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Dakar Rally 2026 Coverage: Stage 4 Rally Racing Action, And A Night In The Desert With No Support, Is Taking It’s Toll!

Stage 4 action, highlights, and more are below! Bodies and vehicles are being put to the test and the carnage and emotions are real! This overnight stage was tougher than many expected. Dakar Rally...

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Unreal Adventure 2025: Unreal Adventure Hits The Pacific Northwest! Episode 7 – Part 1 Razor Sharp LAVA ROCK vs 4x4s: Oregon’s Rim Butte Trail

Unreal Adventure is back and we’ve got Part 6 below! Don’t worry, if you missed the previous videos we’ve got links to those as well.  In the last episode, drivers and crews learned what...

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This Guy Is Asking Strangers to Paint THEIR Car… What Would You Say If Approached By This Guy?

It’s one thing to have a driveway cleaner or mowing guy come to the door and ask if they can mow or pressure wash for free. I mean they do the work right there at your place. But what if...

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Ruined Or Remarkable? CHOP CHOP Part 1: How To Cut Up A Perfectly Good 1937 Chevrolet To Make It Shorter!

A chopped top is one of the most iconic, and extreme modifications you can make to a custom hot rod. Whether you are talking about a 1930’s hot rod, a 1940’s or 1950’s custom, or...

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1966 Oldsmobile Feature Video: He Saved this BIG BLOCK ‘66 Oldsmobile from DESTRUCTION

This is NOT your father’s Oldsmobile, although it looks like it could be. With lots of performance upgrades, it is what a restomod is all about. Plus it has many custom features that look like...

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Dakar Rally 2026 Coverage: Stage 3 Rally Racing Action From The Insanely Rocky and Dangerous Conditions in Alula

Stage 3 action, highlights, and more are below! This was some carnage filled action! If you missed the previous video, use the link below. Dakar Rally 2026 is on! The worlds longest, toughest, and...

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Deal of the Decade! 1978 Camaro Facebook Marketplace Score! Or is it hot garbage?!?

This Camaro here is either one hell of a deal, or it is a prime example of shinywheelitus. That’s when a car that would otherwise be mediocre at best, has a set of cool wheels on it and so it...

Jay Leno Is Showing Off Another Car So Rare You’ll Have Never Seen One Before. Meet The 1958 Macminn LeMans Coupe

Jay Leno features some of the most unique and rare machines you’ll ever see, and this one here is no exception. This is a 1958 MacMinn’s Lemans Coupe and the story behind it being saved...

The My Mechanics 1973 Datsun 240Z Restoration: Part 1 – The Teardown Begins And The Repairs Needed Become Clear.

This is the beginning of a new project for the My Mechanics channel, and the work that gets done on this thing is something special. Watch this video and the rest to come and if they don’t...

Do You Need a 6 Speed Auto? LS C3 Corvette Transmission Swap – When To Swap And What The Real Differences Are.

When folks think 6 speed transmissions in muscle cars and classics, they often think manual transmissions like the T56 or Magnum. But there are multiple 6 speed automatics as well, and they can be a...

Halfass Kustoms 1949 GMC Roadster Pickup Custom: Building A Tube Frame For The Custom Bed

In the last video, Brent started working on his vision for the bed, and in this one he’s got a full tube structure going together. It’s interesting and we think this thing is going to be...

An All-Aluminum, Flat-Plane Crank, DOHC V8 in 1940! Ford’s 1,100ci (18L) GAA V8 Is a WWII Marvel!

The Godzilla might be a beast, but it’s tiny compared to the all aluminum, double overhead cam and flat plane crank equipped, 1,100 cubic inch V8 that Ford built in 1940. Yeah, 1940! This is...

Tesla Plaid Killer: Part 4 and 5 Of Building A 1,000 Horsepower, All-Wheel Drive, 2,200 Pound, Beast!

Can you imagine the kind of fun you can have in a 1,000 horsepower machine that only weighs 2,200 pounds? Yeah, were’ talking about some serious power to weight ratio and when you consider that a...

Facebook 5.3 LS Build: Part 3 – Boring The Block. Powell Machine Builds A High Performance 5.3 Step By Step For You!

Here’s Part 3 of the Facebook 5.3 LS build that Powell is doing. If you missed the first two videos in this build, use the link below to check them out too. We’ve talked about Powell...

Cool Old Press Photos: Here’s The Introduction For The ’57 Ford C-Series Cab-Over Truck – They Built These Until 1990!

We’re truck freaks, so when we saw this photo and release in our pile of goodies we had to share it for a few reasons. It’s cool as hell being the major one. Ford produced this style of...

Dino’s Git Down 2023 Did Not Disappoint! This Two Day Show Is One Of THE Must Attend Truck Shows Of The Year.

Dino’s Git Down is one of the truck world’s most talked about events and one that started out as just a small gathering of buddies at Dino’s shop. It slowly grew over the years until it was...

The Good Old Days: This Review Of The 1989 Chevy K5 Blazer Is A Reminder Of How Much We Dig Those Trucks

As a kid, I unsuccessfully lobbied my parents to buy a Blazer a few times in the 1980s and 1990s. I loved these things then, and I love them now. My friend and gas station co-buffoon Brian had a 1978...

Watch This Old School Small Block, Stick Shift 1955 Chevy Rip Gears At A Rustic Strip In Arkansas

Sometimes in the flash and dash of the modern drag racing world we lose sight of where this sport came from and we also forget that the majority of strips across the country are not huge palatial...

The Bud Boss Takes on Bigfoot in a Pulling Exhibition – 1980s Monster Truck Coolness

The 1980s were a fun decade. In the realm of motorsports, the USHRA sprung up and promoted massive shows in outdoor stadiums across the country. They featured mud bogging, pulling, and monster...

Featured Product: Earl’s PCV Fittings. Keep Your PCV System Working Properly With A PCV Fitting From Earl’s

A properly functioning crankcase ventilation system is key to making sure your engine stays a happy camper. In a factory style setup the OEs use what is called a Positive Crankcase Ventilation system...