set of 1970s-spec “Street Zoomies” and they’re in perfect condition. We have some old magazines that contain ads...

RacingJunk Find: An 8V92T Detroit Diesel Powered 1979 Kenworth Drag Truck! With Tire Shredding Video!

Behold the most perfect thing you have ever seen in your life. Ok, it is the most perfect thing I have seen in MY life and that’s saying something because I have seen and loved some whacked out...

Bill Overstreet, One Of The Great American Heroes Of WWII Has Died At 92 – Flew Under The Eiffel Tower In Dog Fight….Seriously, He Did

When the history of huge wars is written, credence is given to many things. There’s tactics, training, equipment, and strategy, but along with all of those things there are always singular...

Barrett Jackson’s Preview Video Featuring The Snake And Mongoose Haulers Is Awesome

By now you know that the Snake and Mongoose haulers are the major item of the 2014 Barrett Jackson Scottsdale auction in a couple of weeks. These two trucks were found and restored and have been...

Bitchin’ Museum Gallery: The Eastern Museum Of Motor Racing – Motors, Cars, Memorabilia

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – The Eastern Museum of Motor Racing in York Springs, Pennsylvania is one of the great automotive gems on the east coast. The museum is full to the rafters with engines,...

Video Bonanza – Here’s a Collection Of Videos Featuring Cars With Big Cams Idling Roughly – Ford, GM, Mopar, AMC, All Here!

We know, we know, just because some rig comes rolling by you at a car show with a stumbling, rumbling idle from the world’s biggest camshaft doesn’t mean it makes lots of power or is very...

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BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s The One Driving Event You Most Want To Attend This Year?

Yesterday’s BangShift Question of the Day asked what modifications you most want to make to your car this year, and one of the responses struck me as particularly interest. The Varmit said...

The 2014 Hangover Nationals At Dragway 42 – Snow Plows and Big Strip Improvements!

(Photos and captions by Dawn Mazi-Hovsepian) – The 15th running of the vaunted Hangover Nationals at Ohio’s recently reinvigorated Dragway 42 was a smash hit with 150 cars and trucks...

Korean Rocket: We Cruise The $70,000 Hyundai Equus – Old School Luxury With Big Power

When the question begins with, “Interested in driving…”  I usually cut the person asking the question off and blurt out yes before they can finish. That’s what I did when the...

You Could Win $500 From MSD Just By Taking THis Survey — Other Great Prizes, Too!

Boy do we have a great deal for you. Spent literally five minutes taking this survey from MSD Performance and be entered to win $500 or a prize package of cool MSD schwag, or a hat! The survey asks...

Funny Video: Watch A Pair Of Canadian Rednecks Flip a Mini Into A Ditch!

Canada. America’s Hat. Land of moose, Pamela Anderson, a maybe not-so-surprising variety of beers, and people that remain polite and courteous to a fault, even when they are busy wrecking a 2002...