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Perfect Shop Truck? Newberns Got A New C30 Flatbed Shop Truck and He’s Fixing The 1963 Biscayne Project!

A good shop truck is invaluable, but it depends on the kind of work you do at your shop as to what would make the best shop truck. In the case of someone building hot rods and stuff, having a good...

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How Race Car Drivers See Their Blind Spots | Behind the Scenes with Spotters at The Rolex 24

I’ve done a lot of racing over the years. Not as much as I’d like to, but a lot more than a lot of folks. And while a ton of it has been drag racing and autocross, I’ve done a fair...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: World Series of Pro Mod Testing Continues, LIVE From Bradenton Motorsports Park

The World Series of Pro Mod is this weekend, in Bradenton Florida, and we can’t wait. But before all the racing coverage starts in a few days, there is some testing going on for the teams that need...

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Merrill Ice Drags Video: This Shouldn’t Be Possible.. 1000HP Cars Drag Race on ICE! Frozen Lake Drag Racing

The 1320Video crew was back at it for the Merrill Ice Drags and the action did not disappoint. It was plenty cold, but thanks to clear skies and sunny conditions there was definitely some shine to...

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Lone Star Throwdown 2026 Truck Show Photos: Huge Show, Great Weather, And Nothing But Custom Trucks Of All Shapes And Sizes!

(Words and Photos by Chad Reynolds) I hit the Lone Star Throwdown in Conroe Texas this weekend and as usual was blown away by the turnout of great trucks. When I arrived at the just after it opened,...

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FJ40 Land Cruiser Custom Chassis Fabrication: Body Notch, Fender Trim, Spring Hangers And More

If you missed this FJ40 project that Shannon Campbell is working on, we’ve got a link below, but if you are back for the next installment in this build series you are in luck as well. In this...

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Carnage: Amazing News Photos of Early Car Wrecks From the City Streets of Boston

Leslie Jones was a staff photographer for the Boston Herald Newspaper for nearly 40 years, starting in 1917. Over that time he shot hundreds of thousands of images of a city on the move and in...

Having Fun In 1991: Wild Combos, Interesting Cars, And Laughs At The 1991 NHRA Mile High Nationals

The NHRA top alcohol dragster category is cool because you can run either an injected nitro burning engine or one that is supercharged on methanol. That wasn’t always the case. In fact there...

Drag Video: Ride On The Bottom Of A Mean Little Stick Shift Mustang!

There was a time when the best thing you could do when sorting out your drag car’s suspension was to paint a stripe on the tire and ask people in the stands or on the fence what they were...

Kissa Me Astro: This Retro-Review Of The Then New 1985 Chevy Astro Is A Fun Watch

One of the most incredible revelations from my career working at the gas station in high school was the day I was assisting the mechanic, Manny with a tune up on a 1980s era Astro Van. He told me to...

Nearing The End Of Our Lone Star Throwdown Photos! LST Did Not Disappoint. Trucks Of All Shapes And Sizes From Texas.

If you love trucks, you are going to love our next round of photos from LST! And if you missed the previous photos we’ve got a link below to check them out too. Our next gallery will be out...

March Meet 2024 Photos From Famoso: It Was Wet And Wild, But Also As Rad As Always! We’ve Got Photos Right Here.

(Photos by Darr Hawthorne and Kim Fuller) The 2024 March Meet is in the books and boy was it rad as usual, despite some wet weather surrounding the event. The March Meet is something truly special...

How To Design And Fabricate A Curved Light Bar Mount For A Square Body GM Truck – Baja Designs 8 XL Goodness!

Designing and building parts for your project car or truck is sometimes really complicated, but usually pretty straight forward. Unfortunately, some folks get so caught up in the what ifs that they...

When An Impact Driver Is Too Much, Who Makes The Best Battery Powered Screwdriver In 2024? $13 vs $188! Let’s Find Out!

I have to admit, I hate a battery powered screw driver. I either want an impact driver or a hand held screwdriver most of the time, but to be fair I’ve never actually owned a battery operated...

Modern Tech With Classic Style: How to modify a Jeep Wrangler Frame for a Scout Body With Ian Johnson’s Big Tire Garage.

For decades, off-roaders have been building new suspension systems under old rigs, and have been doing engine swaps as well. And in the hot rodding world folks have been doing the same thing, but...

It’s Y-Block Day! Happy 3/12 To Ford Fans Everywhere – Let’s Look Back At The Ford 312 V8

When Ford needed a follow up to the venerable flathead V8 they knew it had to be good and it had to be tough. The replacement was the famed “Y-block” series of engines and they did a...

Super Duty Video: Butler Performance Rebuilt This 455 Super Duty Pontiac – How Much Power Did It Make? Find Out!

The Pontiac 455 Super Duty is one of the greatest engines that Detroit ever produced. It was a victim of the era in which it was born and had the thing come along a few years earlier there’s no...

Video Fun: Multiple Engine Miniature Pulling Tractors Hauling The Sled Put On A Great Show

Back before the world of video gaming, miniature racing was the real hardcore alternative to full-sized competition. High end remote control cars and boats are still raced by hardcore RC fans and...

Awesome Video: In 1989 Testing A Cutting Edge Bigfoot Monster Truck Meant Jumping It Over Parking Lot Curbs

Every motorsport on Earth evolves, that’s basically the hallmark of anything that is technology driven, right? Indy cars went from basically being horse carts with powerful engines to the...

*GIVEAWAY* WIN FINNEGAN’S TOOLS WHILE HE HOBBLES AROUND AND FIXES HIS MELTED DATSUN WIRING!

We showed you how Finnegan broke his leg and nearly burned his new Datsun 510 to the ground in the last video, so now he’s hobbling around on his one bum leg and wiring the car back up because...