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Jim Murphy’s WW2 Racing Nostalgia Top Fuel Dragster Operation Is For Sale.

Jim Murphy, the one who’s won the March Meet 4 times, is selling his entire Nostalgia Top Fuel Dragster operation. This is not the car he lost first round with at the 2014 March Meet, but...

Who Does This? Here’s The Most Beat Down Grand National For Sale In America Today

Get a load of this sad sack SOB of a Grand National? If there is a more worn out, beat up, tired ass looking GN for sale in the continental USA we’ve never seen it. This car appears to have...

FMC Built These Cool, Wildly Expensive RVs in the 1970s – The Cool Story Of FMCs RV Division

In the 1970s, a whole lot of car and truck manufacturers wanted to get into the recreational vehicle game. Instead of just shipping bare chassis to Indiana to have an RV builder throw a 1/4-inch...

The Bad Swede: Meet Oldvo A 1958 Volvo Duett PV445 – Dare To Be Different!

(Words Roger Davis – Photos: Rourke and Chiluk) – You know who hot rods a 1958 Volvo Duett PV445? The same guy who builds a street legal, nine second Geo Metro powered by a worked up...

The 2014 Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk: Functional, Fun But….WTF (Why The Face?)

From 1984-2001 the Jeep Cherokee was a tough, indestructible, and basic SUV. In a stroke of what we will smart-assedly call “genius”, Chrysler killed off the Cherokee after 2001 and...

This 1966 Factory Hemi Charger Is Smashed, Burned, And Bringing Big Money On eBay Right Now

It has long been known that whenever the word “hemi” is attached to a car, the price goes up. It goes up even more when the words, “factory hemi” are used. This 1966 factory...

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Ridetech’s Barrett Jackson Week Is Over: Both Cars Sold And Fun Was Had By All

Last week, and through the weekend, the guys from Ridetech were at the Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction in Scottsdale Arizona. We were completely jealous because of all the cool stuff they got...

Mind Blowing eBay Find: A 2006 Ford GT Factory Modified Race Chassis In A Crate! Seriously, This is Nuts!

Yesterday we told you about a Ford Mustang body in white that was for sale on eBay. In typical fashion we missed the bigger story which is the fact that the same guy has a freaking Ford GT factory...

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...

Death Of The Bad Seed: How I Almost Fired Myself for Street Racing the Bad Seed Chevette – Part 3

(Words and Photos by Steve Magnante) – It all started innocently enough with a Friday afternoon bench racing session in my office at Hot Rod magazine. It was summertime in L.A., July 6, 2001 to...

eBay Find: This 1988 Mosler Consulier GTP Is Weird, Fast, Rare, And Something We Had Never Heard Of Until Today (w/Video)

We like when someone drops automotive knowledge on us that we knew nothing about like the oddball 1988 Mosler Consulier GTP featured in this eBay ad. At first glance the car looks like some sort of a...

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NutJob: Performance Modifications And Diminishing Returns

Yesterday, Rodney wrote a really interesting piece on the cost of building a high performance car and how in many cases it may make more sense to purchase a finished product if you in any way value...

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Awesome: Formula Cross Conversion Kits Introduced — This Thing Used To Be An ATV!

Ever wanted to own a world rally car but didn’t have the cash? Got an old ATV you are tired of looking at? Got $10,000 you can loan us? Why? Because we want a Formula Cross Kart! We learned...

eBay Find Of The Decade: A Custom Built 2004 C5500 TopKick GMC Van!

When Dave “Matty” Matyjasik send me a note telling me to check something out on eBay I was a little nervous. The Matty Brothers are the dudes that run the green “Timb Bomb”...

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