Insane Project Introduction: The Chicken Coupe – The Yin To Buford T Justice’s Yang
(Words and Photos by Matt Graves and Jon Clark) – (Editor’s Note – We got some flack when we decided to call our Caprice “Buford T Justice” because Buford drove Pontiacs...
eBay Find: A Custom Built Eight Wheel Drive Willys Jeep With Corvette Power and Eight Wheel Steering!
Sweet mother of insanely awesome creations! Unlike the disaster of a Mercury we showed you before, this Willys Jeep built by Ed Roth’s former right hand man Dick Cook is 100% awesome. Created...
Craigslist Find: A 1982 Mercury Capri Custom Thing
You know it is going to be something good when the first line of the ad reads, “First off its not everyone cup of tea I understand that.” We’re glad he understands that because...
Watch Larry Flynt’s Attorney Paul Cambria Run 8.88 In A Brand New COPO Camaro
Due to our Bonneville fixation this week we’re late on the trigger with this one. Paul Cambria may be the finest First Amendment lawyer in the United States, having argued several cases in...
Video: That Last Great American Jet Car Show As You’ve Never Seen It Before
Jet cars have been and will forever remain the drag strip owner/promoter’s greatest ally in the war regarding butts in seats. Simply put, nothing draws the general public into a strip like...
RacingJunk Find The Mother Load of 1930s Vintage Chevy/GM Steel – Traditional Rodder’s Dream World
If you own a hot rod shop that specializes in old school builds, do we have a deal for you! There is a guy in Billings, Montana selling the most amazing collection of stock, rusty, patina ridden,...
Question of the Day: What is the Weirdest Automotive Subculture?
The loose definition of “car guy” fits everyone from the dude swapping a blower onto his Chevelle to the kid putting spinner hubcaps onto his Honda. We’re all part of the car...
Craigslist Find: A Horrendous Nova “Shortie” Convertible
Not that there is any such thing as a “good” shortie style car, but for some reason we hate this one more than most, probably because we had the hots so badly for the L79 barn find car we...
Bonneville Speed Week Day Five: Big Records, A 21 Year Spin-Free Streak Is Broken, and More!
Our coverage of day 5 of the 2012 Bonneville Speed Week wouldn’t be complete without a little ribbing, more photos, and records dropping like flies. We’ve got 80 photos for you to check...
Question of the Day: What Is The Most Dangerous Factory Built Car In History?
This question came to me a while back when I was pulling the front end of the Buford T Justice Caprice project apart. Pulling is probably far too strong a word, because it basically fell apart. I had...
Car Show Gallery: The 5th Annual Johnny Mac Backyard Classic
(Photos by Donna Green) – The coolest car show I attended in 2011 was the Johnny Mac Backyard Classic. Unfortunately, my announcing schedule didn’t allow me to attend this year, but...
Flying Streamliners, Spinning Roadsters, and More at Bonneville Speed Week 2012
Holy Crap! Today was nuts. Seriously nuts. By shear dumb luck and determination we happened to be at the perfect spot to catch some real pucker factor “stuff” going down at the top end of...
Bonneville Speed Week 2012 Day Four: More Records, Sicilio Runs 208, and We Fix Stuff
Wow!!! We have had a hell of a day here on the salt for day four of Bonneville Speed Week 2012. We slept very little again last night, and then overslept slightly this morning, but still made it out...
