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Will These Replica Classic Car Bodies Reshape The Car Industry? Juncheng Vehicle Co. Is Replicating Icons In China

Several years ago the restoration body parts business went to a whole new place when companies started offering complete bodies for our favorite American classics. 1969 Camaros were one of the first,...

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Use This 3 Step Secret to GLASS FLAT Paint! Kevin Tetz Shares Decades Of Experience That Will Make Your Paint Job A Success

We’ve shared plenty of Kevin Tetz videos over the years around here, and I can tell you that Kevin sure knows what he’s talking about. The number of TV and YouTube personalities that have...

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SUPPORT SURGES FOR LENO’S LAW AS CAR CULTURE DEMANDS COLLECTOR’S RIGHTS: Letters Pour in from California’s Lowrider Community and International Car Rreservationists in support of California SB 1392

We’ve talked about California SB 1392 in the past, and are thrilled that despite not making it to a vote in 2025, the bi-partisan group of California law makers who support it are still pushing...

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How To Fab Headers: Follow Along As The Iron Trap Garage Crew Build Custom Stainless Headers For The Ardun Powered 1933 3 Window!!

Headers are one of those fabrication projects that seem to intimidate a lot of people, and for good reason. If you go at them from the wrong direction, don’t have a game plan in place to start...

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Steve Magnante’s Daily Junkyard Crawl: THIS RARE FIREBIRD FORMULA 350 HAS HAD A HOD ROD LIFE! COME SAVE IT!

It’s time for another Daily Junkyard Crawl with Steve Magnante, and this time it’s another really cool Pontiac. How about a real deal 1987 Pontiac Firebird Formula 350 that has had a few good go...

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Wild Ride at the May 2026 El Mirage California SCTA Meet – The Spirit of AutoPower III Comp Coupe Hits A Bump at 228 MPH!

The Spirit of Autopower Comp Coupe is a pretty radical machine, and a staple in the land speed racing community. This thing is based off a little tiny first generation Honda Civic, but the rest is...

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60 Photos of Chevelles and El Caminos!

In our continuing effort to bring you some relief from your office job each day, here’s a gallery featuring 60 photos of Chevelles and El Caminos. We may have even thrown in a GMC Sprint or two...

Gasser Racing Series Announces 8 Race Schedule for 2012 Season

If you haven’t heard of the Gasser Racing Series, you are missing out. With only two classes, a requirement for open headers, and an everything goes except Nitro mentality, this series is...

Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week 2012 Rules Announced – New Impound Rule

Hot Rod Magazine recently announced the rules for Drag Week. These rules will stand for a couple of years so prospective competitors can build a car to race and know it will have a home when the...

Irwindale Speedway Update: The Entire 2012 Racing Season at the Facility Has Been Cancelled.

As we reported yesterday, the management at Irwindale Speedway was expected to make a statement regarding the plans for the track during the coming season. That announcement came and sadly it...

Traditional Hot Rod Gallery: The 2012 Austin Speed Shop Bonnie and Clyde Reliability Run

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – When our man Charles Wickam told us that he was going to catch a ride up to Austin and check out a killer event at Jesse James’s Austin Speed Shop we were...

Wheel Tech: The Science and Specifications Behind a Top Fuel/Funny Car Drive Wheel From The Guys at Weld Racing

Of all the parts that take incredible abuse on a Top Fuel Dragster or Nitro Funny Car, the drive wheels are right there at the top of the list. In the blink of an eye they go from being at rest to...

Irwindale Speedway May Be Dead – Then Again, It May Not Be

Irwindale Speedway, one of the last remaining drag strips in SoCal may be dead. The facility is most well known for the 6,500 seat circle track that was formerly sanctioned by NASCAR and has long...

Massey, Anderson, and Force Claim NHRA Winternationals Titles – See All of Our Coverage Here!

The 2012 NHRA O’Reilly Auto Parts Winternationals are complete and three familiar names have found their way into the winner’s circle this year. In Top Fuel, Spencer Massey fended off...

Larry Dixon – The Real Story Straight From Larry Dixon

Minutes ago, Chad spoke to Larry Dixon in the pits at Pomona. Their brief conversation centered around Dixon’s lack of a ride in 2012 and what his immediate plans are. This has been the biggest...

The NHRA Winternationals Saturday Qualifying…Three rounds only, due to rain!

After some drizzle and delay in the morning that virtually assured Sportsman racers that they would be having their final rounds on Monday here at the NHRA O’Reilly Auto Parts Winternationals,...

The NHRA Winternationals “Behind the Scenes: Wet Edition” Saturday 2012

It was supposed to maybe drizzle on us on Saturday morning of the NHRA O’Reilly Auto Parts Winternationals in Pomona on Saturday. It did. It also drizzled on us some more in the afternoon. Then...

NHRA Winternationals Pro Stock, Top Fuel, and Funny Car Action Gallery Day Two 2012

We had a busy day at the NHRA O’Reilly Auto Parts Winternationals on Friday. The sun was out, the crowd was thick, and there was plenty of racing action to catch. In fact, so much that we had a...

NHRA Winternationals Coverage Continues: Friday’s Behind the Scenes Action

Yesterday we brought you some great Behind the Scenes action shots from the season opening NHRA O’Reilly Auto Parts Winternationals. 2012 marks the 52 Anniversary of this famed event, held just...

Project Update: The AMX/GTO Project is nearly complete!

The wild AMX/GTO project is on the home stretch! As a quick refresher, this car is a 1969 AMX body that was placed on the chassis of a wrecked 2007 Pontiac GTO. The GTO was cut and narrowed, the AMX...